Strength, Cuttability, and Workability of Coal

This book focuses on combining the research studies and thereby have an appeal on the coal industry, research students, practicing engineers, and coal mine panning teams. This book will explain how to use the basic engineering properties of coal and to select and plan coal excavating machines for more efficient coal production.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Coal in the World, Reserves, Productions, the Use of Coal in Industry and Prices 3. Coal in Turkey, Reserves, Properties, and Characteristics 4. Coal Petrology, Classification, Hardness, and Breakage Characteristics of Lithotypes 5. Physical and Mechanical Characteristics of Coal 6. Schmidt Hammer Hardness, In-Situ Strength of Coal, Cleats 7. Cutting of Coal, Coal Cutting Mechanics, Laboratory Coal Cutting Experiments 8. Coal Properties Effecting Coal Cuttability 9. Workability of Coal, Drilling and Digging/Breaking the Coal 10. Effect of Coal Cutting Methods on Final Properties of the Produced Coal that would be Relevant to Later Coal Upgrading and Utilization 11. Mechanized Underground Coal Exploitation Methods: Longwall, Room and Pillar and Shortwall 12. Cutting Coal with Plows, a Trend toward Mining Thinner Coal Seams 13. Cutting Coal with Shearers, Some Application Examples 14. Cuttability Criteria for the Use of Continuous Surface Miners and Worldwide Applications in Surface Coal Mining

About the author

Nuh Bilgin, Hanifi Copur, Cemal Balci, Deniz Tumac

Summary

This book focuses on combining the research studies and thereby have an appeal on the coal industry, research students, practicing engineers, and coal mine panning teams. This book will explain how to use the basic engineering properties of coal and to select and plan coal excavating machines for more efficient coal production.

Product details

• Authors: Cemal Balci, Balci Cemal, Nuh Bilgin, Nuh Copur Bilgin, Bilgin Nuh, Hanifi Copur, Copur Hanifi, Deniz Tumac
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367656737
• ISBN: 978-0-367-65673-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Chemical engineering; ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Chemical & Biochemical, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Fossil Fuels, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Soil & Rock, Materials science, Engineering: general, Mining Industry, Agribusiness and primary industries, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science / General, Energy industries and utilities, Coal & Solid Fuel Industries