Lignites : Their Occurrence, Production and Utilisation

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Jones, Clifford (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Dunbeath, Caithness : Whittles Publishing, 2016.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781523104031
1523104031
9781849952750
1849952752
1849951802
9781849951807
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • The nature of lignites
  • Petrography
  • Lignite/brown coal in pre-industrial times and early in the industrial era
  • Electricity generation I: Germany
  • Electricity generation II: other European countries
  • Electricity generation III: North America
  • Electricity generation IV: Asia
  • Electricity generation V: the Indian sub-continent
  • Electricity VI: The former Soviet Union
  • Electricity generation VII: Australia
  • Briquettes
  • Carbonised products
  • Gasification
  • Conversion to liquid fuels
  • Chemical substances from lignites
  • Unworked lignite deposits
  • Hazards with lignites
  • Leonardite
  • Examples of carbon capture and storage (CCS) at lignite-utilising plants
  • Co-combustion of lignites with other fuels
  • Comparisons with peat
  • Comparison with sub-bituminous coals
  • Lignite originating in isolated or undeveloped locations
  • National and international standards appertaining to brown coals and lignites.