Lignites : their occurrence, production and utilisation / Clifford Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Clifford, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lignite--Testing.

Lignite.

Lignite--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Scotland : Whittles Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

A thorough international review of all aspects of lignites, including the essential topics of CO2 emissions and carbon capture and storage.

Contents:

Contents ; Preface ; Chapter 1 The nature of lignites; 1.1 Lignite in popular conception ; 1.2 Background on coal formation ; 1.3 Brown coals vis-à-vis black coals ; 1.3.1 Calorific values ; 1.3.2 Hardness ; 1.3.3 Thermal decomposition ; 1.4 Moisture and its removal ; 1.5 Concluding remarks ; 1.6 References ; Chapter 2 Petrography ; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Maceral groups and examples from lignite usage; 2.3 Examples of applications to lignites ; 2.4 Lithotypes ; 2.5 Subsea lignites; 2.6 Autochthnous and allochthonous lignites ; 2.7 Concluding remarks ; 2.8 References

Chapter 3 Lignite/brown coal in pre-industrial times and early in the industrial era 3.1 Examples ; 3.2 Concluding remarks ; 3.3 References ; Chapter 4 Electricity generation I - Germany ; 4.1 Background ; 4.2 German power stations using lignite ; 4.2.1 Introduction ; 4.2.2 Offleben and Buschhaus power stations ; 4.2.3 Grevenbroich-Neurath power station ; 4.2.4 Frimmersdorf power station ; 4.2.5 Lippendorf power station ; 4.2.6 Jänschwalde power station; 4.2.7 Boxberg power station; 4.2.8 Niederaussem power plant [42] ; 4.3 Further comments ; 4.4 Lignite in Austria ; 4.5 References

5.2.6 Adamów power station 5.2.7 Proposed Legnica power station ; 5.2.8 Concluding remarks ; 5.3 Greece ; 5.3.1 Introduction ; 5.3.2 Ptolemaida power station ; 5.3.3 Agios Dimitrios power station ; 5.3.4 Megalopolis power station ; 5.3.5 Amyntaio power station ; 5.3.6 Kardia power station ; 5.4 Bulgaria ; 5.4.1 Introduction ; 5.4.2 The Maritza complex ; 5.4.3 The Bobov Dol coalfield and power generation there from ; 5.5 Hungary ; 5.5.1 Brown coal deposits ; 5.5.2 Matra power plant ; 5.6 Turkey ; 5.7 Romania ; 5.8 The former Yugoslavia ; 5.8.1 Introduction ; 5.8.2 Bosnia and Herzegovina

5.8.3 Slovenia 5.8.4 Serbia ; 5.8.5 Kosovo ; 5.8.6 Montenegro ; 5.8.7 Macedonia (Republic of) ; 5.8.8 Croatia ; 5.9 Italy ; 5.10 Other European countries ; 5.11 References ; Chapter 6 Electricty generation III - North America ; 6.1 Introduction ; 6.2 North Dakota (ND) ; 6.2.1 ND lignites ; 6.2.2 Coal Creek power station ; 6.2.3 Coyote power station and R.M. Heskett power station ; 6.2.4 Leland Olds and Antelope Valley power stations ; 6.2.5 Milton R. Young power station ; 6.2.6 Spiritwood power station ; 6.2.7 Coal balls in ND ; 6.3 Montana (MT) ; 6.4 Texas (TX) ; 6.4.1 Introduction

6.4.2 Petrographic comments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).

ISBN:

9781523104031

1523104031

9781849952750

1849952752

OCLC:

951223193