Clean Desulphurization of High-Sulfur Coal Based on Synergy Effect between Microwave Pretreatment and Magnetic Separation

[Image: see text] Coal is the world’s second largest energy resource and the primary energy resource in China. Coal-fired power generation is the dominant source for obtaining power both in China and the world. This situation is considered to remain unchanged for the coming few decades. The paper is to study the mechanism of microwave absorption capacity of the magnetic medium. A mechanism for the microwave energy absorption of fine coal is proposed by obtaining the parameters of dielectric properties of the magnetic medium. The prediction model of electromagnetic parameters during the process of microwave dielectric enhancement of fine coal is established by using the neural network method. The content of magnetic medium, by increasing the electromagnetic parameters to improve the energy utilization rate and reduce energy loss, can effectively improve the absorption and broaden bandwidth of the coal sample, improving the frequency adaptive design of coal by the microwave pretreatment process. A neural network model for the prediction of the electromagnetic parameters of fine coal is established by using the neural network method. The desulfurization rates were 23.99 and 45.78% for Weinan and Lu’an coals, respectively.