Coal mining : research, technology and safety / / Gerald B. Fosdyke editor

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Disciplina: 622/.334
• Soggetto topico: Coal mines and mining; Coal mines and mining - Safety measures
• Altri autori: FosdykeGerald B
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- COAL MINING: RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY -- NOTICE TO THE READER -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION OF AGRONOMIC CROPS GROWN ON THREE RECLAIMED MINE WASTELANDS IN SOUTH CHINA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- The Study Site -- Sample Collection and Analysis -- Pollution Assessment -- Bioaccumulation Factor -- RESULTS -- Heavy Metals in Agronomic Crops -- Pollution Assessment of Agronomic Crops -- Heavy Metals in Soils and Crop Accumulation -- DISCUSSION -- Safety of Agronomic Crops Grown on the Reclaimed Mine Wastelands -- Implications for Restoration of Mine Wastelands -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- NOTE ON RHENIUM IN COAL -- ABSTRACT -- RHENIUM IN COALS OF THE FORMER USSR: UZBEKISTAN, RUSSIA AND UKRAINE -- An Estimation of Coal Clarke Value of Re -- SPANISH RE-BEARING "LIGNITES" -- RHENIUM IN INFILTRATION URANIUM-COAL DEPOSITS -- Mode of Reoccurrence in Coal -- BEHAVIOR OF RE IN COAL COMBUSTION -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- COAL MINING: RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. COAL MINING AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT (UPPER SILESIA, SOUTHERN POLAND) -- 2. IMPACT OF COAL MINE WATERS ON THE FRESHWATER ORGANISMS -- 2.1. Diversity Indices and Water Quality Assessment -- 2.2. Impact of Coal Mine Waters on Macroinvertebrates in Streams (Rivers) -- 3. ACID-MINE DRAINAGE AND METALS IN RELATION TO FRESHWATER ORGANISMS -- 3.1. What Exactly is Acid Mine Drainage (AMD)? -- 3.2. Impact of AMD on Algae and Bryophytes -- 3.3. The Biological Consequences of Low Values of pH -- 3.4. Impact of AMD on Streams, Sediments and Macroinvertebrates -- 3.5. Rivers Contaminated by Metals in Relation to Algae, Macrophytes and Macroinvertebrates. ; 4. THE EPISODIC AND CHRONIC IMPACT OF COAL MINE WATER ON MACROINVERTEBRATES IN STREAMS -- 5. THE MINING SUBSIDENCE RESERVOIRS OF UPPER SILESIA (SOUTHERN POLAND) -- 5.1. The Origin of the Mining Subsidence Reservoirs -- 5.2. The Physical and Chemical Parameters of Waters -- 5.3. The Bottom Sediments -- 5.4. The Reclamation of Mining Subsidence Reservoirs -- 5.5. The Mining Subsidence Reservoirs as Refuges for the Lives of Multiple Organisms -- 6. THE EFFECT OF COAL MINING ON MACROPHYTES -- 6.1. Ecological Classification of Macrophytes -- 6.2. Coal Mine Heaps, Coal Mine Sedimentation Pools and Mining Subsidence Reservoirs as Habitats for Macrophytes (Upper Silesia, Southern Poland) -- 6.3. Macrophytes Subjected to the Coal Mine Waters -- 6.4. Macrophytes in the Coal Mine Water Treatment System -- 6.5. Macrophytes in the Assessment of Water Quality in Rivers Impacted by Coal Mine Waters -- 7. COAL MINING AREAS AS REFUGES FOR WILDLIFE -- 8. CONCLUSION -- 9. REFERENCES -- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) IN COAL PARTICLES ON SEDIMENT QUALITY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) IN THE ENVIRONMENT -- 2.1. PAH Characteristics, Properties and Toxicity -- 2.2. PAH Sources -- 2.3. PAHs in Coals -- 3. COALS AND PAH-RICH COALS IN SEDIMENTS -- 4. IDENTIFICATION OF GEOSORBENTS -- 5. SORPTION AND DESORPTION -- 5.1. Sorption -- 5.2. Sorption-Desorption Hysteresis -- 5.3. Slow and Very Slow Desorption -- 6. SOURCE APPORTIONMENT -- 6.1. PAH Distribution Patterns -- 6.2. PAH Ratios -- 6.3. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) -- 7. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- MONITORING ACTIVITIES OF LEACHING MICROORGANISMS AT COAL MINING SITES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MICROBIOLOGY OF METAL SULFIDE LEACHING -- SULFUR CHEMISTRY AND HEAT PRODUCTION -- Oxidation of Pyrite -- Oxidation of Other Metal Sulfides. ; Heat Evolution during Metal Sulfide Oxidation -- COMBINED TEST FOR AMD ACTIVITY MONITORING -- Microcalorimetry -- Sulfur Compound Analysis -- WASTE MATERIAL FROM HARD COAL MINING IN THE SAARLAND, GERMANY -- WASTE MATERIAL FROM LIGNITE MINING IN LOWER SAXONY, GERMANY -- COMPARISON OF CALORIMETRY WITH OTHER MONITORING METHODS -- ANALYSIS OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AT AMD SITES BY MOLECULAR TOOLS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SOIL BIOTA DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS AFFECTED BY OPEN COAST COAL MINING IN EUROPE AND ITS ROLE IN SOIL FORMATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY SITES AND METHOD -- SOIL BIOTA ESTABLISHMENT IN POST-MINING SITES, CONSTRAINTS, AND COLONIZATION -- SOIL BIOTA DEVELOPMENT IN POST-MINING SITES WITH VARIOUS VEGETATION COVER -- THE EFFECT OF SOIL BIOTA ON SOIL FORMATION NUTRIENT TURNOVER AND PLANT GROWTH. -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- CONTAMINATIONS BY NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES AS A RESULT OF COAL MINING ACTIVITIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY -- DEFINITIONS OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS -- COAL IN THE SCOPE OF NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY -- TENORM PRODUCED BY MINING -- RADON -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AQUATIC HAZARD OF SELENIUM POLLUTION FROM COAL MINING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- What Is Selenium and Why Is It a Concern? -- Background on Selenium Bioaccumulation, Cycling, and Toxicity -- CASE EXAMPLES OF IMPACTS ON FISH -- Elk Valley, British Columbia, Canada -- Mud River Watershed, West Virginia, USA -- HOW TO REDUCE RISKS TO AQUATIC LIFE -- For Coal Mines in the Planning Stage -- For Active Coal Mines -- For Decommissioned Coal Mines -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- FLUORINE IN COAL: A REVIEW -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FLUORINE IN ENVIRONMENT -- 3. AN ESTIMATION OF COAL CLARKE VALUE OF F -- 4. "COAL AFFINITY" INDEX (COALPHILE INDEX) OF F -- 5. SOME COALS ENRICHED IN F. ; 5.1. Russia: Various Coals -- 5.2. Greece: Neogene Lignites -- 5.3. China: Various Coals -- 5.4. USA: Alabama Pennsylvanian Coals -- 5.5. Canada: Cretaceous Coals -- 6. MODE OF FLUORINE OCCURRENCE IN COAL -- 6.1. Silicate Form -- 6.2. Phosphatic Form -- 6.3. Fluorite Form -- 6.4. Organic Form? -- 7. FACTORS AFFECTING FLUORINE DISTRIBUTION -- 7.1 Ash Yield -- 7.2. Content of Phosphorus -- 7.3 Position of a Bench within Coal Bed Column -- 8. GENETIC PROBLEMS -- 8.1. Does F Have an Organic Affinity? -- 8.2. May F be Facies Controlled? -- 8.3. May F Be Volcanic Controlled? -- 8.4. Epigenetic F-Enrichment -- 9. BEHAVIOR OF F IN COAL COMBUSTION -- 9.1. Pulverized Coal Combustion -- 9.2. Cyclone Burning -- 9.3. Semicoking -- 10. TECHNOLOGICAL INJURIOUS ACTION -- 11. ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS -- 11.1 Toxicity -- 11.2. Atmospheric Emission -- 11.3. Fluorine Poisoning of Surface Waters -- 11. 4. "Threshold of F Toxicity" in Coal -- 12. COAL CLEANING AND FLUE GAS CLEAN UP -- 13. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE LAND USE ZONING IN A REPRESENTATIVE POWER GRADE COALFIELD IN INDIA: A MULTI-CRITERIA OPTIMIZATION APPROACH -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Land Use Models and Recent Approach -- 1.2.The Representative Power Grade Coalfield -- 2. LAND USE ZONING OBJECTIVES FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE POWER GRADE COALFIELD -- 3. RESOURCE BASED LAND USE SUITABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY -- 3.1. Land Use Suitability Evaluation -- 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- PATHOGENESIS, ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSTICS OF RESPIRATORY DISORDERS IN COAL MINERS -- ABSTRACT -- OBJECTIVE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DEFINITIONS OF ANTHRACOSIS, SILICOSIS, CWP, PMF AND OTHER DISORDERS IN COAL MINERS -- 3. PATHOGENETIC ASPECTS -- 4. CLINICAL FINDINGS -- a) Chronic Bronchitis -- b) Lung Function Impairment in Coal Miners. ; c) Comparison of Histopathologic Findings and Chest X-Ray Profusion Categories -- d) Discrepancies between Lung Function Tests and Chest X-Ray Findings -- 5. MORTALITY STUDIES -- 6. DIAGNOSTICS (SEE TABLE 1) -- 7. ASSESSMENT OF CAUSAL RELATION IN A COMPENSATION CLAIM -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND ITS DETERMINANTS IN SURVIVORS AFTER COAL MINING DISASTER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Hypotheses -- METHOD -- Subjects -- Measures -- Procedure -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
• Titolo autorizzato: Coal Mining
• ISBN: 1-60876-318-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819958003321
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