Clean Coal Technology

Coal has been a primary source of energy in the world. The coal utilisation is increasing continuously due to increased demand of energy in general and electricity in particular. The coal utilisation results in several types of emissions, harmful to mankind, into the environment such as oxides of sulphur and nitrogen, particulate matter and trace elements associated with the particulate matter. Coal, like other fossil fuels, also produces carbon dioxide – a greenhouse gas – responsible for global climatic changes. For last several years, a number of clean coal technologies are being developed to reduce these emissions and capture and storage of this greenhouse gas. This symposium is devoted to these technologies and related issues.

Confirmed keynotes

Edward Anthony
" Sulphation of coal based sorbent modified in CO2 looping cycles. "

Duke du Plessis
" Evaluation of the gasification characterisctics of western canadian feedstocks. "

Kouichi Miura
" Dewatering and upgrading of brown coal through treatment in solvent at temperatures below 350°C. "

Scope

This topical conference is dedicated to the advances in clean coal technology.

The proposed topics are :

Coal Cleaning

  • Convention washing of coal
  • Dry cleaning of coal
  • Drying of low rank coals
  • Ultra-clean coal

Advanced Coal Utilisation

  • Gasification
  • Oxy-firing
  • Liquefaction of coal
  • Chemical looping combustion
  • Hot gas cleanup
  • Underground coal gasification

Emissions from Coal

  • Trace elements (TEs)
  • Oxides of nitrogen and sulphur
  • Particulate matter
  • Sorbents for SOx, NOx and TEs

Greenhouse Gas Capture and Sequestration

  • Capture technologies from coal combustion
  • Gas separation
  • Sequestration in coal beds
  • Enhanced coal bed methane

Coal in Steelmaking

  • Blending of coal for coke making
  • Coke in blast furnace
  • PCI in blast furnace

Publication

This symposium will be included in the WCCE8 proceedings. However, we encourage the submission of the full articles to Energy & Fuels.

Organizers

Prof. Raj Gupta
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Rajender.gupta@ualberta.ca

Prof. Miura from Kyoto University
Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto, Japan
miura@cheme.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Dr Johan van Dyk, Chief Scientist
Sasol Technology, R & D, SA
johan.vandyk@sasol.com

Members of the Scientific Committee

Prof Terry Wall
University of Newcastle, Australia
Terry.Wall@newcastle.edu.au

Prof Zhenghe Xu
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Zhenghe.Xu@ualberta.ca

Prof Yao Qiang
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
yaoq@tsinghua.edu.cn