The coal handbook : towards cleaner production. Volume 1, Coal production / edited by Dave Osborne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osborne, Super Dave.

Contributor:

Osborne, D. G., editor.

Series:

Woodhead Publishing in energy ; number 50.

Woodhead publishing series in energy ; number 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal.

Coal mines and mining.

Coal trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 755 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Woodhead Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Coal is an important fossil fuel resource for many nations due to its large remaining resources, relatively low production and processing cost and potential high energy intensity. Certain issues surround its utilisation, however, including emissions of pollutants and growing concern about climate change. The coal handbook: Towards cleaner production Volume 1 reviews the coal production supply chain from analysis to extraction and distribution.Part one explores coal characterisation and introduces the industrial use of coal as well as coal formation, petrography, reserves, sampling and

Contents:

part I. Introduction and coal characterization

part II. Coal extraction and preparation

part III. Coal supply chain.

Notes:

"ISSN: 2044-9364."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 20, 2013).

ISBN:

9780857097309

085709730X

OCLC:

879495894