Coal - future fuel for thought

Suhaila Abdul Hamid, . (2000) Coal - future fuel for thought. [Proceedings Paper]

Coal is a combustible sedimentary organic rock composed primarily of carbon hydrogen and oxygen formed from vegetation which has been consolidated between other rock strata to form coal seams and altered by the combined effects of microbial action pressure and heat over a considerable time period. Coal reserves are the worlds most significant fossil fuel resource. At 1996 levels of production coal reserves are sufficient to last at least 250 years. It is widely recognized that the ready availability of electricity is a basic element in an improved quality of life. Currently coal provides some 40 of all the worlds electricity : without electricity there cannot be economic development. It has been suggested that additional quantities of electrical energy will be required as programs are carried out to improve the environment and to maximize the efficiency of energy utilization. Hence new clean coal technologies CCTs have been designed to enhance both the efficiency and the environmental acceptability of coal as a future fuel for thought. By using the Clean Coal Technologies CCTs such as Pulverised Fuel PF Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle IGCC British Topping Cycle-Pressurized Fluidised Bed Combustion BTC-PFBC and British Topping Cycle-Circulalting Fluidised Bed Combustion BTC-CFBC which produce 40 - 50 less carbon dioxide CO subscript 2 oxides of nitrogen NOx and oxides of sulfur SOx coal can now be burnt cleanly throughout the world. CCTs can be applied in Malaysia as our coal are 973.81 million tonnes.

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Coal is a combustible sedimentary organic rock composed primarily of carbon hydrogen and oxygen formed from vegetation which has been consolidated between other rock strata to form coal seams and altered by the combined effects of microbial action pressure and heat over a considerable time period. Coal reserves are the worlds most significant fossil fuel resource. At 1996 levels of production coal reserves are sufficient to last at least 250 years. It is widely recognized that the ready availability of electricity is a basic element in an improved quality of life. Currently coal provides some 40 of all the worlds electricity : without electricity there cannot be economic development. It has been suggested that additional quantities of electrical energy will be required as programs are carried out to improve the environment and to maximize the efficiency of energy utilization. Hence new clean coal technologies CCTs have been designed to enhance both the efficiency and the environmental acceptability of coal as a future fuel for thought. By using the Clean Coal Technologies CCTs such as Pulverised Fuel PF Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle IGCC British Topping Cycle-Pressurized Fluidised Bed Combustion BTC-PFBC and British Topping Cycle-Circulalting Fluidised Bed Combustion BTC-CFBC which produce 40 - 50 less carbon dioxide CO subscript 2 oxides of nitrogen NOx and oxides of sulfur SOx coal can now be burnt cleanly throughout the world. CCTs can be applied in Malaysia as our coal are 973.81 million tonnes.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	En
AGROVOC Term:	COAL
AGROVOC Term:	MINERAL RESOURCES
AGROVOC Term:	FUELS
AGROVOC Term:	GROWING MEDIA
AGROVOC Term:	ELECTRICITY
AGROVOC Term:	RENEWABLE ENERGY
AGROVOC Term:	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGROVOC Term:	MALAYSIA
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:27
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16311

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