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COAL
GOOD
GOOD
GOOD
COAL
COAL IS GOOOOOD!!!!!
COAL
GOOD
GOOD
COAL
COAL
COAL
GOOD
GOOD
COAL
COAL
COAL IS GOOOOOD!!!!!
COAL IS GOOOOOD!!!!!
Underground Mining
Room and Pillar Mining rooms are cut into the coal bed leaving a
series of pillars or columns of coal to help support the mine roof
and control the flow of air. The miners advance while cutting out
pillars. Once they reach the edge of the mine, they work
backwards in whats called retreat mining.
Long Wall Mining hydraulic roof supports are used while a cutting
head goes back and forth along the coal face. When the cutting
head reaches one end of the coal face, it dumps the coal onto a
conveyor belt.
Surface Coal Mining
Surface mining occurs at exposed coal seams. It involves drilling
above ground and blasting to remove overburden. After the
overburden is removed, the mined coal is harvested.
Coal is pretty cheap. In 2004, the average price for a short ton of
coal in the U.S. was $19.93 (although this does represent an
increase from the 2003 price of $17.85).
It is estimated that there 265 billion short tons of coal available in the
United States to be mined.
Mmmmmm,
Coal. Doh!
Energy in coal:
Lignite 13 million Btu per ton
Subbituminous 18 million Btu per ton
Bituminous 24 million Btu per ton
Anthricite 23 million Btu per ton
COAL IS GOOOOOD!!!!!
COAL IS GOOOOOD!!!!!
COAL IS GOOOOOD!!!!!
Deep ocean
Mines
Plants (aquatic and land)
COAL IS GOOOOOD!!!!!
Fly ash
Coal coke
Advanced Combustion