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Informationen zum Autor Michael S. Blinderman is a recognized authority on Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) technology, with over 30 years’ experience in UCG research, development, pilot and commercial operations in Uzbekistan (Angren), Russia (Yuzhno-Abinsk), Australia (Chinchilla and Kingaroy), South Africa (Majuba), and New Zealand (Huntly West). He serves as a managing director of a UCG technology company, Ergo Exergy Technologies Inc., in Canada. Alexander Y. Klimenko received his PhD from Moscow University in 1991 and his DEng from the University of Queensland in 2007. He has 150 journal and conference publications which are cited more than 2370 times, and he is involved in various UCG projects. Dr Klimenko lectures in the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, the University of Queensland, Australia. Klappentext Underground Coal Gasification and Combustion provides a comprehensive overview of the development of UCG, its current situation, and likely future directions. After an introductory part reviewing the history of UCG, following sections focus on UCG technology and modern UCG projects. Final chapters address prospective technologies. Underground coal gasification (UCG) processes convert solid coal resources that would otherwise not be mined into syngas. The resulting syngas can be used for power generation, fuel production, or other petrochemical processes. . In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in UCG as it may offer financial, social, and environmental benefits over conventional coal extraction methods. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Historical Development of UCG 1. Early development and discoveries 2. UCG development in the USSR 3. UCG Program in the USA 4. European UCG tests Part II. UCG Technology 5. Process description and major methods of UCG 6. UCG and gasification kinetics 7. Well linking 8. Environmental impact and groundwater 9. The role of rock deformation in UCG Part III. Modern UCG projects, scaling up and commercialization 10. What makes a UCG technology commercial-ready? 11. UCG to products: Designs, efficiencies, economics 12. Ergo Exergy: Majuba, Swan Hills 13. Carbon Energy: Bloodwood Creek 14. Linc Energy: Chinchilla Part IV. Fire underground: prospective technologies 15. Underground coal fires 16. Soil remediation by underground fires 17. UCG under sea bed 18. Underground retorting and gasification of shale oils ...
List of contents
Part I. Historical Development of UCG
1. Early development and discoveries
2. UCG development in the USSR
3. UCG Program in the USA
4. European UCG tests
Part II. UCG Technology
5. Process description and major methods of UCG
6. UCG and gasification kinetics
7. Well linking
8. Environmental impact and groundwater
9. The role of rock deformation in UCG
Part III. Modern UCG projects, scaling up and commercialization
10. What makes a UCG technology commercial-ready?
11. UCG to products: Designs, efficiencies, economics
12. Ergo Exergy: Majuba, Swan Hills
13. Carbon Energy: Bloodwood Creek
14. Linc Energy: Chinchilla
Part IV. Fire underground: prospective technologies
15. Underground coal fires
16. Soil remediation by underground fires
17. UCG under sea bed
18. Underground retorting and gasification of shale oils
