Applied Coal Petrology - The Role of Petrology in Coal Utilization

• Main Authors: Suárez Ruiz, Isabel, Crelling, John C.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier 2008; Elsevier Academic Press; Elsevier Science & Technology
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Coal; Coal > Analysis; Coal > Environmental aspects; Coal > Geology; Exploration & Geophysics; Geology; Mining Engineering & Extractive Metallurgy
• ISBN: 9780080450513; 0080450512
• DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045051-3.X0001-2

This book is an integrated approach towards the applications of coal (organic) petrology and discusses the role of this science in the field of coal and coal-related topics. Coal petrology needs to be seen as a continuum of organic (macerals) and inorganic (minerals and trace elements) contributions to the total coal structure, with the overprint of coal rank. All this influences the behavior of coal in utilization, the coal by-products, the properties of coal as a reservoir for methane or a sequestration site for carbon dioxide, and the relationships of coal utilization with health and environmental issues. Environmental problems accompany coal on its way from the mine to the point of utilization and beyond. Health aspects related with coal mining and coal utilization are also included because, in planning for coal use, it is impossible to separate environmental and health issues from the discussion of coal utilization. The book is aimed at a wide audience, ranging from researchers, lecturers and students to professionals in industry and discusses issues (such as the environmental, and health) that are of concern to the general public as a whole.