This volume covers all aspects of the subject from the nature of lignites in situ to detailed coverage of fuel usage including figures for electricity generation and carbon dioxide release. Processing technologies including briquetting and carbonisation are described as are gasification, to make a fuel gas or a synthesis gas, and their conversion to liquid fuels. The book provides an international review, setting in context the use of lignite in various regions of the world.
| ISBN: | 9781498772891 |
| Publication date: | 12th August 2016 |
| Author: | Clifford Jones |
| Publisher: | Productivity Press an imprint of Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Genres: |
Environmental science, engineering and technology Energy |