■BMMMMMi^ra URBANA el ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL. SURVEY 3 3051 00005 6410 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://archive.org/details/contributionstos55738mcca STATE OF ILLINOIS HENRY HORNER. Governor DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION JOHN J. HALLIHAN, Director DIVISION OF THE STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY M. M. LEIGHTON, Chief URBANA REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS — NO. 3 8 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF COAL Proximate Analyses and Screen Tests of Coal Mine Screenings Produced in Illinois BY L. C. MCCABE, D. R. MITCHELL. AND G. H. CADY In Cooperation With the Engineering Experiment Station University of Illinois *r«SR-sesS= PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS URBANA, ILLINOIS 1935 Reprinted 193 7 STATE OP ILLINOIS Hon. Henry Hoknkk. Governor DEPARTMENT OP REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION Hon. John J. Haixihan, Director Springfield BOARD OP NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION Hon. John J. Hallihan, Chairman ' Edson S. Bastin, Ph.D., Geology William A. Noyes, Ph.D., LL.D., Chem.D., D.Sc, Chemistry John W. Alvord, C.E., Engineering William Trelease, D.Sc, LL.D., Biology Henry C. Cowi.es, Ph.D., D.Sc, Forestry Arthur Cutts Willard, D.Engr., LL.D., President of the University of Illinois GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES Coal G. H. Cady, Ph.D., Senior Geologist L. C. McCabe, Ph.D. James M. Schopf, Ph.D. Earle F. Taylor, M.S. Charles C. Boley, B.S. Non-Fuels J. E. Lamar, B.S. H. B. Willman, Ph.D. Oil and Gas A. H. Bell, Ph.D. G. V. Cohee, Ph.D. Frederick Squires, B.S. James L. Carlton, B.S. Areal and Engineering Geology George E. Ekblaw, Ph.D. Victor N. Fischer, M.S. Subsurface Geology L. E. Workman, M.S. J. Norman Payne. M.A. E. A. Atherton, Ph.D. Donald G. Sutton, M.S. Stratigraphy and Paleontology J. Marvin Weller. Ph.D. W. A. Newton, M.S. Petrography Ralph E. Grim, Ph.D. Richards A. Rowland, Geol. E. Physics R. J. Piersol, Ph.D. M. C. Watson, Ph.D. Donald O. Holland, M.S. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION TJrbana M. M. Leighton, Ph.D., Chief Enid Townley, M.S., Assistant to the Chief GEOCHEMISTRY Frank H. Reed, Ph.D., Chief Chemist W. F. Bradley. Ph.D. G. C. Finger, M.S. Mary C. Neill, M.S. Fuels G. R. Yohe. Ph.D. P. E. Grotts, B.S. Non-Fuels J. S. Machin, F. V. Tooley, Ph.D. M.S. Analytical O. W. Rees, Ph.D. Norman H. Nachtrteb, B.S. George W. Land, B.Ed. P. W. Henline, B.S. MINERAL ECONOMICS W. H. Voskuil, Ph.D., Mineral Economist Grace N. Oliver, A.B. EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION Don L. Carroll, B.S. PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS George E. Ekblaw, Ph.D. Dorothy Rose, B.S. Alma R. Sweeny, A.B. Meredith M. Calkins Consultants: Ceramics, Cullen Warner Parmelee., M.S., D.Sc, University of Illinois; Pleistocene Invertebrate Paleontology, Frank Collins Baker, B.S., University of Illinois. Topographic Mapping in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey. (Sept. 1, 1937) (36735) PROXIMATE ANALYSES* AND SCREEN TESTS OF COAL MINE SCREENINGS PRODUCED IN ILLINOIS By L. C. McCabe, 1 D. R. Mitchell,- and G. H. Cady 3 INTRODUCTION THE PRESENT EEPOET is preliminary to a more detailed re- port of an investigation of the distribution of the banded ingredi- ents in, and of certain chemical and washability characteristics of coal screenings. Screenings from ten Illinois mines are being studied under a cooperative agreement between the State Geological Survey and the Engineering Experiment Station through the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering of the University of Illinois. Purpose of the investigation. — This report is concerned only with (1) the size distribution and (2) the chemical analyses of the screenings sampled. In view of the mine operators' interest in the immediate re- sults of screen tests and chemical analyses of screen sizes, it seemed desirable to publish the data as soon as available. This procedure will not detract from the value of the final publication and in the meantime concrete information, of interest to all operators, is made available re- garding the nature of screenings. Scope of the investigation. — The mines sampled were selected to represent the various mining districts and the most important producing horizons in the State ( Table 1 ) . Table 1 — Location of Mines and Coal Beds Represented Mine District or County Coal Bed No. A Northern Illinois. . B Northern Illinois C. .. Northern Illinois D. . .. E F Vermilion Sangamon Christian 5 (Grape Creek) 5 (Springfield) 6 G.. . . H. . .. I J St. Clair Centralia district Williamson Saline. . . . 6 6 6 5 (Harrisbiirg) *For the purpose of this report, total sulfur and heat of combustion determina- tions are included. 1 Associate Geologist, Coal Division, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana. 2 Associate Professor, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana. 3 Senior Geologist and Head of Coal Division, Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana. CONTRIBUTIONS To THE STUDY OF COAL ym — n I JO daviiss STip>itf,sON i mxnl.Di.io 1 " Fig. 1 — Map of Illinois Showing Locations of Mines Where Screenings Were Sampled The sampling, preparation and laboratory procedure relating to this report were as follows : (1) Screenings from the loading chute were sampled at five- minute intervals over a day's run (1,000 to 1,500 pounds). (2) The samples were riffled and sized in the laboratory. (3) Chemical analyses of screenings and sizes produced from screenings were made. (4) Data were compiled and plotted on graphs. PROXIMATE ANALYSES AND SCREEN TESTS t> Acknowledgments. — The writers gratefully acknowledge the co- operation and assistance of the management of the mines in collecting the samples. All screening tests and all reduction of gross samples were made in the coal preparation laboratory of the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering. Mr. L. G. Hazen assisted in sampling at the mines, in the laboratory preparation of the samples, and in assembling the data. The chemical analyses were made under the supervision of Dr. F. Ti. Eeed, head of the Geochemical Section in the analytical laboratory of the Survey, under the direction of Dr. 0. W. Eees, and with the assistance of Messrs. J. W. Robinson and C. S. Westerberg. These studies form part of the program of investigation of the physical characteristics of coal being carried on by the Coal Division of the Survey. SAMPLING Sampling at the mine. — Increments of 12 to 20 pounds were cut from the screenings at five-minute intervals throughout a day's opera- IOOO - 1500 LBS SCREENINGS RIFFLED INTO QUARTERS CRUSHED T0- 3 / t ' SI ZED AND RIFFLED CRUSHED TO - 10 MESH AND RIFFLED OF EACH SIZE HEAD SAMPLES Fig. 2 — Flow Sheet Showing Steps in the Preparation of Samples in the Laboratory fcion at each mine. It was usually practicable to take increments from the stream of screenings as they were loaded into railroad cars but in a few instances samples were taken as the coal was delivered from the screens to storage bins. The gross sample of 1,000 to 1,500 pounds was sacked in heavy grain bags for transport to the laboratory. Laboratory sampling.- — -Laboratory samples in most instances were prepared for analysis the day following mine sampling. The flow b CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF COAL shed ( Fig. 2) shows the manner of handling the samples in the labora- tory for the complete range of tests embraced in the investigation. This preliminary report, however, as stated above, is concerned only with the results of screen sizing and chemical analyses erf these sizes. The following information is furnished by the tabvdated data and curves : 1. Proximate analyses of samples of screenings for 5 beds of coal in 10 mining districts (Table 2) together with mine average proximate analyses of face samples. 2. Screen analyses of screenings (Tables 2 and 3) Tor the follow- ing size ranges : 2 X I 1 /! hi eh ( one instance) l 1 /^ X % inch (all mines) % X % inch (all mines) % inch X 10-mesh (all mines) 10 X 48-mesh (all mines) minus 48-mesh (all mines) (Bound-hole screens were used in sizing at % inch and above and Tyler standard sieves for sizing below % inch.) 3. Proximate analyses of each screen size (Table 2). 4. The per cent of ash and sulfur in combinations of the above sizes (Table 3, Fig. 3). CONCLUSIONS FROM TABULATED DATA AND CURVES (1) The dry B.t.u. value in the sized screenings, with one ex- ception, is highest in the largest size and lowest in the minus 48-mesh or the 10 X 48-mesh sizes (Table 2). Ash is the most important factor in these variations. (2) The as received basis is not a suitable basis on which to com- pare the various sizes from the same mine because of variability in moisture loss. (3) The usual relatively high unit coal B.t.u. value of the smaller sizes is probably due in part to their relatively high fusain (mineral charcoal) content. The high fusain content of some of the minus 48- mesh fractions is indicated by their high fixed carbon values. (4) The ash (dry basis) in the screenings exceeds the ash of face samples from .5 to 12.9 per cent. This comparison indicates either that the screenings contain a concentration of the impurities present in the bed or that roof and floor materials have been introduced. Both con- ditions may exist. PROXIMATE ANALYSES AND SCREEN TESTS 7 (5) The highest ash percentage is in the two smallest sizes (10 X 48-mesh, and minus 48-mesh). In eight of the mines sampled the minus 48-mesh coal contained 4.1 to 27.1 per cent more ash than the screenings from which it was taken. (6) Screening out of the finer sizes (below 10-mesh) will have no appreciable effect in lowering the ash content of the screenings (Fig. 3, Table 3). (7) Sulfur percentages vary from one sized fraction to another but in contrast to ash they frequently diminish markedly in the finer sizes (Fig. 4, Table 3). 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