CCC/212 ISBN 978-92-9029-532-7

December 2012

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Abstract

This report examines the way coal can change as it passes along the coal chain. A great deal of the

change is intended, through separation and sizing, to ensure the coal being mined matches the

specification demanded by the customer. This report attempts to identify these changes and presents

some of the issues faced by the coal supplier and user. Much of the change leads to a loss of mass in

CCC/210 ISBN 978-92-9029-530-3

November 2012

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Abstract

Conventional flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems require large supplies of water. Technologies

which reduce water usage are becoming more important with the large number of FGD systems being

installed in response to ever tightening emission regulations. Reducing water loss is particularly

important in arid regions of the world. This report reviews commercial and near commercial low

CCC208 ISBN 978-92-9029-528-0

October 2012

This work has been funded by the US Department of State through

their grant to ARCADIS, number S-LMAQM-11-GR-1009

Abstract

Mercury is an element of growing global concern. The United Nations Environment Programme plans

to finalise a new global legally binding instrument on mercury by 2013, to coordinate actions to

reduce emissions of mercury.

It has been well established that Asia represents not only the region contributing to greatest current

CCC/205 ISBN 978-92-9029-525-9

September 2012

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Abstract

Pulverised coal firing has been the dominant technology for generating power in utility boilers for

almost a century. During this period, boiler designs have evolved through an accumulating collection

of knowledge that has led to many empirical relationships that still guide current and future design

directions to some degree. In the late 1940s the developed nations began to undertake coal research