Analysis of the accumulation the sedimentary mass in coal-water slurries

Abstract

The problem of assessing the sedimentation stability of water-coal suspensions, which are a promising type of fuel, possessing the advantages of both liquid fuels and coal, which can be effectively used as a substitute for liquid petroleum fuel (fuel oil), is considered. However, coal-water suspensions have not found wide application at present, which is promoted, in particular, by unresolved issues related to their sedimentation stability: in the production, storage, and transport of suspension, an important qualitative characteristic is its stability over time: the higher it is, the more qualitative is the suspension. The paper proposes a method of solving the problem of predicting the value of particle sedimentation during the sedimentation process, which allows us to calculate the dynamics of sediment accumulation over a certain period of time from the beginning of sedimentation at a given depth of dispersion. The implementation of the calculation method as a systematic approach to determining the dynamics of sediment accumulation is shown on the example of sedimentation analysis data of 50 % water-coal suspension from coal from the Neryungri deposit. It is shown that the proposed method of solving the problem of predicting the size of sedimentation of particles during the sedimentation process allows to calculate the dynamics of sediment accumulation for a certain period of time at a given depth, as well as to determine the minimum sedimentation time, at which the particles of maximum size sediment completely.