Coal and Petroleum Flashcards
Residue of non-combustible matter in coal
ash
Coal contains traces of this
iron and uranium
“Dehydrogenated plant fragments”
Macerals
Maceral maturity is estimated by
Vitrinite reflectance
Most common type of maceral? Made up of what?
Vitrinite maceral, cell wall material of plants
Maceral derived from waxy, spores, resins wc are resistant to weathering
Liptinite/exinite Macerals
Plant material strongly altered and degraded in the peat stage
inertinite Macerals
Land plants emerged during this time
Devonian period
Accumulation of coal occured during this
Carboniferous period
Fixed Carbon ____ while coal grade increases
Increases
Volatille matter ____ as coal rank increases
Decreases
Hydrogen ____ ascoal rank increases
Decreases
Oxygen content ____ as Coal rank increases
decreases
Lignite is used mostly for
Power generation
Sub-bituminous coal is used for this bc of its low S content
Power generation (also for Cement manufacture)
Bituminous coal is split into these two types
Metallurgical and thermal
Metallurgical bituminous coal is used for
Coke in Iron and steel manufacturings
Anthracite coal is used for
Domestic or Industrial smokeless fuel
Esimated Coal resource potential
2,370 MMT
Mineable reserve in the Phil.
200 MMT
2nd largest mineable reserves in the Phil
Samar-Leyte and South Mindoro
Anthracite coal heating value
nearly 15,000 Btu/lb
Bituminous coal heating value
10500-15500 Btu/lb
Sub-bituminous coal heating value
8300 to 13000 Btu/lb
Lignite heating value
4000 to 8300 Btu/lb
Carbon content of anthracite
86 to 98 %
Carbon content of Bituminous
45 - 86 %
Carbon content of Sub-bituminous
35 - 45%
Carbon content of Lignite
25-35%
Metallurgical coal also know as
Coking coal
Thermal coal also know as
Steam coal
used in manufacturing creosote oil, naphthalene, pheno, and benzene
Coal tar
Used in filters for water, air purification and in dialysis machines
Activated carbon
Top 5 coal producers
China, US, India, Australia, Indonesia
3 most important prospecting and exploration methods
Mapping, Drilling, Geophysical methods
2 commons types of drill used in coal explo
Rotary and diamond core
used to explore coal outcrops to get info on attitude and overburden nature
Dozer cutting
How are levels of cleaning differentiated w/ each other
The greater the ROM coal is crushed, the greater the liberation of impurities.
4 coal preparations steps in order
Characterization - Liberation - Separation - Disposition
Used to in Separation of ccoal and impurities
Gravity concentration, flotation for fine particles
Define Disposition
the handling and storage of coal products using slurries, dewatering, thermal dryer
Mine tailings dumps produce this
`AMD
These two blasting eqpt are always separated from each other
explosives and detonators
Profit Share of Coal operating contract
30/70, government/contractor
Taxes in Coal operating contract
exempted except for income tax
Coal exploration
2+2 years only
Coal development and production term
10-20 yrs + series of 3 yrs extension not exceeding 12 yrs