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re: What is clean coal?
Posted on 1/31/18 at 11:19 am to navy
Posted on 1/31/18 at 11:19 am to navy
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Yes. It is pretty highly regulated, about as bad as one can imagine ... but, the results speak for themselves.
I have seen this first-hand, i.e. before vs. after.
Yeah, I've seen some pretty big reclamation projects, but most had to do with tailings dams and waste rock piles. Never seen one where they fill in the pit.
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Posted on 1/31/18 at 11:22 am to upgrayedd
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Yeah, I've seen some pretty big reclamation projects, but most had to do with tailings dams and waste rock piles. Never seen one where they fill in the pit.
Used to be two surface mines in North La.
Now ... all combined into one ... under AEP.
Had multiple family members work there for multiple decades ... so, I got to visit and see a lot.
Most, if not all, of the coal went to a plant in Boyce, if I recall.
The amount of untouchable wildlife on this land was just ... insane.
I contemplated for many years ... trying to sneak on there.
Posted on 1/31/18 at 11:25 am to navy
I had no idea we had coal mines in LA
Posted on 1/31/18 at 11:27 am to The Cool No 9
but to answer your question there's no such thing as clean coal. theres "cleaner" coal, but its still far from "clean"
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Posted on 1/31/18 at 11:33 am to Zach
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Posted on 1/31/18 at 11:34 am to upgrayedd
Every bit of fly ash is gobbled up by my industry. We get placed on yearly allocations due to shortages. "I don't care if it's used" is a misinformed argument. We care a great deal. It cost 2 1/2 cents per lb vs 6 cents for Portland Cement. It is usually allowed to be included in concrete up to 25% of total cementitious material in a mix. It slows heat of hydration which lessens plastic shrinkage cracking. It is absolutely required in specification for water containment structures at Water Treatment Plants and Water Reclamation Facilities. It is also pivotal in in whether a project achieves LEED status for using recycled material. If you know of a way that we can get more, please let us know.
Posted on 1/31/18 at 11:35 am to RedStickBR
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In the U.S., coal generation will likely become obsolete due to natural gas and the fact the entire capital market investment apparatus has moved on to other technologies (natural gas and renewables). Coal will still be around for a while, though.
I have no problem with the market deciding what fuel should be used, if it is NG, wind or solar so be it, but the government dictating energy sources will do nothing but hurt the consumer.
Posted on 1/31/18 at 11:38 am to Dick Leverage
Are you required to remove the heavy metals or do they consider them inert and non-leachable when stabilized in lime?
Posted on 1/31/18 at 11:39 am to The Cool No 9
A focus group tested term used by the coal industry to keep themselves relevant.
Posted on 1/31/18 at 11:54 am to The Cool No 9
No such thing as clean coal, and no way to economically burn it. Political punch line based on "fake news."
Posted on 1/31/18 at 2:18 pm to upgrayedd
We don't have to do anything. It arrives in tankers and goes into the silo. It is ready to go into concrete upon arrival.
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