Characteristics of coal quality and their relationship with coal-forming environment: A case study from the Zhuji exploration area, Huainan coalfield, Anhui, China

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 423-435

  Sun, Ruoyu ^a,b   Liu, Guijian ^a,b   Zheng, Liugen ^a   Chou, Chen Lin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal quality; Coal forming environments; Huainan coalfield; Zhuji exploration area

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CALORIFIC VALUE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; QUALITY CONTROL; TRACE ELEMENTS;

COAL QUALITY; COAL-BEARING STRATUM; COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; HUAINAN COALFIELD; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; ZHUJI EXPLORATION AREA;

PETROGRAPHY;

ASH; BOREHOLE; COAL; COAL MINE; COAL RANK; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MAGMATISM; PETROGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUAINAN;

EID: 70749101219     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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