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Coal science and engineering

B Mazumder, IMMT Research Laboratory, India

Coal science and engineering will be helpful as a unified source of information on coal for both students specializing in coal and entrepreneurs working on coal. Chapters cover coal deposits, mining and beneficiation; coal structure and coal classification; coal analysis; coal cleaning processes; and coal conversion processes, as well as coal derived industrial carbons; utilization of coal wastes; and pollution generated by coal and its abatement.

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About the author

Dr B. Mazumder is an Emeritus Scientist, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, at IMMT Research Laboratory, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa.

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Contents

Introduction
 - What is coal?
 - Coal the primary energy source for mankind
 - Commercial coal grades and prices
 - Coal transportation
 - Concentration of ionic species in supernatant solution
 - CWM with non-ionic dispersant

Coal deposits, mining and beneficiation
 - Coal deposits
 - Petrographic constituent of coal
 - Coal beneficiation
 - Representation of washability data
 - Efficiency of a washery
 - Economics of coal washing
 - Coal mining
 - Adaptation of special mining techniques
 - Conservation of coal

Coal structure and coal classification
 - Introduction
 - Classification of coal
 - Coal structure
 - Sulfur in coal
 - Oxygen in coal
 - Nitrogen in coal
 - Structure of coal

Analysis of coal
 - Introduction
 - Coal maceral analysis
 - Sampling procedure for analysis of coal
 - Demineralization procedure for coals
 - Statistical quality control (SQC)
 - Preliminary analysis
 - Proximate and ultimate analysis of coal
 - Hardgrove grindability index
 - Reactivity of coal and coke
 - Plasticity and dilatometric properties
 - Ultimate analysis of coal
 - Thermal analysis of coal
 - Differential scanning calorimetry
 - Analysis of gaseous component

Coal cleaning processes
 - Introduction
 - Float-sink and washability tests
 - Chemical coal cleaning
 - Economics of coal cleaning

Coal conversion processes
 - Introduction
 - Coal combustion
 - Combustion air
 - Total FBC system (Design aspect)
 - Sulfur retention
 - Economics of FBC
 - Cyclone furnace
 - Coal carbonization
 - Flash pyrolysis
 - Acetylene production
 - Economics of coal carbonization
 - By-products of coal carbonization and their utilization
 - Coal gasification
 - Coal to oil conversion
 - Hydrogenation of coal tar
 - Economics of coal to oil process
 - Hydrocarbon fuel cells

Coal-derived industrial carbons
 - Introduction
 - Carbon molecular engineering
 - Conversion of pitch to graphite
 - Graphite deposits in India
 - Graphite for nuclear application
 - Resistor coke
 - Graphite refractories
 - Active carbon

Utilization of coal wastes
 - Introduction
 - Powder coal and coal briquetting
 - Coal wastes as adsorbent
 - Utilization of fly-ash
 - Use of fluid-bed boiler ash

Pollution generated by coal and its abatement
 - Introduction
 - Environment pollution standards
 - Solid pollutants and its abatement
 - Liquid pollutants and its abatement
 - Gaseous pollutants and its abatment