Evaluation of SDBS surfactant on coal wetting performance with static methods: Preliminary laboratory tests

Coal dust contributes to lung diseases in coal miners. Spraying water mixed with surfactants is a method to suppress high concentration coal dust. This study presents the evaluation of the effect of SDBS surfactant on coals. Surfactant concentrations ranging from 0% to 1.0% were analyzed through the...

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Main Authors: Chen, Y., Xu, G., Albijanic, Boris
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59357
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author Chen, Y.
Xu, G.
Albijanic, Boris
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Xu, G.
Albijanic, Boris
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description Coal dust contributes to lung diseases in coal miners. Spraying water mixed with surfactants is a method to suppress high concentration coal dust. This study presents the evaluation of the effect of SDBS surfactant on coals. Surfactant concentrations ranging from 0% to 1.0% were analyzed through the characterization of coal wettability and surfactant adsorption by using sink test, capillary penetration test, drop penetration test, surface tension test, and zeta potential test. Results show that SDBS surfactant greatly increased the coal wetting performance and the 0.02%-0.40% concentration was suggested as the optimum concentration range to improve coal wettability of coals.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-593572018-03-22T05:24:36Z Evaluation of SDBS surfactant on coal wetting performance with static methods: Preliminary laboratory tests Chen, Y. Xu, G. Albijanic, Boris Coal dust contributes to lung diseases in coal miners. Spraying water mixed with surfactants is a method to suppress high concentration coal dust. This study presents the evaluation of the effect of SDBS surfactant on coals. Surfactant concentrations ranging from 0% to 1.0% were analyzed through the characterization of coal wettability and surfactant adsorption by using sink test, capillary penetration test, drop penetration test, surface tension test, and zeta potential test. Results show that SDBS surfactant greatly increased the coal wetting performance and the 0.02%-0.40% concentration was suggested as the optimum concentration range to improve coal wettability of coals. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59357 10.1080/15567036.2017.1403503 Taylor & Francis restricted
spellingShingle Chen, Y.
Xu, G.
Albijanic, Boris
Evaluation of SDBS surfactant on coal wetting performance with static methods: Preliminary laboratory tests
title Evaluation of SDBS surfactant on coal wetting performance with static methods: Preliminary laboratory tests
title_full Evaluation of SDBS surfactant on coal wetting performance with static methods: Preliminary laboratory tests
title_fullStr Evaluation of SDBS surfactant on coal wetting performance with static methods: Preliminary laboratory tests
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of SDBS surfactant on coal wetting performance with static methods: Preliminary laboratory tests
title_short Evaluation of SDBS surfactant on coal wetting performance with static methods: Preliminary laboratory tests
title_sort evaluation of sdbs surfactant on coal wetting performance with static methods: preliminary laboratory tests
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59357