Petrography of feed coals in the Soma power plant, Manisa, Turkey

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1447-1459

  Bulut, Yilmaz ^a   Karayigit, Ali Ihsan ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Feed coal; Maceral; Power plant; Random reflectance; Soma; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; CLAY; MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; POWER PLANTS;

FEED COALS; RANDOM REFLECTANCE; SOMA; TURKEY;

COAL;

EID: 33750162115     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009083190910578     Document Type: Article

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