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Environmental Implications of Expanded Coal Utilization
a Study By: The Beijer Institute The United Nations Environment Programme The U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences
- 1st Edition - October 2, 2013
- Editors: M.J. Chadwick, Nils Lindman
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 1 4 1 5 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 4 6 5 7 - 7
Environmental Implications of Expanded Coal Utilization focuses on the increasing consideration of coal as an alternative source of energy. This book comes as an answer to the… Read more
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Request a sales quoteEnvironmental Implications of Expanded Coal Utilization focuses on the increasing consideration of coal as an alternative source of energy. This book comes as an answer to the issues on health and environment regarding the extraction, production, and use of coal. Composed of nine chapters, the selection starts by underlining the potential prospects for coal, which plays a vital role in meeting energy demands. The book also shows that problems have evolved regarding the use of coal, including land disturbance and increased land occupation due to mining. The text also notes that the international trade of coal will surely generate waste products, and some of which can be the result of poor transportation and handling. The book focuses on coal gasification and liquefaction and emphasizes that the processes involved must be carefully understood in order to avoid the environmental impacts of coal use. Attempts have been made to establish a conceptual framework to be used in assessing the health and environmental health impacts of the conversion and utilization of coal. Relative to this, discussions that follow include the trace elements that are the products of coal combustion and conversion and also coal derived carbon compounds. Another sector is focused on the evaluation of the effects of emissions on human health, especially of workers in the industry. The effects of the utilization of coal on communities are also considered. The text is a vital source of information to those involved in the research on the use of coal as alternative source of energy.
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1. Coal in the Future World Energy Scene
Introduction
The Energy Crisis and New Economic and Demographic Prospects
Coal in the Future World Energy Scene
Development Prospects for the Coal Market
Economic and Strategic Aspects of Coal Development
Coal Prospects
References
2. Land Disturbance and Reclamation after Mining
Introduction
Classification of Mining Land Disturbance
Land Reclamation
The Economics of Reclamation
References
3. Environmental Impacts of Coal Transportation
Introduction
Environmental Impacts Common to All Modes of Transport
Rail Transport
Coal Transport by Truck
Coal Transport by Water
Slurry Pipelines
Coal Transport Impacts in Perspective
References
4. Coal Conversion Processes: Gasification and Liquefaction
Introduction
Gasification
Liquefaction
Control Aspects
References
5. Application of the Exposure Commitment Model to Coal Utilization Emission Problems
The Exposure Commitment Concept
Application of the Exposure Commitment Model
Comparative Assessments and the Exposure
Commitment Method
References
6. The Environmental Significance of Trace Elements from Coal Combustion and Conversion Processes
Occurrence and Distribution of Trace Elements in Coal
Mobilization of Trace Elements by Coal Utilization
Environmental Effects of Coal Utilization
Conclusions
References
7. The Environmental Significance of Coal-Derived Carbon Compounds
Introduction
Human Health Effects of Coal-Derived Carbon Compounds
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Food Chain
Natural Origins of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Coal Conversion Processes
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Body Burdens in Man
References
8. Potential Health Problems from Coal Conversion Technologies
Nature of the Problem
Areas of Concern
Control and Planning
References
9. Impacts of Coal on Natural Environmental Systems
Introduction
Emissions from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels
The Climate Problem
SO2/NOx Effects on the Biosphere
Trace Element Effects on Ecosystems
Environmental Management
References
Index
- No. of pages: 308
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 2, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483114156
- eBook ISBN: 9781483146577