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Applied Coal Petrology - The Role of Petrology in Coal Utilization (Hardcover)
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Applied Coal Petrology - The Role of Petrology in Coal Utilization (Hardcover)
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This book is an integrated approach towards the applications of
coal (organic) petrology and discusses the role of this science in
the field of coal and coal-related topics.
Coal petrology needs to be seen as a continuum of organic
(macerals) and inorganic (minerals and trace elements)
contributions to the total coal structure, with the overprint of
coal rank. All this influences the behavior of coal in utilization,
the coal by-products, the properties of coal as a reservoir for
methane or a sequestration site for carbon dioxide, and the
relationships of coal utilization with health and environmental
issues.
The interaction of coal properties and coal utilization begins at
the mine face. The breakage of the coal in mining influences its
subsequent beneficiation. Beneficiation is fundamental to the
proper combustion of coal and is vital to the preparation of the
feedstock for the production of metallurgical coke. An
understanding of basic coal properties is important for achieving
reductions in trace element emissions and improving the efficiency
of combustion and combined-cycle gasification. The production of
methane from coal beds is related to the properties of the in situ
coal. Similarly, coal bed sequestration of carbon dioxide produced
from combustion is dependent on the reservoir properties.
Environmental problems accompany coal on its way from the mine to
the point of utilization and beyond. Health aspects related with
coal mining and coal utilization are also included because, in
planning for coal use, it is impossible to separate environmental
and health issues from the discussion of coal utilization.
The book is aimed at a wide audience, ranging from researchers,
lecturers and students to professionals in industry and discusses
issues (such as the environmental, and health) that are of concern
to the general public as a whole.
Key Features:
- This book focuses on the applications of coal (organic) petrology
to our modern society.
- It is an integrated approach to help the reader appreciate the
importance of coal quality and coal utilization. Coal composition
(macerals, mineral, trace elements) and the overprint of coal rank
are treated together.
- The book synthesises all the possibilities of the organic
petrology as a tool for coal utilization in conventional
applications (mining and beneficiation, coal combustion,
gasification, liquefaction, carbonization), as a precursor of
carbon materials and as a petroleum source and reservoir rock.
- The role of applied petrology in the characterization of solid
by-products from coal utilization is also discussed.
- In addition, this book describes the present status of
environmental and health problems linked to coal utilization and
the ways in which such problems might be overcome in the future.
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