ABSTRACT
In the case of fine coals, the carbonaceous constituents can be
coarse granular product of acceptable strength and low moisture
content without the need for vacuum or thermal drying.
A. Historical Perspective
ing together of a mixture of finely ground coal and water, together
Similarly in more recent times, the Convertol process [6] was exam-
coal agglomerates formed by the mixer were then removed from the
creasingly mechanized mining methods and by the grinding necessary
coals now being processed. Much of the current examination of pro-
appropriate agitation to a solids suspension. A family of techniques,
generally known under the original label of "spherical agglomeration
processes," has subsequently been developed.