Objective Ash and moisture content of the coal and its handle-ability are important quality parameters.To maintain high standards it is essential to get knowledge of key parameters throughout the whole preparation process. There are few measuring instruments because they are expensive and need much maintenance. On the other hand many signals from different sensors are available which contain inherent information about single product streams.By an intelligent data processing system quality parameters can be inferred from a combination of signals. For the inference of handle-ability the size distribution is a key parameter, for which sensors have yet to be developed. Also for the subsequent utilisation in power plants the size distribution is very important. For a continuous optimisation of the pulverised fuel preparation on-line measuring devices have to be integrated into the milling circuit. Programme(s) ECSC-COAL-STEEL-RTD C - Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel Topic(s) TGC2 - Coal preparation, conversion and upgrading Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator DEUTSCHE MONTAN TECHNOLOGIE GMBH EU contribution No data Address Am Technologiepark 1 ESSEN Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Null EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data SOCIETE NATIONALE D'ELECTRICITE ET DE THERMIQUE SA France EU contribution No data Address 2, Rue Jacques Daguerre 92565 RUEIL MALMAISON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address University Park NOTTINGHAM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Borough Road MIDDLESBROUGH See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data