Evaluation of Grindability Behaviors of Four Different Solid Fuels Blending by Using the Hardgrove Mill

Abstract

Grindability measurements are widely used in mineral and coal processing industry to determine resistance of materials to comminution. Grindability measurement as testing methods can be divided into two general categories; the Bond and the Hardgrove grindabilities. Grinding characteristics of the mineral or coal blending have been studied by several researchers over many years and a wide range grinding variables has been investigated. In this study, because of the simplicity and the potential usage of the method for the determination of the grindability of coals and their blending in a comparative scale, a Hardgrove mill were used to investigated the grinding behavior of four different solid fuels and their blending. Grindability of four different solid fuels such as petroleum coke, coke coal, lignite and bituminous coal and their binary, ternary and quaternary blending were investigated by the Hardgrove grindability test. The test results indicated that determine the existence of a very good relation between the Bond and the Hardgrove grindability of the fuels, and relationship between experimental and calculated HGI values of the fuels blending were also shown as a very good. However, there is not obtain a good relation between proximate analysis results of the solid fuels and HGI values of fuels bleeding.