Sunday, April 25, 2010

• Registration, Marriott Griffin Gate
• Reception / Entertainment, Marriott Griffin Gate

Monday, April 26, 2010

Opening Ceremony Star Spangled Banner / Posting of the Colors Introduction of the International Organizing Committee Introduction of the National Organizing Committee Recognition of Sponsors Greetings from Kentucky Officials Keynote Address
Country Reports / Status of Coal Preparation Australia (Andrew Swanson) Canada (Ahmed Salama) China (Wang Xianzheng) Germany (Deter Ziaja) Hungary (Ljudmilla Bokanyi) India (Raj Sachdev) Poland (Wieslaw Blaschke)	Russia (Yulius Rubinstein) South Africa (Kevin McMillan) Turkey (Gulhan Őzbayoğlu) Ukraine (Oleksandr Yegurnov) United Kingdom (Douglas Jenkinson) United States (Peter Bethell)

PARALLEL SESSIONS I	PARALLEL SESSIONS II
Session I: Preparation Plant Design & Development	Session II: Marketing & Utilization
Arch Coal Processing Philosophy East & West (USA) Peter Bethell	Examining the Thermal Coal Pricing Policy Currently Existing in India (India) Sumantra Bhattacharya
Low Yield Metallurgical Coal: The Tabas Coal Mine Project (Italy/Iran) Paolo Bozzato	The Technical Design and Practical Production of Ultra Low Ash Pea Anthracite (China) Qingchun Ye
Establishment of 1000 t/h Coal Preparation Plant At Liddell Mine (Australia) R. Fox, N. Gibbs, L. Geczy, R. Souter and A. Swanson	Environment Friendly Burning of the High-Sulfur Coal (Romania) Sergey Boruk, Olexander Yegurnov, Igor Winkler and Sonia Gutt
Current Coal Processing Philosophy at Consol Energy (USA) Gary Meenan	A Model Services Contract for the Mining Industry: A Dream or Can It Become Reality? (Australia) Brad McCosker
Exploring and Practicing on Coal Preparation Flow for Difficulty Washing Ability and High-Ash Coking Coal at Kailuan (China) Zuoru Yin and Jianguang Li	Combustion of Briquettes and Fuel Pellets Prepared from Blends of Biomass and Fine Coal (USA) Darrell Taulbee, Jim Neathery, Datta P. Patil, Nathan Sowder, Bradley O’Daniel and Mike Montross

Session III: Preparation Plant Design & Development	Session IV: Waste Processing & Utilization
Process Design of the Phola Coal Preparation Plant (South Africa) G. M. Cresswell	Enhanced Coal Based Fuels (USA) Lorence M. Moot
Innovation Decisions Used in the Projects of New Coal Preparation Factories in the Kuznetsk Basin (Russia) P. Belokopitov, G. Sazykin and M. Davydov	Alternative Fuels Prepared from Coal Mud (Poland) Iwona Kuczyńska
Transformation of Production Capacity Expansion for Anjialing Large Coal Preparation Plant (China) Fuqiang Guo	Evaluation of a Novel Fine Dry Coal Cleaning Process at Greensfields Coal Company (USA) Robert Bratton, Gerald Luttrell, Henry Kasindorf, Greg McGraw and Riley Robbins
Challenge of Increasing Yield and Throughput in Karaganda, Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan) S.C. Frankland, M.P. Skiba, D. Boyarsky and M. Velzeboer	A Plant Design Intended for Coal Recovery from Thickener Tails and Prevention of New Waste Dams (Turkey) Selahaddin Anac and Ahmet Gitmez
The Prospective of the Capacity Development on Coal Preparation of OJSC “SCEC” (Russia) V.B. Artemiev and S.A. Silyutin	Pipeline Transport and Utilization of Coal Sludge (China) Miao Wu and Xuedi Hao
Soma Region’s Coals Washing at Derekoy Coal Washery and Performance Evaluation (Turkey) S. I. Alyildiz, A. Ulu and C. Inan	Resource-Saving Technologies to Recover Combustible Matter from the Coal-Bearing Wastes (Russia) V.N. Pozdeyev , V.V. Mikhaltsevich and A.P Lyashenko

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

PARALLEL SESSIONS I	PARALLEL SESSIONS II
Session V: Preparation Plant Design & Development	Session VI: On-Line Monitoring & Control
Strategies for Washing Australian Coals (Australia) W.L.A. Mackinnon and A. R. Swanson	Comparison of Different Methods for Determination of Ash Content in Coal (Poland) Marek Kryca and Teresa Sikora
Coal Washing Plant With a Capacity of 800 tph in Tki-Soma Region (Turkey) S. Gurkan, S. I. Alyildiz and S. Binol	Fine Coal Circuit Measurement Needs for Improved Control (Australia) Bruce Firth and Michael O’Brien
Identification of Optimum Strategies for the Processing of Fine Coal Streams (USA) Larry Watters, Andy Dynys, Serhat Keles, Zulfiqar Ali and Gerald Luttrell	Natural Gamma Comes of Age for the Quick Measurement of the Ash Content of Coal in Wagons and Trucks - Some Case Histories (UK) Paul Michael Taylor
Analysis of Processes Being Widely Used for Cleaning of Thermal Coal in India (India) Gurudas Mustafi	Development of a Washability Monitor for Coal Utilizing Optical and X-ray Analysis Techniques (Germany) Jan F. Bachmann, Claus C. Bachmann, Michael P. Cipold, Helge B. Wurst, Mel J. Laurila and Hauke Springer
The Coal Beneficiation Plant Listwjashnaja – Example for a Modern and Successful Installation Under Difficult Climatic Conditions (Germany) Jurgen W. Winckler and Victor V. Vaskin	Solving Flow and Flotation Monitoring Problems in Coal Preparation using New Non-Invasive Passive Array Flowmeter Technology (USA) Christian V. O’Keefe, Robert Maron and Paul Rothman
Attractiveness of Investment for Coal Preparation – The Role of Innovations in the Industry (Russia) L. A. Antipenko and L. I. Bezkhmelnitsyna	Enhanced Process Control – Maximizing Coal Handling Preparation Plant Productivity (Australia) Craig Baade

Session VII: Preparation Plant Operations	Session VIII: Research I
The Application of the Amira P754 Metal Accounting Code in the Coal Industry (South Africa) David Powers	Value of R&D in Coal Preparation Development (Australia/UK) David Osborne
Maximum Yield in Sized Steam Coal Cleaning and Raw Coal Blending (China) Yu Yu, Huajian Wang and Xiaonan Fan	Coal Preparation Research in South Africa (South Africa) GJ de Korte
Raspadskaya Coal Preparation Plant-Selective Slime Flocculation instead of Flotation (Russia) Vadim I. Novak and Vladimir V. Dolmatov	Coal Preparation Research in the USA (USA) Rick Honaker, Gerald Luttrell and Manoj Mohanty
How Coal Preparation Plant Operational Practices Can Conflict with Optimum Plant Performance and Have a Negative Impact on a Coal Mine’s Operating Costs and Profits (USA) Michael Evans and Anthony Riley	Studies on Test Transformation of Chinese Coal by Micro-Organisms (China) Mingxu Zhang and Jingyao Xu
Reduced Maintenance Costs Resulting from the Use of Wear Resistant Materials (South Africa) Stephanus David Viljoen	Evaluation of Cleaning Possibilities for Asphaltites (Turkey) Gulhan Ozbayoglu
Achieve Automatic Coal Delivery from Coal Yard Control System Upgrades (USA) C. Stasiuk and J. Whitt

Session IX: Dense Medium Separations I	Session X: Research II
Delineation of Large Diameter Dense Medium Cyclone Performance (Australia) Andrew D. Meyers and G. Sherritt	The Sedimentation Characteristics Of Coal Slime Water and Water Hardness (China) Jiongtian Liu, Mingqing Zhang, Shujuan Zhang, Li Feng, Zeshen Ou and Xiaobing Li
Development and Evaluation of the CAVEX Dense Medium Cyclone (USA) Rick Honaker, Robert Hollis, Debra Switzer and Tom Coker	Evaluation of a Novel Fine Coal Briquetting Process at GreensField Coal Company (USA) Robert Bratton, Gerald Luttrell, Henry Kasindorf, Greg McGraw and Max McAllister
Super-Large Gravity-Fed Three-Product Heavy Medium Cyclone (China) Shuyan Zhao, Chunlin Zhang , Xuewu Xu, Weimin Yao, Jianhang Chen, Zhiguo Yuan and Hongqiang Zhang	The Effect of Wettability of Coal on Its Bulk Density (Canada) Maria E. Holuszko and Janusz S. Laskowski
Development of a Multi-Stream Monitoring and Control System for Dense Medium Cyclones (USA) Coby Addison, Frank Addison, Fred Stanley, Gerald Luttrell and Robert Bratton	The Application of the Coal Grain Analysis Method to Coal Liberation Studies (Australia) Graham O’Brien, Bruce Firth and Ben Adair
Wet Drum Magnetic Separators for Heavy Media Application Operation and Performance (USA) Daniel Norrgran	Advances in X-Ray Computed Tomography (CT) for Improved Coal Washability Analysis (USA) C. L. Lin and J. D. Miller

Session XI: Dense Medium Separations II	Session XII: General I
Comparison of Density Modelling Approaches in Coal Preparation (Canada) Ahmed I. A. Salama	Trace Element Distribution in Coal Preparation Plant Feedstocks and Products (Russia) S.A. Silyutin, N. P. Gorjunova and M. Ja Shpirt
Operational Implications of Dense Medium Cyclone Multiphase Flow Modeling (Australia) Andrew Vince, Kevin Chu, Bob Wang, Aibing Yu, Peter Barnett and Geoffrey Barnette	Online X-Ray Elemental Analysis of Coal with a Particle Size of up to 50 mm (Germany) Albert Klein, Guoli Ma and Frank Ruliang
CFD Modeling of Dense Medium Cyclones (USA) Raj K. Rajamani, Jose Delgadillo, Udaya Bhaskar Kodukula and Dilek Alkac	Enhancement of the Montana Coal Sodium Removal Technology Evaluation and Development (USA) Jay McCloskey, Larry Twidwell, Paul Miranda, Sean Dudley, Doug Cameron, Courtney Young and Bill Pascoe
An Evaluation of Heavy Media Control Methods (USA) Dennis Phillips	The Utilization of Fly Ash from Hungarian Coal-Firing Power Stations (Hungary) Ljudmilla Bokanyi, Barnabas Csoke, Valeria Madai-Uveges, Gabor Mucsi and Joseph C. Milbourne
Development and Application of HM Suspension Density-Viscosity Detection Device (China) Weijun Zhang	Acid-Base Production Potentials of Ash-Bearing Samples from Soma and Yatagan Power Plants in Turkey (Turkey) G. Akar, V. Arslan and U. Ipekoglu
Extending Critical Wear Component Life of Peters Equipment Heavy Media Vessel Using Process Improvement Techniques (USA) Keith Pinson, Craig Ramsey and David DePasquale

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

PARALLEL SESSIONS I	PARALLEL SESSIONS II
Session XIII: Water-Based Separations	Session XIV: Modeling & Simulation
Hydraulic Jigging with Horizontal-Stationary Alluvial Bottom Layer (Ukraine) O. D. Polulyakh, D. O. Polulyikh, V. I. Chmilev and Yu N. Filippenko	Addressing the Envelope (South Africa) Peter Hand and David Wiseman
The Practice and Development of Teetered Bed Separator in China (China) Dongxu Fu and Dengwang Xu	Simulation of Mass Transfer at Centrifugal Filtration of Polydisperse Suspensions (Russia) B. I. Linev, V. F. Pozhidayev and Yu B. Rubinstein
Gravity Separation of Coal in the Reflux Classifier - New Mechanisms for Suppressing the Effects of Particle Size (Australia) K.P. Galvin, A. Callen, S. Spear, K. Walton and J. Zhou	Comparison of Two Approaches on Simulation of Density and Size Circuits (Canada) Ahmed I.A. Salama
Gekko IPJ Coal Separator Value Addition in Coal Preparation (Australia) Andrew Vince, Laurie Gibson, Peter Purdon and Tim Hughes	New Development of Modular Coal Preparation Plant Design in China (China) Taiyou Li and Shaolei Zhou
On-Site Evaluation of a Fine Coal Cleaning Circuit Using a Stack Sizer and a Falcon Enhanced Gravity Concentrator (USA) Baojie Zhang, Fan Yang, Hamid Akbaril, Richard Geilhausen, Manoj K. Mohanty, Paul Brodzik, Peter Latta and Joseph Hirschi	Sımulatıon Aıded Desıgn of a New Lıgnıte Washıng Plant Flowsheet (Turkey) Can Olgac Sengul, Levent Ergun and Ozcan Gulsoy

Session XV: Froth Flotation I	Session XVI: Dry Coal Cleaning
Evaluation of the StackCell Technology for Coal Applications (USA) Jaisen N. Kohmuench, Michael Mankosa and Eric S. Yan	Application of the FGX Separator in the Enrichment of Catalagzi coal – A Simulation Study (Turkey) E. Caner Orhan, Levent Ergun and Baki Altiparmak
Two Stage Coal Flotation Using a Mechanical Cell (Australia) Jeff Euston	Deshaling of Coal by Dual Energy X-Ray Transmission Sorting (Canada) Lutke von Ketelhodt
The Selection of Fine Coal Flotation and Dewatering Technology in Coal Preparation Plant (China) Guangyuan Xie, Ling Wu and Hesheng Yu	A Study of Rotary Tribo-Electrostatic Separation of South African Fine Coal (S. Africa/USA) Samsom Bada, L. M. Falcon, R. M. Falcon, Rick Honaker and Daniel Tao
A Novel Approach for Improving Column Flotation of Fine and Coarse Coal (USA) Datta Patil, B. K. Parekh and Edgar B. Klunder	Simulation of the Coal and Rock Particle Interaction Kinetics during Dry Separation (Ukraine) O. I. Nazymko, A. N. Corchevsky, V. V. Nazimko, Y.Y. Garkovenko, Y. A. Rozanov and S. V. Martyanov
Pneuflot - Cost Efficient Applications for Fine Coal Beneficiation (Germany) Lutz Markworth, Evren Oren and Mario Gerards	Effective Dry Density Beneficiation of Fine Coal Using a New Developed Fluid Bed Separator (Germany) Lars Weitkaemper, Hermann Wotruba, Carlos Hoffmann Sampaio and Marco Steinberg
A Novel Type of Jet Coal Flotation Machine (China) Dawei Wu, Yu Yu, Guoliang, Jinbo Zhu and Mingdong Jiang

Session XVII: Froth Flotation II	Session XVIII: Thermal Drying of Low Rank and Bituminous Coals
New Coal Flotation Technology Regulated by the Intake Degree of the Air and Reagents (Ukraine) I. P. Kurchenko, Yu N. Filippenko, G. A. Mavrenko and S. O. Fedoseeva	Beneficiation of Lignites by Heat Treatment (Turkey) Guvan Onal, N. Acarkan, M. Ozer, R. Asmatulu and M. Ozdingis
Enhanced Fine Coal Column Flotation Using Cavitation Concept (USA) Daniel Tao, Maoming Fan and Rick Honaker	Gas Recirculation Fuidized Bed Thermal Drying of Lignite (Canada) D. R. Barnstable, G. William Kalb and James D. Kinder
Implementation of Large-Capacity Flotation Machines in Coal Flotation (Poland) A. Wieniewski, Z. Myczkowski and W. Bartoniek	World’s First Commercial Scale Coal Upgrading Using The BCB Technology Starts Operation In Indonesia (Indonesia) Keith Clark
An Operator Friendly Performance Index for Frother Selection and Optimization in Coal Flotation (India) Sumantra Bhattacharya and Shobhana Dey	Experience of Dryer Operation at the Coal Preparation Plants in Kuzbass and Yakutiya (Russia) L.A. Antipenko and N.V. Hashina
Study on Effects of Circulating Pulp on Separation Performance of FCSMC (China) Xiaohua Zhou, JiongtianLiu, Yongtian Wang, Yijun Cao, Haijun Zhang and Chaoxun Zhao	The Gas Recirculation Thermal Coal Dryer for Processing Bituminous Filtercake (USA) Jeffrey W. Morris and G. William Kalb
	Upgrading Lignite Using Drying and Dry Processing Technology (China) Gongmin Li

Thursday, April 29, 2010

PARALLEL SESSIONS I	PARALLEL SESSIONS II
Session XIX: Dewatering	Session XX: General II
The Pressure Filtration Technology and Application of the Equipment (China) Ma Dachang, Liu Chunfeng and Shi Xiaohui	Densification Behavior of Coking Coals within Stamp Charge Operation (Germany) Halit Z. Kuyumcu, Jan Rosenkranz and Frank Abel
Development of the CentribaricTM Dewatering Technology (USA) Serhat Keles, Gerald Luttrell, Roe-Hoan Yoon, Tom Estes, Wally Schultz and Peter Bethell	An Experimental Study of Clay Binders in Fine Coal Froth Flotation (USA) Daniel Tao, Pablo G. Dopico, John Hines and Dennis Kennedy
Combination of Centrifuges for Dewatering the Finely Dispersed Slurry and Flotation Concentrate (Ukraine) Yu Kuchma, L. Vertola and Stanislav Abramjuk	Columbian Coal Cleaning Using a Test Rig Flotation Column (Columbia) Jorge Pineres and Juan Barraza
Fine Coal Filtration as Revealed by 3D Lattice-Boltzman Simulations (USA) C. L. Lin, J. D. Miller, J.A. Mejia, and A. R. Videla	The Future For Sink / Float Analysis –Economic and Technical Review (Australia) M. Campbell, R. England and W. Membrey
Evaluation of a Pilot-Scale, Plate-and-Frame Filter Press for Dewatering Fine Anthracite Refuse (USA) Shubham Verma and Mark S. Klima	Dry Cleaning of Coal by a Laboratory Continuous Air Dense Medium Fluidized Bed Separator (Canada) Prashant Dave, Z. Xu, J. Szymanski, R. Gupta and J. Boddez
Effects of Electro-Chemistry Pretreatment on Dewatering Characteristics of Fine Coal over Cu Electrode (China) Xianshu Dong, Suling Yao, Weipeng Ren, Wenlong Wei and Zhizhong Wang

Session XXI: Screening & Classification	Session XXII: Environmental Management
Some Aspects of Banana Screen Operation (Australia) Bruce Firth and Michael O’Brien	Low Emission Technologies of Heat Production as the Opportunity for Coal (Poland) Stanislaw Gajos, Marek Klusek and Leon Kurczabinski
Developments and Operating Guidelines for Coal Classifying Cyclones (USA) Robert Moorhead, Matt Bichicchio and Jack Hopwood	Mercury in the Coals of Donbass (Ukraine) T. A. Oleynik, L. V. Sklyar and O. I. Yegurnov
Development of a Combined Hydrocyclone and Sieve Device for Pretreatment of Flotation Feed (Ukraine) O.D. Polulyakh, B.F. Bevzenko, I.P. Kurchenko and V.V. Cherkasov	Removing Mercury with a Partial Wash Process at TransAlta’s Sundance Plant, Alberta, Canada (USA/Canada) T. Anthony Toney, Andrew Hickinbotham and John E. Trygstad
High Capacity Vibrating Screens (Germany) Eduardo Kenji Iizuka and Oswaldo Jose Delfim	Deep Cone Thickener at Lone Mountain Processing Plant (USA) B. K. Gupta and Peter Bethell
Predictive Control of Screen Process Efficiency (Australia) Michael O’Brien, Bruce Firth, Anita Hill and James Mardel	Cost and Environmental Impact of Out-of-Seam Dilution on Clean Coal (USA) Amit Patwardhan, Y. P. Chugh, A. Moharana and Joseph Hirschi

• Noon - Lunch/Closing Ceremony
• Afternoon Start of Post Congress Tours