Toraman, O.Y.Delibalta, M.S.2024-11-072024-11-072017978-605011008-1https://hdl.handle.net/11480/1100425th International Mining Congress of Turkey: New Trends in Mining, IMCET 2017 -- 11 April 2017 through 14 April 2017 -- Antalya -- 127813In the present study, the effect of microwave energy on crushability of high ash low rank Turkish coal has been investigated. Coal samples were treated by microwave at a frequency of 2.45 GHz with 0.80 kW power level and different exposure times (15-240 s). In order to determine the crushing resistance of lignite coal samples treated by microwave oven, the various strength tests (ISI, CI, Is(50)) were applied for each treated and untreated sample and compared with each other. Experimental results have shown that significant increases in crushability were achieved when the coal samples were exposed to microwave radiation.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessCoalCoal sampleCrushing resistanceLignite coalLow rank Turkish coalsMicrowave energiesPower levelsPre-TreatmentStrength testsMicrowavesConference Object6416472-s2.0-85021818439N/A