Testimony on coal research needs to the House Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications
| Autor: | R.K. Traeger |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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Engineering
Waste management business.industry Fossil fuel technology industry and agriculture Anthracite ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS respiratory system Environmental economics Coal liquefaction complex mixtures Energy policy respiratory tract diseases Energy development otorhinolaryngologic diseases Coal gasification Coal business Energy source |
| DOI: | 10.2172/5232897 |
| Popis: | Discussions of this paper and interactions with the coal research community lead to the following conclusions on the future and needs for coal research: The coal resource in the USA is immense and a plan for optimum use of the peat to anthracite supplies should be developed and evolved. Coal research efforts in industry are rapidly decreasing and work at universities, technology centers and national laboratories is directly dependent on federal funding. Industrial emphases will shift to combustion and coal cleaning with limited development of gasification concepts. A cadre of scientists and engineers knowledgeable in coal processes needs to be maintained for evaluating environmental effects of coal use and for a design base in times of national emergencies. A major effort in understanding coal structure, chemistry and physics as related to behavior in processing is essential to developing environmentally acceptable processes and to identify revolutionary concepts for utilization of the national resource. Federal support of coal research is required to assure national needs of security, environmental protection and resource utilization are met. As the US energy base shifts from petroleum to coal, one can envision the development of a new coal refining industry. Evolution of such an industry can onlymore » occur if the data base on coal, coal properties and coal behavior is adequate to trigger the innovative thinking that has developed many US industries.« less |
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