Jones Clifford. Sub-bituminous Coals: An Overview

Bookboon, 2016. — 91 p. — ISBN: 978-87-403-1236-2.The book is focused entirely on coals which are sub-bituminous in rank. In the coalification sequence these fall between lignite and bituminous. The book gives details of properties of such coals including calorific values and Hardgrove indices and then gives examples of their use in power generation. Powder River Coals have a chapter to themselves. There is a discussion of carbon sequestration at a plant raising electricity with sub-bituminous coals, also accounts of their carbonisation and gasification. There is consideration of conversion to liquid fuels, and of hazards including spontaneous heating and dust explosions. There is also a detailed section on pricing.Background on the nature of sub-bituminous coals
Utilisation in power generation
Powder River Basin coals
Briquettes
Carbonisation and gasification
Sub-bituminous coal in isolated settings and in unworked deposits
Conversion to liquid fuels
Safety issues with sub-bituminous coals
Pricing of sub-bituminous coals.