US4412842A Coal beneficiation process Google Patents
Coal is beneficiated by slurrying coal particles of less than 200 microns in diameter with water The slurry is cavitated with intense sonic agitation at a level of at least 15 joules/cm 2 While the slurry is in the cavitated state impurities and water are gravitationally separated from the slurry to produce a coal/water mixture having up to 40 percent by weight water and preferably 20 to