Coal with low ash content has an important role in the coal and steel industry. There are different methods to measure the ash content. The conventional method which is used in most coal mines of Iran, is to burn the coal and measure the remaining ash. A new method has been recently developed at Nuclear Research Center (NRC) of Iran, Which works on the basis of the absorption of the dual en...

Precisely describing the formation and evolution rules of coal-rock fracturing crack have great value on reservoir fracturing improvement and highly efficient mining of coal bed methane well. In this paper, a non-linear dynamic method is used to study crack damage evolution behavior of coal-rock fracturing. Considering distribution characteristics of natural cracks in coal-rock, and based on da...

Studies of coal surface interactions are important for Understanding how technologically important reagents interact with Coal. Thermodynamic data provide a quantitative means to assess the interactions between reagents and coal. Knowledge of interaction strengths for solutes with coal surfaces should enable the design of more effective coal reaction strategies and lead to better utilization of...

Coal fires are common and serious phenomena in most coal-producing countries in the world. Coal fires not only burn valuable non-renewable coal reserves but also severely affect the local and global environment. The Rujigou coalfield in Shizuishan City, Ningxia, NW China, is well known for being a storehouse of anthracite coal. This coalfield is also known for having more coal fires than most o...

Coal will continue to be the most demanded energy source worldwide, which highlights the importance of better understanding current practices and environmental impacts of this industry. Indonesia is the largest coal exporter in the world, but studies evaluating the environmental impacts of the coal industry in this country are missing in the literature. A case study of the Indonesian coal suppl...

Coal is a major source of energy. The available Indian coal quality is very poor having very high ash content and low calorific value. Indian coal generates a large quantity of ash as a by-product of combustion. The objectives of the present study were to reduce the ash content of coal to produce ultra-clean coal. The coal was treated wi...

Canister desorption is a widely used technique to measure the gas content of coal. The gas content data, when normalized to volume/weight and multiplied by coal seam mass, is used to estimate the gas in place in an area around the cored hole. However, the gas content and the percentage of each constituent are likely to be influenced by trapped air in the canister at the time of the coal enclosu...

The techno-economic aspects of coal drying with cost effective waste heat recovery mechanism is one of the challenging issues faced while using lignite or high ash brown coal for direct combustion in coal fired thermal power plant. Coal being hygroscopic in nature, re-adsorbs considerable moisture even after conventional drying post wet coal washing condition affecting boiler performance. Parti...

2 Research method Different methods of coal processing into fuel [1, 6, 12] usually require its intensive comminution. Such situation needs the creation of new technologies for coal micronization [4, 11, 17] that enlarge specific surface of coal micro particles what finally intensifies burning process of such coal dust. Some interesting effects of water-coal mixture ensure waterjetting technolo...

Coal was central to the industrial revolution, but in the 20th century it increasingly was superseded by oil and gas. However, in recent years coal again has become the predominant source of global carbon emissions. We show that this trend of rapidly increasing coal-based emissions is not restricted to a few individual countries such as China. Rather, we are witnessing a global renaissance of c...