Coal Properties and Their Effect on Industrial Processes
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 2608
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Both macerals and minerals define coal, but so do time, temperature, pressure, and depositional environment. This results in no two coals being alike even within the same mining complex, but many different coals being considered for use in industrial processes. The use of coal as a source of energy—heat and electricity—and those properties that define performance in power plants have been studied by many investigators. Even more complex is the use of coal as a source of carbon. Our “coal trees” show uses as varied as coke and coke breeze, light oil, gas, chemicals, and tars, with many products on each branch. The production of metallurgical coke has benefited from studies of macerals and minerals, and new carbon products under development will need to assess improved performance based on coal properties. As we prepare carbon foams and fibers, graphite, graphene, and quantum dots from coal, understanding coal properties and their effect on production of these materials will be crucial. This Special Issue will review coal properties and their effect on such mundane processes as coal handling and transport, move through a review of coal properties in relation to coal preparation, describe important properties for coal as an energy source in various types of power plants or as a source of carbon for petrol or gases in liquefaction or gasification processes, provide important perspectives related to coke making, and explore the requirements for coals for the carbon materials of the future.
Dr. Barbara J. Arnold
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- macerals
- minerals
- coalification
- coal combustion
- coking coal
- coal-to-carbon
- gasification
- advanced carbon products
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