Modeling of the process of coal grinding

Abstract

The use of coal in the steel industry, similarly as in the whole national economy, is often preceded by its pre-treatment. Coal is mined in the form of big solids, but, being in such a form, it can’t be combusted, sintered, or gasified. Therefore, it needs to be appropriately grinding. In the paper results of the numerical prediction of the grain size distribution of the grinding coals are presented. The numerical computations were performed and then they were compared with grain size analysis results.

Keywords

• coal
• modeling of grinding process
• grain size distribution
• Maxwell-Boltzmann law
• numerical prediction