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Coal Utilisation

Technology, Economics and Policy

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  1. L. Grainger
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  2. J. Gibson
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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction to Coal and its Utilisation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. What is coal?

      • L. Grainger, J. Gibson
      Pages 3-30

    3. Why is Coal Important?

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      Pages 31-36

    4. How much Coal?

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      Pages 37-48

    5. How is Coal Won?

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      Pages 49-55

    6. How can Coal be used?

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      Pages 56-61

  3. Technology of Coal Utilisation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Combustion

      • L. Grainger, J. Gibson
      Pages 65-128

    3. The Carbonisation of Coal

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      Pages 129-160

    4. Gasification

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      Pages 161-210

    5. Liquefaction of Coal

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      Pages 211-256

    6. Chemicals from Coal

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      Pages 257-280

    7. In-Situ Processes: Underground Coal Gasification

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      Pages 281-300

  4. Economics of Coal Utilisation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 301-301
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    2. General Considerations of Coal Utilisation Economics

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      Pages 303-318

    3. Economics of Combustion and Power Generation

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      Pages 319-336

    4. Economics of Carbonisation

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      Pages 337-344

    5. Economics of Coal Gasification

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      Pages 345-361

    6. The Economics of Liquefaction

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      Pages 362-375
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About this book

The authors who have collaborated in writing this book have also worked together for more than a decade in promoting Coal Utilisation R&D. They bear a substantial responsibility for the way the policy of the National Coal Board in this field has developed since 1966 and, more directly, for the programme of work at the Coal Research Establishment, Stoke Orchard, near Cheltenham. After a period of relative neglect, R&D on Coal Utilisation has flourished in recent years, both in extent and the importance ascribed to it. A large amount of technical data has been obtained from the pioneering experimental work and this will form the foundation on which vast new industries can be based. The timing and organisation of the application of technical information into these new coal conversion industries represents, in the authors' view, the most important question in the whole field of energy, which is now widely recognised as a vital aspect of social and economic development. The scale of the new coal utilisation enterprises will be greater, and their success more critical, than that of any other development in the field of energy, including that of nuclear power or the renewable resources. This book is, therefore, not directed specifically at technical experts in the field of coal utilisation, and in particular it is not intended to enlighten those who specialise in particular sections of this technology.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Coal Utilisation

  • Book Subtitle: Technology, Economics and Policy

  • Authors: L. Grainger, J. Gibson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7352-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: L. Grainger and J. Gibson 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-7354-4Published: 20 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-7352-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 503

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Economics, general, Renewable and Green Energy

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