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Fuel peat : world resources and utilisation / Gordon Couch

Author
Couch, Gordon
Published
London : IEA Coal Research, 1993.
Physical Description
118 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Additional Creators
IEA Coal Research

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Contents
PEAT CHARACTERISATION: Uses for peat -- Historical background -- WORLDWIDE RESOURCES AND USE: Russia and the former USSR -- Canada -- USA -- Indonesia -- Finland -- Sweden -- China -- Norway -- Malaysia -- United Kingdom -- Germany -- Poland -- Ireland -- Iceland -- South America -- Central America and the West Indies -- Africa -- HARVESTING, DRYING, STORAGE AND TRANSPORT: Bog assessment -- Drainage -- Dry harvesting -- Wet extraction/harvesting -- Drying and dewatering -- Storage and transport -- Fuel consistency -- FUEL USE: Milled peat use -- Sod peat use -- Future developments -- Small-scale use -- CONVERSION: Gasification -- Liquefaction -- Wet oxidation and carbonisation -- Coking -- Briquetting and pelletising -- SAFETY AND HANDLING: What causes fires -- Explosion hazards -- The prevention of fires and explosions -- ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS: Harvesting and recovery -- Small-scale combustion -- Emissions from large-scale combustion -- Ash utilisation and disposal -- Peatlands regeneration -- Socio-economic factors -- CASE STUDIES: Jamaican project Uppsala energy project- Sweden -- Kemira gasification plant - Oulu, Finland -- Down East plant- Maine, USA -- Power plant extension - Oulu, Finland -- ECONOMICS.
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ISBN
9290292148
Note
"IEACR/56."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-118).
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