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The Coal Handbook
Volume 1: Towards Cleaner Coal Supply Chains

A fully updated handbook on coal production which reflects the latest technologies and research on cleaner and more sustainable coal production

Dave Osborne (Edited by)

9780128243282

Hardback, published 29 March 2023

848 pages, 200 illustrations (100 in full color)
22.9 x 15.2 x 5.1 cm, 1 kg

The Coal Handbook: Towards Cleaner Coal Supply Chains, Volume One, Second Edition presents a comprehensive analysis of the latest technology and practices. The book provides authoritative insights into a variety of case studies to help readers identify the most appropriate technologies to take coal, and its associated by-products, into an essential cleaner environment that includes integrated energy systems. The book's expertise highlights the future direction of coal use towards more efficient and clean usage. Key emerging topics such as hybrid technologies, integrated power and chemical processes, and advanced CO2 abatement strategies are explored, with a focus on economic and sustainable values.

In addition, the book includes two brand new chapters on the optimization of mine development and the impacts of tailings treatment. With its distinguished editor and international team of expert contributors, the book is a comprehensive and invaluable resource for professionals in the coal mining, preparation and utilization industry, those in the power sector, including plant operators and engineers, and researchers and academics interested in this field.

Part I 1. Coal formation 2. Coal petrography 3. Coal resources and reserves 4. Coal sampling 5. Coal analysis 6. Aspects of surface chemistry of coal and its characterization in fine coal processing 7. Overview of Industrial Utilization of coal

Part II 8. Advances in coal mining technology 9. Underground coal gasification 10. Coal Preparation fundamentals 11. Coal comminution and sizing 12. Cleaning of coarse and small coal 13. Cleaning of fine and ultrafine coal 14. Solid-liquid separation technologies for coal 15. Treatment of coal tailings 16. Economic factors affecting coal preparation plant design worldwide

Part III 17. Optimization, simulation and control of coal preparation plants 18. Supply chain management for bulk materials in the coal industry 19. Coal conveying 20. Coal handling aling the supply chain 21. Transportation by rail and sea in the coal industry

Subject Areas: Fossil fuel technologies [THF], Energy technology & engineering [TH], Mining industry [KNAT]

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