ZEMAG Technology for

Upgrading Low Grade Coals

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CONTENT
Introduction ZEMAG
I. ZEMAG Coal Upgrading Technology
1) Crushing
2) Screening
3) Drying
4) Briquetting
II. ZEMAG Slagging Gasification Technology

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INTRODUCTION ZEMAG MASCHINENBAU GMBH

EXPERIENCE FOR MORE THAN

155 YEARS

Zeitzer Eisengiesserei- &

Maschinenbau-Aktien-
Gesellschaft (Zeitz Machine
Factory and Iron Foundry
Corporation)

foundet in 1855 by Hermann

Schäde and Ludwig Lange in
Zeitz
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Location

ZEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH

Dr. Bergius-Straße 17
06729 Elsteraue / OT Tröglitz,
Industriepark Zeitz, Germany
Phone: +49 3441 842840
Fax: +49 3441 842834
www.zemag-zeitz.com
info@zemag-zeitz.com

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Coal Briquetting Plant MIBRAG

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Briquetting Plant Schwarze Pumpe

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Chinese Briquetting Plant Newgold

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Czech Coal Upgrading Plant Sokolovska Uhelna

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ZEMAG CRUSHING TECHNOLOGY

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ZEMAG Impact Hammer Mills

ZEMAG Hammer Mills are applied in Power Producing and

Basic Materials Industry, such as in: Open-pit Mines, Power
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ZEMAG SCREENING TECHNOLOGY

One Roller Screen 4200 t/h

Screening and Crushing Plant Schleenhain (Germany)

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ZEMAG DRYING TECHNOLOGY

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ZEMAG Drying Technology Increases Lignite Value

to reduce the lignite moisture widely

to increase lignite calorific value

The briquette could be used extensively for power,

gasification, liquefaction, coking and long-distance
transportation.

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Raw Coal Drying Example Indonesian Coal

1 t coal

54 % water
0.54 t coal

15 % water

x
46 % solid 85 % solid = 15 %
x + 460

x = 80 kg

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Raw Coal Drying Example Indonesian Coal

High Moisture Coal

Raw coal before drying： After drying：

• Moisture 54 % • moisture 15.2 %
• calorific value • calorific value 21.6
11.7 MJ/kg MJ/kg

Calorific value almost

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ZEMAG Tubular Dryers

ZEMAG Tubular Dryers are applied for

drying free-flowing materials preferably
with a grain size of 0-6 mm by
continuous and high reduction of
materials’ moisture.

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ZEMAG Tubular Dryers – Influences on Drying Effect

Coal Air Steam

ZEMAG
Dryer
Design
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ZEMAG Tubular Dryers – General Facts

high evaporation indexes (ratio of evaporated water per

dryer surface)

Huge drying surface of app. 3600 m² hard brown coal of

40 % moisture down to 10-20 % (60-70t/h raw coal)

ZEMAG tubular dryers achieve a very long lifetime

(1937 MIBRAG still running)

Safe operation due to indirect drying method

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ZEMAG Tubular Dryers – Design and Function

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ZEMAG Tubular Dryers – Design and Function

• A slowly rotating drum, mounted between two front walls, is

equipped with a huge number of tubes (heating surface). The
material moves slowly down in the slightly inclined drum. The
tubes are equipped with special reversing strips to speed up or
delay the material flow.
• The steam for drying passes through the upper tubular journal
into the inner space of drum, where it completely surrounds the
tubes. This steam leaves the drum as condensate through the
tubular journal at the discharge end.
• The carrying air for the ejection of the vapour content within the
material enters the tubes together with the material at the upper
front wall. The air/steam mixture and the material leave the tubes
together at the discharging front wall.

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Summary for ZEMAG Tubular Dryers

Established principle combined with

state-of-the-art technology
Durable design and construction
Fully automatable operation
Low maintenance

Reliable, steady
and secure
operation

Lower operating costs,

higher safety and
increased plant reliability
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ZEMAG Roller Presses

Binderless pressed northern

Chinese hard brown coal
briquettes

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ZEMAG Ram Extrusion Presses

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ZEMAG RAM EXTRUSION PRESSES

• ZEMAG Ram Extrusion Presses are used for binderless briquetting

of prepared brown coal
• The coal is feeded into a form channel and compacted by a
reciprocating plunger
• The friction of the briquette line in the form channel generates the
counterforce to the plunger
• This way the plunger force is getting effective
• With every stroke the briquette line is pushed forward by exactly the
thickness of one briquette
• ZEMAG ram extrusion press PSA 400 is a double two-line press.
The two plungers on each side are working displaced by 180°
• This way 4 briquettes are pressed with every rotation of the
crankshaft

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ZEMAG Ram Extrusion Presses

Binderless pressed soft brown brown coal briquettes

of the ram extrusion press as bulk material
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ZEMAG SAMPLE ANALYSIS FOR BRIQUETTABILITY

at ZEMAG laboratory in cooperation with
Freiberg Mining Technique University

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