Indonesian Mining Journal
This Journal is published periodically two times annually : April and October, containing papers of research and development for mineral and coal, including exploration, exploitation, processing, utilization, environment, economics and policy. The editors only accept relevant papers with the substance of this publication.
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STUDY ON COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS OF COAL-BIOMASS FOR CO-FIRING SYSTEM AS A FEEDSTOCK OF COAL GASIFICATION PROCESS
Datin Fatia Umar;
Gandhi Kurnia Hudaya;
Fahmi Sulistyohadi
Indonesian Mining Journal Vol 20, No 2 (2017): INDONESIAN MINING JOURNAL VOL. 20 NO. 2 October 2017
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DOI: 10.30556/imj.Vol20.No2.2017.223
Biomass co-firing is recognised as a crucial technology to aid in the use of fossil fuels, particularly due to its relative ease of implementation. Many studies of the combustion processes associated with co-firing have been conducted elsewhere. This paper discusses the combustion characteristics of coal and torrefied biomasses. Combustion profiles can be used to study certain combustion properties of fuels and fuel blends. The biomass fuels utilized in this study include twig, trunk and weed as the wastes from tea plantation. The results of this work provide data concerning the combustion processes of co-firing determined by simultaneous thermal analysis (STA) methods. Simultaneous thermogravimetric & differential scanning calorimetry/differential thermal analysis (STA, TGA-DSC/DTA) measures both the heat flow (DSC) and the weight changes (TG) in a material as a function of temperature or time in a controlled atmosphere. The results indicate that the mixture of coal and torrefied trunk in the weight ratio of coal-trunk of 25:75 shows the best combustion performance compared to other compositions of coal – torrefied biomass.
VITRINITE REFLECTANCE VARIATION OF OMBILIN COAL ACCORDING TO ITS PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
Binarko Santoso;
Bukin Daulay
Indonesian Mining Journal Vol 8, No 01 (2005): INDONESIAN MINING JOURNAL Vol. 8 No. 1 February 2005
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DOI: 10.30556/imj.Vol8.No01.2005.207
Rank and type variations of the Ombilin coals were studied by petrographic examination of thirty-six samples. The coals are mainly dominated by vitrinite and rare exinite, inertinite and mineral matter. Vitrinite macerals are dominated by detro- and telovitrinite. Cutinite, liptodetrinite and suberinite are the dominant exinite macerals in the coals. Inertinite macerals in the coals include sclerotinite, inertodetrinite and semifusinite. Mineral matter is rare in the coals consisting of clay and pyrite. The type differences largely reflect climatic influence and differences in peat conditions. The higher vitrinite reflectance of some of the coals is a result of igneous intrusion. The thermally affected coal has vitrinite reflectances between 3.39% and 4.69% indi- cating a coalification stage of anthracite; whereas the thermally unaffected coal is between 0.55% and 0.77% with ranks of sub-bituminous to high volatile bituminous, as classified by the Australian classifica- tion. The thermal effect has also an impact to the vitrinite content in the coals. The thermally affected coals contain 86-99% vitrinite, whereas the thermally unaffected coals contain 80-96% vitrinite. This is because in the thermally affected coals, exinite cannot be distinguished from vitrinite, and it appears to contain high proportion of vitrinite.
PRODUCTION OF ACTIVATED CARBON FROM SUBBITUMINOUS COAL USING ROTARY KILN AND CYCLONE BURNER
IKA MONIKA;
SLAMET SUPRAPTO
Indonesian Mining Journal Vol 14, No 1 (2011): INDONESIAN MINING JOURNAL Vol. 14 No. 1 February 2011
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DOI: 10.30556/imj.Vol14.No1.2011.506
Research on the production of activated carbon from coal has been carried out by Research and Develop- ment Center for Mineral and Coal Technology since 1980 in the laboratory as well as pilot plant scale. Production of activated carbon from coal using rotary kiln and oil burner at the pilot plant of 1 ton/day has been carried out successfully to produce good quality product. To reduce the dependence upon using oil fuel, the oil fuel burner was replaced by coal fueled cyclone burner. Product quality and economic evalua- tion of the production of activated carbon using the burners are described in this paper. The coal used was subbituminous coal from Air Laya, South Sumatera. The coal passing 3 cm screen was carbonized at 500- 600° C for 2 hours to produce good quality char. The variables of activation process observed were con- sisted of particle size of char (+6, -6+12 and -12 +20 mesh) and residence time (1.5, 3 and 6 hours). The results showed that the optimum condition for activation process was using particle size of -6+12 mesh and residence time at a minimum of 3 hours. The activated carbon produced showed quality which fairly met the requirement of Indonesian Industrial Standard with iodine number of 600-800 mg/g compared with stan- dard of 750-1200 mg/g and market quality of 400-1200 mg/g. Eventhough the adsorption capacity obtained was at the lowest limit of the Indonesian Industrial Standard, however the pre utilization test showed that the product could be used for treatment of shrimp farms water.
THE USE OF SUB-BITUMINOUS COAL IN COMBINATION FIRING FOR TILE, BRICK AND LIMESTONE BURNING
SUMARYONO SUMARYONO
Indonesian Mining Journal Vol 15, No 1 (2012): INDONESIAN MINING JOURNAL Vol. 15 No. 1 February 2012
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DOI: 10.30556/imj.Vol15.No1.2012.473
Combination fi ring of fi rewood and bituminous coal was recommended to reduce fi rewood consumption and to increase energy effi ciency. However, bituminous coal deposit in Indonesia has been depleted, therefore the use of sub-bituminous coal for combination fi ring should be promoted. In this work the use of sub-bituminous coal for combination fi ring was investigated in tile, brick and limestone burning. The calorifi c value of the sub-bituminous coal was only 4.6% lower than the value of bituminous coal. The increase in energy effi ciencies using sub- bituminous coal were lower than that of using bituminous coal. Compared with the use of fi rewood alone the increase in energy effi ciencies using combination fi ring of fi rewood and sub-bituminous coal in tile, brick and limestone burning were 45.7, 53.6 and 28.3% respectively. While, in the use of bituminous coal, the increase were 70.8, 75.1 and 91.9% respectively. In the combination fi ring, the fi rewood substituted by coal using sub-bituminous coal were smaller than the use of bituminous coal, i.e. for tile, brick and limestone burning, using sub- bituminous coal the substituted fi rewood were 47.7, 44.6 and 45.0% respectively while using bituminous coal there were 54.5, 50.0 and 66.0% respectively. It was revealed that the superiority of bituminous coal come from its higher content of high hydrocarbon volatiles which produced higher radiative fl ame resulting more effi cient burning processes.
THE AVAILABILITY OF INDONESIAN OIL PRODUCT THAT IS USED IN THE UPGRADED BROWN COAL PROCESS
Iwan Rijwan;
BUKIN DAULAY;
Gandhi Kurnia Hudaya
Indonesian Mining Journal Vol 11, No 2 (2008): INDONESIAN MINING JOURNAL Vol. 11 No. 2 June 2008
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DOI: 10.30556/imj.Vol11.No2.2008.593
Indonesian coal has a potential to be a major future primary energy source due to its large resource, easy and low cost of exploitation, good quality and supported by appropriate infrastructure. However, more than 65% of the coal resources are categorized as LRC and this type of coal needs to be upgraded before it is used and transported for a long distance. One of the upgrading processes is UBC. Kerosene, LSWR and spray oils are used for UBC process as heating media, material for closing coal pores and oil for briquette machine, respectively. The specification and price of kerosene in Indonesia which is used for both household and industries are controlled by PT PERTAMINA. However in the case of LSWR, PT PERTAMINA does not control the quality and the price. Therefore in the market there are different of qualities and prices of LSWR. All oil refineries belong to PT PERTAMINA produces LSWR and kerosene. They guarantee the con- tinuity of oil supply to customer. They recommend to utilize a heavy aromatic for kerosene substitu- tion and asphalt and decant oil to substitute LSWR. The oil will be transported to the UBC plant from the nearest oil refinery using lorries or tankers transportation agency that is recommended by PT PERTAMINA.
SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS FOR INDONESIAN NICKEL
Ijang Suherman;
Ridwan Saleh
Indonesian Mining Journal Vol 21, No 1 (2018): INDONESIAN MINING JOURNAL, Vol. 21 No. 1, April 2018
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DOI: 10.30556/imj.Vol21.No1.2018.246
It is imperative to increase the value-added of mineral product, especially nickel, as mandated in Law Number 4 of 2009. This law forces government and industry to optimize the added value in this country. The importing countries that perform further processing obtain most benefit from this value added. This creates an opportunity to optimize the value-added products in this country. This research aims to map supply chains along with their product flows and their relation to problem identification, to analyze product development in the supply chain, to analyze the performance of the industrial chain and its impacts on the national economy. Thus, efforts to increase the backward and forward linkages of nickel industry through value-added improvement program, as mandated in the law can be run according to plan. The research approaches were undertaken through direct and indirect surveys. From the results, there is an interrelated success between the value-added improvement policy from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the downstreaming policy from the Ministry of Industry. This is indicated by a continuous product flow. By 2020, an estimated 71.7 million tons of nickel ore will be absorbed entirely by smelter of processing and refining in the country. Then the products generated by these smelters will be absorbed by approximately 24% by the domestic stainless steel industry. The contribution to the national economy can boost Gross Domestic Product by approximately 0.526%.
STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF POMALAA LATERITIC ORE DUE TO COAL-BASED MAGNETIZING ROASTING
PRAMUSANTO PRAMUSANTO;
NURYADI SALEH;
SYONI SUPRIYANTO
Indonesian Mining Journal Vol 14, No 2 (2011): INDONESIAN MINING JOURNAL Vol. 14 No. 2 June 2011
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DOI: 10.30556/imj.Vol14.No2.2011.497
Overburden of Indonesia’s laterite ore at Pomalaa is considered as an iron cap. It performs low iron grade (41.88%) and high silica and aluminum oxide contents (18.47% and 9.46%, respectively). Around 54.74% of size distribution belong to -325 mesh fraction. Limonite iron mineral dominates in the ore in the range of 80-90% with water content of about 40%. Proven deposits of laterite iron ore are about 222 million tons. As a significant resources iron ore to be used as raw material for iron and steel industries, the iron content must be upgraded to meet the requirement of iron making industry. Magnetizing roasting technique can be conducted to change the paramagnetic iron mineral (such as hema- tite, goethite, limonite or siderite) into magnetite one that has high magnetic intensity. Therefore, the changed iron mineral can be concentrated using low-intensity, magnetic separator. Coal, mixed in ore composite may also enhance the development of coal-based magnetizing roasting processes in order to reach the desired temperature. Recently, reduced iron products from many different processes have been used as the main feed mixed with steel scrap. On the other hand, iron ore resources is getting dominated by low grade lateritic iron ore with specific content of water crystal. The abundant deposits of low grade lateritic iron ore and low rank coal in Indonesia can be used as suitable resources for raw materials in the iron and steel- making industry. Iron structural changes during magnetizing roasting process using coal as reductant agent was observed. The result showed that the non-magnetic limonite ore has been changed in to metallic iron and the iron recovery in the magnetic product depended on the coal ratio in the pellet composite. The magnetic product can be used for the development of lateritic iron ore as one of the alternatives to metallized iron feed for iron making industry.
A CHARACTERISTIC STUDY OF POPAY ZIRCON SAND USED FOR CERAMICS, REFRACTORY AND FOUNDRY RAW MATERIALS
Lili Tahli;
Tatang Wahyudi
Indonesian Mining Journal Vol 19, No 1 (2016): INDONESIAN MINING JOURNAL Vol. 19 No. 1 February 2016
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DOI: 10.30556/imj.Vol19.No1.2016.361
The objective of this study is characterizing the zircon sand from Popay of Nanga Pinoh District, West Kalimantan as well as its performance when separated using physical method, i.e., tabling and magnetic separator in terms of obtaining zircon concentrate for making zircon flour. The satisfied requirement of zircon flour will be used for ceramics, refractory and foundry raw materials. Tabling followed by magnetic separator of Popay zircon sand increase zircon content from 43.54 to 65.50%. The content increases to 66.11% when reversing the process, namely started with magnetic separator and then tabling. Mineralogical analysis using optical microscope detected six minerals available within zircon sands. Those are zircon, ilmenite, magnetite, hematite, rutile and quartz while XRD analysis only identified five minerals. Hematite was not distinguished within Popay samples. Chemical analysis of the samples shows that the ZrO2 content within zircon flour is bigger than 65%. Such a figure is categorized as premium class for zircon flour to be used for refractory, ceramics and foundry.
A GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING USING INDUCED POLARIZATION METHOD ON GOLD-BEARING SULFIDE DEPOSITS AT PASAWAHAN AREA, SIMPENAN SUB-DISTRICT, SUKABUMI DISTRICT, WEST JAVA
Maman Surahman
Indonesian Mining Journal Vol 17, No 2 (2014): INDONESIAN MINING JOURNAL Vol. 17 No. 2 JUNE 2014
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DOI: 10.30556/imj.Vol17.No2.2014.327
Induced polarization (IP) is a geophysical imaging technique used to identify sulfidized sedimentary rocks in the form of quartz veins in Pasawahan, Sukabumi District,West Java. The voltage is then monitored through two other electrodes. The sulfide is a lense shape with resistivity of 1 – 10 W and induced polarization of 130 – 150 m sec. It is included in a 300,000-ton quartz vein.
STUDY ON BASICITY IN DIRECT REDUCED IRON SMELTING
Nuryadi Saleh;
Siti Rochani
Indonesian Mining Journal Vol 18, No 2 (2015): INDONESIAN MINING JOURNAL Vol. 18 No. 2 June 2015
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DOI: 10.30556/imj.Vol18.No2.2015.290
Pig iron as raw material for steel production, can be prepared by smelting a Direct Reduced Iron (DRI)/sponge iron. The smelting process needs optimum conditions to obtain such a high recovery likes basicity, which measures the ratio of alkalinity or acidity by adding the exact quantity of flux (CaCO3) and quartz sand to input materials to generate the reduction process running well. In this study, smelting process was conducted using DRI sample mixed with varied flux (CaCO3), quartz sand and coal. Then a mixture was fed to a resistance furnace. The reduction process was carried out at a temperature of 1600°C, for 1-2 hour. Pig iron as product and slag were analyzed to obtain its chemical composition. Afterward, recovery products was calculated. The results showed that the best conditions in these experiments were achieved at 1.18 basicity with pig iron recovery was reached up to 95.79%, contented of 95.84% Fe, 3.52% C and 0.0024% SiO2. These data of this study can be used as reference of flux (limestone), quartz sand and carbon addition as input to resistance furnace in smelting process of sponge iron on a larger scale.