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Coal : research and development to support nationalenergy policy / Committee on Coal Research, Technology, and Resource Assessments to Inform Energy Policy, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
Lippincott Library HD9506 .C83 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Coal Research, Technology, and Resource Assessments to Inform Energy Policy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coal mines and mining--United States.
- Coal mines and mining.
- United States.
- Energy policy--United States.
- Energy policy.
- Power resources--United States.
- Power resources.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Coal in the U.S. Energy Economy 15
- Committee Charge and Scope of This Study 19
- Committee Process 19
- Report Organization-The Coal Fuel Cycle 21
- 2 Projections for U.S. and World Coal Use 24
- Coal Production Scenarios for the United States 24
- International Coal Production Projections 32
- How Well Do Models Predict Reality? 39
- Findings-Projections for Future Coal Production and Use 40
- 3 Coal Resource, Reserve, and Quality Assessments 43
- Resource and Reserve Definitions 44
- Sources of Coal Resource and Reserve Information 46
- U.S. Coal Resource and Reserve Estimates 50
- International Coal Resource Assessments 53
- Findings and Recommendation-Coal Resource, Reserve, and Quality Assessments 54
- 4 Coal Mining and Processing 57
- Coal Mining Industry in the United States 57
- Coal Mining and Processing Methods 59
- Major Coal Mining and Processing Issues 66
- Coal Mining and Processing R&D Programs 71
- Findings and Recommendations-Coal Mining and Processing 75
- 5 Transport of Coal and Coal Products 80
- Transportation by Rail 81
- Transportation by Truck 84
- Waterborne Coal Transportation 84
- Transportation of Coal Exports and Imports 86
- Electricity Transmission 86
- Transport of Coal-Derived Products 88
- Findings-Transport of Coal and Coal Products 89
- 6 Coal Utilization 91
- Coal Utilization Technologies 91
- Environmental Impacts of Coal Use 96
- Federal Coal Utilization R&D Programs 101
- Findings and Recommendation-Coal Utilization 106
- 7 Coal Research Needs and Priorities 108
- Societal Issues and Coal 110
- Existing Federal Support for Coal-Related R&D 112
- Improved Coal Resource, Reserve, and Quality Assessments 116
- Research to Support Coal Mining and Processing 118
- Transport of Coal and Coal Products 121
- Research to Support Coal Utilization 122
- Coordination of Coal-Related R&D by Federal Agencies 123
- B Presentations to the Committee 145
- C Federal Support for Coal Research 148
- D Data Tables: U.S. and World Coal Reserves 155
- E Coal Mining and Processing Methods 160
- G Unit Conversion Factors and Energy Ratings 170.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-135).
- ISBN:
- 030911022X
- 9780309110228
- OCLC:
- 170922455
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