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Terminated in academic year 2009/2010

Coal Chemistry

Type of study -
Language of instruction Czech
Code 617-0108/02
Abbreviation CHU
Course title Coal Chemistry
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Václav Roubíček, CSc.,Dr.h.c.

Subject syllabus

1.Introduction. Carbon Chemistry of carbon..A brief outline of the history of coal exploitation. Coal, its present status and future in the global economy.

2. Genesis of coal. Chemistry and degradation of celullose, hemicelullose and lignin. Main coal resources - its location in the world and CR.Coal extraction. Coal for energy.

3. Coal as a heterogeneous macromolecular system.Texture and chemical structure of coal.

4.Modern methods for study of the organic part of coal. Models of the coal macromolecule.

5. Mineral substancies in coal, their origin and methods of the investigation.. Trace elements and water in coal.

6. Petrographic coal structure and methods of its determination.

7 Properties of coal versus its coalification. Technical analysis of coal. Classification of coal.

8 Coal bed methane (CBM), its extraction and perspectives of exploitation.

9. The changes in coal structure during its heating. Interaction with oxygen. Burning of coal. The process of combustion.

10.Proces coking. Properties of coke for blast furnace process. Coal tar, its composition, properties and processing procedures (current status and perspectives). Patent pitch and its industrial applications.

11Gasification of coal. Properties of fuel gas. Industrial applications and perspectives. C1 Chemistry.

12 The interaction of coal with solvents. Coal Liquefaction.

13 Co-processes. Gasification and liquefaction of coal with organic waste.

14 Perspectives for the utilization of coal as a chemical feedstock. Crisis of petrochemistry. Ecological aspects of coal use. Clean coal technologies. Coal and biotechnologies.

Literature

Roubíček V., Buchtele J. : Chemie uhlí a jeho využití, ES VŠB-TU Ostrava 1996

Advised literature

[4]Gavlas G. R.: Coal Pyrolysis, Elsevier 1992.