The Coal Handbook: Towards Cleaner Production. Volume 1 [electronic resource] ; Coal Production / Guest editor Dave Osborne.
Coal is an important fossil fuel resource for many nations due to its large remaining resources, relatively low production and processing cost and potential high energy intensity. This book reviews the coal production supply chain from analysis to extraction and distribution.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Woodhead Publishing Ltd,
2013.
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| Series: | Woodhead Publishing in energy.
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| Summary: | Coal is an important fossil fuel resource for many nations due to its large remaining resources, relatively low production and processing cost and potential high energy intensity. This book reviews the coal production supply chain from analysis to extraction and distribution. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic book text. Dave Osborne is Coal Technology Manager, Xstrata Technology, Australia. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (776 pages ) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857097309 085709730X 9780857094223 085709422X 9781782421535 178242153X |
| ISSN: | 2044-9364 2044-9364. |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Part 1 Introduction: Coal characterization: Industrial use of coal; Coal formation; Coal petrography; Coal resources and reserves; Coal sampling; Coal analysis. Part 2 Coal extraction and preparation: Advances in coal mining technology; Underground coal gasification; Coal comminution and sizing; Cleaning of coarse and small coal; Cleaning of fine and ultrafine coal; Surface chemistry fundamentals in fine coal processing; Solid-liquid separation technologies for coal; Economic factors affecting coal preparation: Plant design worldwide and case studies illustrating economic impact; Post-treatment of coal; Treatment of coal tailings; Optimization, simulation and control of coal preparation plants. Part 3 Coal supply chain: Supply chain management for bulk materials in the coal industry; Coal conveying; Coal handling along the supply chain; Transportation and logistics in the coal industry. |