Environmental impacts of coal mining and utilization : a study /

As coal is considered as a substitute for other fuels, more serious attention is being given to the environmental impacts of the whole coal fuel cycle: mining, transport, storage, combustion and conversion. This volume presents an up-to-date account of these environmental impacts and the recent deve...

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Corporate Authors: ScienceDirect (Online service), Beijer Institute
Other Authors: Chadwick, M. J. (Michael J.), Lindman, Nils, Highton, N. H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Pergamon, 1987.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:As coal is considered as a substitute for other fuels, more serious attention is being given to the environmental impacts of the whole coal fuel cycle: mining, transport, storage, combustion and conversion. This volume presents an up-to-date account of these environmental impacts and the recent developments to combat and control them. A feature of the book is the way in which it discusses not only the experience and developments in North America and Western Europe but also presents much information made available for this study on the developments in the socialist countries of Eastern Europe.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxv, 332 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1483286304
9781483286303