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  2. Ch&ChT Vol. 19, No. 4, 2025
  3. Brown coal processing products under hydrocavitation impact

Brown coal processing products under hydrocavitation impact

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Vitalii Homan2, Viktoria Taranenkova1, Pavlo V. Karnozhytskyi1
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1 National Technical University – «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute» (NTU «KhPI»), 2 Kyrpychova St., Kharkiv 61002, Ukraine 2 Anatolii Pidhornyi Institute of Power Machines and Systems of the NAS of Ukraine, 2/10 Komunalnykiv St., 61046 Kharkiv, Ukraine pavlokarnoenv@gmail.com
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Keywords: 
brown coal
hydrocavitation activation
humates
sorbent
mineral constituent
Abstract: 
The study of properties of products of hydrocavitation treatment of lignite from Dnipro lignite coal basin (Dniprobas, Ukraine) has been carried out for the first time. It is shown that as a result of mechanical impact, coal is divided into 3 main components (humic acid solution, residual coal, mineral constituent). The main properties and composition of each component were determined, and microscopic studies of residual coal and mineral particles were carried out. The relevance of the work is determined by the necessity to create a rational waste-free technology of Ukrainian coal processing. The main objective is to find ways to create zero-waste technology for non-thermal processing of brown coal with maximum exploitation of its chemical potential. The method of solving this problem is the use of the hydrocavitation effect on the earthy brown coal of the Mokra Kalyhirka deposit in 1-% aqueous solution of NaOH with subsequent separation of the resulting products. The use of hydrocavitation activation (HCA) provides maximum (up to 95% of the content in the organic mass of coal) extraction of humus acids, obtaining residual coal with sorption properties, and separation of part of the mineral constituent in the form of fine powder with a particle size from 4.3 to 150 microns and chemically corresponding to quartz sand. The practical value of this work is the deep separation of humic acids in the form of sodium salts, as well as obtaining low-cost coal sorbent and finely dispersed mineral constituents suitable for direct use in the manufacture of building materials.
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