Thursday, December 1, 2011

GLOBAL COAL BENEFICIATION SCENARIO AND ECONOMICS OF USING WASHED COAL





GLOBAL COAL BENEFICIATION SCENARIO
GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF COAL PREPARATION

Annual worldwide production of Hard
Coal: 5000 Mt (approx)
Currently more than 2500 CPPs in operation in the world

  More than one-third of world’s coal production is beneficiated

GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF COAL PREPARATION




PRESENT STATUS & FUTURE TRENDS IN COAL PREPARATION IN FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:



AUSTRALIA
CHINA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
RUSSIA
CANADA
SOUTH AFRICA
INDIA

AUSTRALIA



       COAL RESERVES
 74.2 Bt
 62 Bt (Lignite)
      RAW COAL PRODUCTION
 4th in the world
 397 Mt (2005)
      EXPORTS
 234 Mt (124 Mt Metallurgical coal & 110 Mt
Thermal coal)
 60% of total production exported, accounts for
28% of global coal export market
      COAL WASHING CAPACITY
 Most of ROM coal produced is routed through
CPP. Fraction exported is fully washed

AUSTRALIA



    PRESENT STATUS

CP industry enjoying greatest boom in last 25 years. As a result:
 New processing facilities being
established.
 Existing facilities being upgraded.
 Rail & port facilities being expanded.
 Since 2004, additional 20,000 tph
washing capacity has been added or
under construction to cope up with the
buoyant international demand.

AUSTRALIA



TECHNOLOGY IN VOGUE
       Raw coal crushed to 50/60 mm.
       Coarse coal washing
Mainly by DMC (Dia:1000 mm or more)
Drums or Baths in some plants.
Jigs at few plants.
       Fine coal washing
Spiral + Jameson or Microcel technology.
Limited use of froth flotation for metallurgical coal.
       Dewatering
Coarse & medium size- Vibrating or scroll type basket
centrifuges
Flotation products- Vacuum filters & screen bowl
centrifuges.
Tailings- High rate gravity thickener & Belt Press Filter.

CHINA



     COAL RESERVES
 2nd in the world in terms of coal reserves.
 2040 Bt (Mineable coal reserves)
     RAW COAL PRODUCTION
 Largest coal producer.
 1960 Mt (2004)
 Main energy source (60%).
     COAL WASHING CAPACITY
 2000 CPPs (2004)
 800 Mty (Projected for 2005)

CHINA



TECHNOLOGY IN VOGUE
      Raw coal crushed to 100/50 mm.
      Coarse coal washing (100/50 25/13 mm)
Mainly jigs (60%)
Dense medium separator (Drewboy, Vertical lifting
wheel separator)
      Small coal washing (50/25/13 0.5 mm)
2-Product Dense medium cyclones (Dia. 660-1300
mm)
3-Product Dense medium cyclones (Dia. 1000-1400
mm)
      Fine coal washing (-0.5 mm)
Mainly flotation.
Column flotation (for very fine coal).

CHINA



TECHNOLOGY IN VOGUE (contd.)
      Dry separation (limited application)
Mainly Compound dry separators.
Limited use of Air dense medium dry separator
      Dewatering
Mainly High frequency screen
Centrifuge (vertical & horizontal)
Pressure filter
Fast diaphragm filters
Plate-and-frame filters (for slime recovery)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA



       COAL RESERVES
 1st in the world in terms of proven coal reserves.
 111 Bt (Anthracite & Bituminous)
 135 Bt (Sub-bituminous & Lignite)
      RAW COAL PRODUCTION
 2nd in the world.
 1100 Mt (2006)
 About 90% consumed in domestic market.
      COAL WASHING CAPACITY (2006)
 265 operating CPPs.
 986 Mty raw coal throughput capacity (about 90%
of total production).
 562 Mty Clean coal production.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA



    PRESENT STATUS
 Majority of the bituminous coal and
anthracite produced beneficiated through
specific gravity and froth based coal
preparation.
 Sub-bituminous coal not beneficiated.
 No commercial scale specific gravity
beneficiation of low rank coals except of
Bituminous “C” coals
 Significant   amount   of   mercury                         removed
through     specific     gravity                   beneficiation
process as mercury present in most coals is
associated with pyrite.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA




TECHNOLOGY IN VOGUE
     Each CPP employs 3 or more independent
processing circuits for different size fractions.
     Coarse coal washing (100 - 10 mm)
 Dense Medium Vessel
     Medium coal washing (10 - 1 mm)
 Dense Medium Cyclones (Dia. < 1000 mm)
     Small coal washing (1 - 0.15 mm)
 Water Only cyclone
 Spirals
 Combination of both

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA




TECHNOLOGY IN VOGUE                          (Contd.)
     Fine coal washing (<0.15 mm)
Froth flotation (after desliming -35/40
micron)
     Dewatering
Coarse size fraction
Basket Type Dryers
Fine size fraction
Screen bowl centrifuges
Combination of vacuum filter &
thermal dryers.

RUSSIA



    COAL RESERVES
2nd in the world after USA in terms of
proven coal reserves.
170 Bt (Proven)
   RAW COAL PRODUCTION
Ranks 6th in the world.
300 Mt (2005)
   COAL WASHING CAPACITY (2006)
42 CPPs, 28 concentrators, 17
mechanized sizing units.

RUSSIA



    PRESENT STATUS
 Mainly bituminous & brown coal.
 Majority of coking coal beneficiated
(92% in 2005).
 Only part of thermal coal beneficiated
(13% in 2005).
 Generally low sulphur content (< 1%).

RUSSIA



TECHNOLOGY IN VOGUE

Sl. No.
Equipment
%
1
Heavy media Baths & Cyclones
53.1
2
Jigging
30.1
3
Flotation
9
4
High-angle separators (Water only cyclones)
4.2
5
Spiral separators
2.4
6
Pneumatics (for thermal brown coals)
1.2


DEWATERING OF FINE COAL
High frequency screens
Centrifuges (Settling & filtering)
Belt press filters                                                                                                        16
Continuous disc filter (operating under pressure)

CANADA



     COAL RESERVES
 7.3 Bt (Recoverable)
     RAW COAL PRODUCTION
 62 Mt (2003)
ƒ 30 Mt (Bituminous coal)
ƒ 22 Mt (Sub-bituminous coal)
ƒ 10 Mt (Lignite)
     CONSUMPTION/ EXPORTS/ IMPORTS
 62 Mty Domestic consumption
 28 Mty export & import each
     COAL WASHING CAPACITY
 35 Mty beneficiated.

CANADA



   PRESENT STATUS
Production dropped by about
20% and stabilized since 2003.
Coal industry is small compared
to oil sands industry.

CANADA



TECHNOLOGY IN VOGUE
     CPPs usually employ 4 independent processing
circuits for different size fractions.
     Coarse coal washing (100 - 10 mm)
 Heavy Medium Drums & Baths
     Medium coal washing (10 – 0.5 mm)
 Heavy Medium Cyclones
     Small coal washing (0.5 - 0.15 mm)
 Water Only cyclone
     Fine coal washing (<0.15 mm)
 Froth flotation
 Column flotation
 Spirals

SOUTH AFRICA



    COAL RESERVES
55.5 Bt
   RAW COAL PRODUCTION
5th in the world
307 Mt (2004)
241 Mt (2004)- Saleable production
   EXPORTS
65 Mt (27% of saleable production
exported).

SOUTH AFRICA



     PRESENT STATUS
New generation CPPs utilize the benefits of
economies of scale employing single large
volume units.
About 92% of electricity generated from coal
which is highest in the world.
Leader (Sasol) in consumption of coal for
conversion to liquid fuels which was
necessitated due to 2 major oil shocks in 1973 &
1979.
Primary product of CPPs is export steam coal.
Secondary product is fed to domestic power
stations.

SOUTH AFRICA



TECHNOLOGY IN VOGUE
      Raw coal crushed to 80 mm.
      Employs split size wash.
      Coarse coal washing (80 8 mm)
 Mainly large diameter pump fed dense media
cyclones
 Dense medium separator (Wemco Drum,
Drewboy)
 Jigs at few plants.
      Small coal washing (8 0.8 mm)
 Smaller diameter cyclones.
      Fine coal washing
 Mainly spirals
 Limited use of froth flotation.

COMPARATIVE STATUS OF COAL PREPARATION IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE




Sl. No.
Country
Coal Production, Mty
No. of
Washeries
Washing capacity (Mty)

1

China

2226 (2005)

2000

800

2

USA

1100 (2006)

265

986

3

India

432 (2006)

53

134

4

Australia

397 (2005)

70

NA

5

South Africa

307 (2004)

NA

NA

6

Russia

300 (2005)

87

95

INDIA



         COAL RESERVES (AS ON 1.1.2006)
253 Bt (Geological)
96 Bt (Proved)
       RAW COAL PRODUCTION (2006-07)
405 Mt (Non-coking coal)
27 Mt (Coking coal)
       COAL WASHING CAPACITY
Pre-third party investment
¾ 19 in CIL
ƒ 12 coking-20.1 Mty
ƒ   7 non-coking- 20.2 Mty
¾ 7 Outside CIL (coking- 11.27 Mty)
Post-third party investment
¾ 27 Non-Coking CPPs (83 Mty)
Washeries under construction
¾ 3 CPPs (24 Mty)

INDIA



   PRESENT STATUS
Washing capacity of CPP got
more than doubled since post- third party investment.
Non-coking coal washing
capacity: 103 Mty
Coking coal washing capacity: 32
Mty

INDIA



TECHNOLOGY IN VOGUE :


     Raw coal crushed to 100/75/50 mm.
     Coarse coal washing (100/75/50 – 25/13 mm)
 ROM jigs (Moving screen jig)
 Coarse coal jigs
 Dense medium separator
 Barrel washer
     Small coal washing (50/25/13 – 0.5 mm)
 Small coal jig
 Dense medium cyclones (Dia. 600-1000 mm)

INDIA



TECHNOLOGY IN VOGUE (contd.) :


     Fine coal washing (-0.5 mm)
 Flotation
 Spirals
 Water only cyclones
     Dewatering
 Vacuum filters
 High frequency screen
 Centrifuge
 Belt press filter

INDIA



NON-COKING COAL - ADDITIONAL WASHING CAPACITY REQUIREMENT

Proj. Non-coking coal production (XI Plan)          : 639.35 Mty
Superior grades with ash content < 34%               : 143 Mty
Inferior grades with ash content > 34%
™  Linked to pithead TPS                             : 160 Mty
™  Captive mining production                     : 104 Mty
™  Remaining                                                : 243 Mty
(including non-metallurgical coking coal)
Non-coking coal washing capacity                        : 103 Mty
Additional capacity requirement                            : 140 Mty
Non-coking coal washeries under pipeline           : 32 Mty

INDIA



    RECENT CIL INITIATIVES
Till   recently,   Third   Party   investment   was            the
preferred mode for setting up  of  new  washeries whereas in a major shift in Corporate policy, CIL has        now decided          to       set            up  a       number          of washeries in CCL & SECL on Build and Operate basis with CIL’s own investment.


In an FDs and HODs meeting in CIL, Kolkata in January 2007, it has been decided that all inferior quality           coal  (>34%        ash)              produced      from  future mines or expansion projects having capacity 2.5
Mty  or  above  and  not  linked  to  pithead        power
plant needs to be washed.

ECONOMICS OF USING
WASHED COAL





Previous studies :

ƒ       National Productivity Council at
Satpura TPS of MPEB, 1988-89

ƒ       CMPDI at Dadri TPS of NTPC in
1998

ƒ       BSES Ltd.

ECONOMICS OF USING
WASHED COAL






Conclusions of previous Studies :

Washing leads to -

ƒ          Improvement of PUF

ƒ          Improvement in Generation

ƒ          Reduction in Specific coal consumption

ƒ          Increase in Boiler efficiency

ƒ          Reduction in smoke (Greenhouse gases) &
dust

ƒ          Improvement in overall economics

ECONOMICS OF USING
WASHED COAL





In  July,  2005,  a  Committee  was  formed under       the              chairmanship  of      Member (Energy),     Planning    Commission    and consisting of representatives from NTPC, BHEL,        CEA,   CIL, CMPDIL  &  GSECL.      The Committee submitted Report of Working Group      on Suitability   of           Using     Washed Coal   in            Thermal      Power    Plants”           in   May
2006. Major findings are as follows :

ECONOMICS OF USING
WASHED COAL



Integrated Plant Techno-Economic Analysis :






MINE


ROM COAL



PIT HEAD
500 MW POWER PLANT











MINE


ROM COAL


PIT HEAD
500 MW POWER PLANT COAL WASHERY
CFBC POWER PLANT










MINE


ROM COAL


PIT HEAD COAL WASHERY CFBC POWER PLANT


WASHE DCOAL



LOAD CENTRE
500 MW POWER PLANT
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ECONOMICS OF USING
WASHED COAL



Integrated Plant Techno-Economic Analysis :

































Option
Fuel
COE (Paise/kWh)
A
40% ash ROM coal (Base)
154.99
A1
Washed to 34% ash + Reject in FBC
161.17
A2
Washed to 30% ash + Reject in FBC
163.44
B
44% ash ROM coal (Base)
152.18
B1
Washed to 34% ash + Reject in FBC
163.60
B2
Washed to 30% ash + Reject in FBC
165.52

 
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ECONOMICS OF USING
WASHED COAL



Washed Coal Break-even Cost Analysis :

(No reject utilization through FBC)











WASHED COAL


PIT HEAD


500 MW POWER PLANT

ECONOMICS OF USING WASHED COAL




Washed Coal Break-even Cost Analysis :


Location of
2X500 MW
power plant
COE paise/kwh

(Base value*)
Cost of
40% ash RoM coal (Rs./Ton)
Breakeven cost of washed coal with
30% ash (Rs./Ton)
Pithead
154.99
515.00
692
500 km from mine
194.63
1055.00
1347
1000 km from mine
231.63
1599.00
1962


*Base value is with 40% ash RoM coal

ECONOMICS OF USING WASHED COAL



Break-Even Cost of Washed Coal w.r.t. PLF :

SN
PLF (%)
Break-Even Cost of
Washed Coal with 30% Ash
(Rs / Ton)
Remarks
1
80
692
Base Case
2
81
714
Valid only for power plants where poor quality of coal is sole reason for low performance of the plant.
3
82
736
4
83
757
5
84
778
6
85
799


*30% Ash Washed coal based 2x500 MW pithead Plant

ECONOMICS OF USING WASHED COAL

Major Findings are :

       Integrated   Plant   Sensitivity   Analysis     shows         that washing  is  viable  in  case of  load  centre power  plants  if washed coal is  transported beyond  break-even distance of 300-400 Kms

       Washing may  be  viable  for  pithead  power     stations also   when          use of washed         coal         leads     to          substantial improvement of PLF and for power plants running at part load due to deterioration in coal quality

       Washing  may  be  viable  for  pithead  power     stations also when yield of washed coal is substantially higher


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         Though quantitatively not established, Economics of an      Integrated                  plant is      more          favourable        than            the      case
when Rejects are not being utilized


















































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