Nowadays we can observe the change of the structure of energy resources, which leads to the increasing fraction of a renewable energy sources. Traditional underground coal mining loses its significance in a total but there are countries, including Poland, which economy is still coal based. A decreasing coal resources imply an exploitation a becoming harder accessible coal beds what is connected...

Southern California has been proposed as a likely site for developing a hydrogen refueling infrastructure. In this paper, we apply dynamic programming to identify optimized strategies for supplying hydrogen over time in Southern California. GIS-based traffic data are used to model the location and magnitude of hydrogen demand over time. Refueling stations are sited based on the location of dema...

In collaboration with three pathology departments a case-control study was conducted in the southern part of the Netherlands to investigate the risk of gastric cancer in coal miners. Between 1 January 1973 and 31 December 1983, 323 male patients were diagnosed as having a malignant neoplasm of the stomach. For each case a control was selected from the same pathology department, matched on year ...

This Master’s Thesis compares two computational fluid dynamics solvers: the commercial solver ANSYS CFX and the open source code OpenFOAM. Simple benchmark cases with compressible and incompressible flows are tested and compared. Thereafter the more complex process of quenching in coal gasification is simulated. This thesis work describes the simulation of a part of the coal gasification proces...

Over the three-day gasification test of a large coal block with oxygen in atmospheric pressure conditions, yield and composition tar collected was investigated. The sampled approximately every 7 h into sorption tubes directly from reactor outlet. Sand, moisture content 11%, used as an insulating material to simulate environment gasified seam. Light aromatic hydrocarbons (BTEX), phenols, polycyc...

Hydrogen production has gained increasing attention as a potential energy carrier, which can utilize many forms of renewable energy, such as biomass, wind and direct solar power. It has increased its significance as fossil fuels are being used up at a high rate and energy security is of greater importance to the United States and many other countries. Furthermore, hydrogen production offers the...

Knowledge of in situ stresses is fundamental to many studies in earth sciences, and coal mine ground control is no exception. During the past 20 years, it has become clear that horizontal stress is a critical factor affecting roof stability in underground coal mines. The theory of plate tectonics and the World Stress Map (WSM) project has been extremely helpful in explaining the sources and the...

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