Low-rank Coals for Power Generation, Fuel and Chemical Production

Zhongyang Luo is a Professor in the Department of Energy Engineering, Dean of the Department of Energy Engineering and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization at Zhejiang University, China. He was chair of the APEC Symposium on Energy Efficiency of Low Rank Coal in 2012 and has participated in numerous other international projects, including the Sino-Canada Clean Coal Technology demonstration Center and the KTH-China Energy Center. He produced over 700 academic papers and published four books. Michalis Agraniotis is an expert in engineering and consultancy services for new energy projects on biomass and waste recovered fuels

1. Introduction to low rank coals: Types, resources and current utilization 2. Properties of low rank coals and resulting challenges in their utilization 3. Drying technologies for low rank coals 4. Stabilisation, cleaning and upgrading technologies for low rank coals 5. High efficiency PCC power generation using low rank coals 6. Co-combustion of low-rank coals with biomass 7. CFBC and BFBC of low rank coals 8. Underground gasification of low rank coals 9. DICE, Direct Carbon Fuel Cells, and other advanced methods for power and chemicals production from low rank coals 10. Coal-to-liquids  and polygeneration  using low rank coals  11. Coke production from low-rank coals 12. Production of activated carbon and other carbon products from low-rank coals 13. Role of oxycombustion in utilisation of low rank coals