Promising applications of coals from the Moscow Basin

Abstract

The results of an analysis of the current state of the Moscow Coal Basin and the development of science and technology for the multiple use and conversion of coal into refined energy carriers, products, and materials with new consumer properties are presented. It is demonstrated that a number of processes and facilities based on the coals and overburden rocks of the basin have been prepared for technical implementation, namely: the generation of heat and power at plants with in-cycle coal gasification; the fluidized-bed combustion of coal in low-power boiler units (50–60 MW); the manufacture of ballast-free humic plant growth stimulators and coagulants for the purification of wastewater and drinking water; and the use of coals and coal mining and benefication wastes as catalytic additives in the process of hydrogenation.