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Environmental impacts of coal mining and utilization : a study /
As coal is considered as a substitute for other fuels, more serious attention is being given to the environmental impacts of the whole coal fuel cycle: mining, transport, storage, combustion and conversion. This volume presents an up-to-date account of these environmental impacts and the recent deve...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York :
Pergamon,
1987.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Related Pergamon Titles of Interest; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Units, Conversions and Equivalents; Elements and Chemical Compounds; Chapter 1: Coal in the International Energy Scene; Publisher Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Resources and Reserves; 3 Energy Use and Economic Growth; 4 Coal Demand; 5 Coal Supply; 6 Coal Trade; 7 Institutional Developments; Chapter 2: Land Disturbance and Reclamation after Mining; Publisher Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Classification of Mining Land Disturbance
- 3 Land Reclamation4 The Economics of Reclamation; Chapter 3: Resource Demands of Coal Production; Publisher Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Resource Requirements; 3 Water Needs and Coal Development; Chapter 4: Environmental Impacts of Coal Transportation; Publisher Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Environmental Impacts Common to all Modes of Transport; 3 Rail Transport; 4 Coal Transport by Truck; 5 Coal Transport by Water; 6 Slurry Pipelines; 7 Coal Transport Impacts in Perspective; Chapter 5: Coal Combustion; Publisher Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Methods of Coal Combustion
- 3 Effluents Produced During Coal Combustion4 Emission Control Techniques; Chapter 6: Coal Conversion Technologies; Publisher Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Coal Conversion Process Routes; 3 Direct Liquefaction; 4 Gasification; 5 Pyrolysis-Based Conversion Processes; 6 Emissions from Gasification and Liquefaction Plants; Chapter 7: Application of the Exposure Commitment Model to Coal Utilization Emission Problems; Publisher Summary; 1 The Exposure Commitment Concept; 2 Application of the Exposure Commitment Model; 3 Comparative Assessments and the Exposure Commitment Method
- Chapter 8: The Environmental Significance of Trace Elements from Coal Combustion and Conversion ProcessesPublisher Summary; 1 Occurrence and Distribution of Trace Elements in Coal; 2 Mobilization of Trace Elements by Coal Utilization; 3 Environmental Effects of Coal Utilization; 4 Conclusions; Chapter 9: The Environmental Significance of Coal-derived Carbon Compounds; Publisher Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Human Health Effects of Coal-derived Carbon Compounds; 3 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Food Chain; 4 Natural Origins of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
- 5 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Coal Combustion and Conversion Processes6 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Body Burdens in Man; Chapter 10: Occupational and Environmental Health Problems from Coal Utilization and Conversion; Publisher Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Coal Combustion; 3 Coal Conversion; 4 Control and Planning; Chapter 11: The Effect of Coal Utilization Emissions on Natural and Man-managed Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems; Publisher Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Atmospheric Transport and Diffusion; 3 Effects on Forest Ecosystems; 4 Effects on Grassland Ecosystems