hard-coal beneficiation product with an ash content of 25–40% produced along can be run, are shown. Fast heat
treatment of this type makes it possible to reduce the initial moisture content of brown coal from 35–40 to 2–
12% and of coal preparation products, from 20–25 to 10–12%. In the basic parameters (fuel consumption, spe-
cific amount of metal, etc.), this method of reducing the moisture content is superior to traditional methods for
drying coals and their preparation products (in drum, pipe, fluid-bed, or pneumatic dryers). After decreasing the
moisture content of brown coals to a value of
3%, their bertinization, i.e., preparing a product with properties close to that of grade D coals, is also performed.