Coal Preparation
ICCI Research Reports 1997
Final Technical Reports for projects beginning September 1, 1996, and ending August 31, 1997.
The Abstracts and Executive Summaries are available for projects funded by ICCI during the project year ending August 31, 1997.
Coal Preparation
Advanced Fine Coal Processing for
Improved Profitability
1997 Ricky Honaker
An Innovative Approach for In-Situ
Dewatering/Hardening of Fine Clean Coal Slurry
1997 B. K.
Parekh
Commercialization of Single Stage Fine Coal
Dewatering and Briquetting Process
1997 R. Grayson
Organic Sulfur and HAP Removal from Coal with
Subcritical Water
1997i Chris Anderson (This project was
granted a no-cost extension.
This is an interim final report.)
Organic Sulfur and HAP Removal from Coal with Subcritical
Water
1997 Chris Anderson
Mineralogical and Chemical Composition of
Inorganic Matter from Illinois Coals
1997 Ilham Demir
Effects of Chlorine in Coal on Boiler Corrosion
1997i Mei-In Chou
(This project was
granted a no-cost extension.
This is an interim final report.)
Effects of Chlorine in Coal on Boiler Corrosion
1997 Mei-In
Chou
Gas Cleanup
Further Development of a Copper Oxide
Desulfurization and NOx Removal System
1997i David
Sloat (This project was
granted a no-cost extension.
This is an interim final report.)
Further Development of a Copper Oxide Desulfurization
and NOX Removal System
1997 David Sloat
Further Development of a Copper Oxide Desulfurization
and NOx Removal System
1998 D. Sloat
(9/1/96 -
2/28/98)
Development of Activated Char for Combined
SO2/NOx Removal
1997i Anthony Lizzio (This project was
granted a no-cost extension.
This is an interim final report.)
Development of Activated Char for Combined
SO2/NOX Removal
1997 Anthony Lizzio
Utilization of Waste Metal Oxides for Coal
Gas Desulfurization
1997 Javad Abbasian
Copper-Based Sorbents for Hot Gas Desulfurization
Systems
1997 Javad Abbasian
Preparation of Novel Sorbents from Illinois
Coal for Hot Gas Cleanup
1997 Mark Cal
Coal Residuals Management
Use of Fly-Ash Based Binders for Foundry Molds
1997 S. K. Kawatra
Low-Cost, High-Performance Materials Using
Illinois Coal Combustion By-Products
1997 Tarun Naik
Utilization of Illinois Fly Ash in Manufacturing
Ceramic Tiles
1997 Sankar Bhattacharja
Development and Demonstration of Dust Control
Systems for FBC Fly Ashes
1997 Bradley Paul
Lightweight Coal Combustion By-Products Based
Structural Materials for Mine Use
1997 Yoginder Chugh
Holistic Approach to Fly Ash: By-Products
Recovery
1997 Ricky Honaker
Field Studies of Illinois PCC Bottom Ash for
Structural Grade Concrete Pavements
1997i Nader Ghafoori (This project was
granted a no-cost extension.
This is an interim final report.)
Field Studies of Illinois PCC Bottom Ash for Structural
Grade Concrete Pavements
1997 Nader Ghafoori
Large-Scale Field Utilization of Illinois PCC Bottom
Ash for Roadways and Parking Lots of a Youth, Sport, Safety Complex
2000 N.
Ghafoori
(6/15/98 - 1/1/00)
Aggregate Production from Wet Limestone FGD Sludge
1997 Milton Wu
Marketable Ammonium Sulfate Fertilizer and
Fine Calcium Carbonate from FGD-Gypsum
1997 Mei-In Chou
Novel Structural Materials from Illinois Coal
Scrubber Sludge
1997 Vivak Malhotra
Direct Revegetation of Coal Slurry after Amendment
with FBC Residues
1997 William Roy
Special Projects for Coal Related Residues
Management
Development and Demonstration of a New Approach
for Waste Coal Slurry Management Using Natural Resource Utilization By-Products
1997i Yoginder Chugh
(This project was
granted a no-cost extension.
This is an interim final report.)
Development and Demonstration of a New Approach for
Waste Coal Slurry Management Using Natural Resource Utilization By-Products
1997 Yoginder Chugh
Utilization of Lightweight Aggregates Made
from Coal Gasification Slags
1997 Vas Choudhry
Utilization of
Lightweight Materials Made from Coal Gasification Slags
1997ext Vas Choudhry (DOE
Project extended through June, 1999)
Utilization of Lightweight Materials Made from Coal
Gasification Slags
1999 V. Choudhry
The Economic Evaluation of Using Deeply Cleaned
Coal in PC Utility Boilers
1997i Dave Kehoe (This project was
granted a no-cost extension.
This is an interim final report.)
Economic Evaluation of Using Deeply Cleaned Illinois
Coals in PC Utility Boilers
1997 Dave Kehoe
Coal Conversion
Methods to Evaluate and Improve the Gasification
Behavior of Illinois Coal
1997 Anthony Lizzio
Gasification Coprocessing of Illinois Basin
Coal and RDF: Phase II
1997 Vas Choudhry
Preparation and Evaluation of Novel Activated
Carbons from Illinois Coal for Mercury Removal
1997 Shiaoguo
Chen
Preparation of Carbon Molecular Sieves for Oxygen
Separation from Air
1997 Mark Cal
Combustion
Combustion Technology for Minimizing
NOx Emissions Burning Illinois Coals
1997 Murray
Abbott
Advanced Pilot Plant Testing of Illinois Coal
for Blast Furnace Injection
1997 John Crelling
Process Demonstration: Dioxin Prevention in
Waste Combustors by Coal Cofiring
1997 Brian Gullett
Removal of Illinois Coal-Based Volatile Trace
Mercury
1997 Brian Gullett
Correlate Coal/Scrubber Parameters with Hg
Removal and Hg Species in Flue Gas
1997 Matthew DeVito
Mercury Adsorption in Simulated Flue Gas of
Coal-Fired Boilers by Oxidation
1997 Greg Kudlac
Other Activities
Testing of Improved Froth Washing and Drainage
Device for Flotation Machines
1997 Latif Khan
Monitoring Mines reclaimed with Mixtures of
Spoil and Coal Combustion Residues
1997 Steven Esling
Instrumental Method for Directly Determining
Organic Sulfur in Coal
1997i Chusak Chaven
(This project was
granted a no-cost extension.
This is an interim final report.)
Support
Illinois Basin Coal Sample Program
1997 Chusak
Chaven