And the TOTAL Programme for Advancement
have pleasure in presenting
a Short Course
on
COAL SAMPLING AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT:
With a Review of
COAL UTILISATION:
International Clean Coal Developments, Current Trends and Future Opportunities
DATE
16-20 FEBRUARY 2015
VENUE:
The Wits Sports Admin Building
Sturrock Park
West Campus,
Empire Road/corner Jan Smuts Ave, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
OBJECTIVES: Part 1 - Coal Sampling and Quality Assessment
- To provide a foundation course for those involved in coal production and utilisation
- To provide a sound basis for coal sampling in a variety of industrial situations
- To introduce both conventional and advanced analytical techniques
- To apply these techniques to ensure optimum utilisation, maximum process efficiency and responsible environmental protection of the region's coal resources and reserves
OBJECTIVES: Part 2 - Coal Utilisation with International Developments
- To summarise coal utilisation technologies, their processes and products
- To provide international trends in trade and utilisation,
- To explain the latest developments in clean coal technologies
- To outline impending constraints and future opportunities in coal utilisation
- To present three energy-based case studies – China, India and Europe in current times
GUEST LECTURER for Part 2
PROFESSOR MICHEL VALDELIEVRE
TOTAL Professor in the TOTAL Programme for Advanced Education
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
- New entrants in the coal mining world
- Analytical laboratory staff
- Exploration and mine geologists
- Mineral resource managers,
- Mine planning and mining engineers
- Coal processing engineers
- Marketing managers and those trading in coal
- Power generation managers and boiler plant engineers
- Senior technical staff in industrial companies using coal
- Engineering manufacturers
- Environmental managers, scientists and engineers
- Consultants, fuel technologists
- Mineral / energy economists
- Government personnel responsible for future coal/energy policies
- Corporate CEOs and executives responsible for corporate policies and energy strategies
- Academics and postgraduate researchers
COURSE PROGRAMME
PART 1 - Coal Sampling in Industry
DAY 1: MONDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2015
08:00 – 09:00 / Registration
09:00 – 09:05 / Introduction
09:05 – 10:30 / Sampling and statistics – an introduction to the vagaries of sampling. Sampling methods used during mining, storage in stockpiles and bunkers or silos, on conveyors, on stationary belts and in falling stream mode.
Mr Alan Johns; ALS Witlab
10:30 – 11:00 / Tea
11:00 – 13:00 / Sampling during transportation by truck, train and ship. Sampling calculations, variance and calibration. Bias testing of sampling plants.
Mr Alan Johns; ALS Witlab
13:00 – 14:00 / Lunch
14:00 – 15:15 / SANS/ ISO Sampling standards and reporting mechanisms.
Mr Alan Johns, ALS Witlab
15:15 – 15:30 / Tea
15:30 – 16:45 / Key issues for sampling and related analyses, new terminology and the impact on international trade.
Mr Alan Johns; ALS Witlab
NB: Geological sampling is not included in this course; this is presented in detail in the next course
PART 1 - Conventional and Advanced Analyses of Coal
DAY 2: TUESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2015
07:45 – 09:00 / Registration
09:00 – 09:05 / Introduction
Prof R Falcon, convenor
09:05 – 10:30 / Chemical and chemico-physical analyses including calorific value, proximate/ultimate analysis, ash composition, forms of sulphur, ash fusion temperatures.
Mr Alan Johns; ALS Witlab
10:30 – 11:00 / Tea
11:00 – 12:00 / Physical properties of coal including relative density, Hardgrove Index, abrasion, porosity, free swelling index, coke strength and shatterability indices, plastometry, washability tests and indices.
Mr Alan Johns; ALS Witlab
12:00 - 13:00 / Definition of coal quality reporting bases, methods of conversion, calculation and prediction. The impact of dilution, mixing and blending
Mr Alan Johns; ALS Witlab
13:00 – 13:30 / Lunch
13:30 – 15:30 / Advanced coal analyses with quality assessments 1: Composition of coal and reasons for quality variations; anomalies and applications; organic and inorganic constituents in coal, definition and relevance of rank, condition analyses (oxidised, weathered and heated-affected analyses); distribution of components in-seam, between seams and coalfields.
Prof R Falcon, Wits University
15:30 – 15:45 / Tea
15:45 – 17:00 / Advanced coal analyses with quality assessments 2: – Applications to mining and beneficiation; impact of heating on combustion, forms of coke, char and anthracite. Technical properties and potential performance. Application to trade and utilisation.
Prof R Falcon, Wits
PART 2 - Overview Of International Clean Coal Developments: Current Trends, Case Studies And Future Opportunities
DAY 3: WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2015
08:00 – 09:00 / Registration
09:00 – 11:00 / Coal as Primary Energy: global resources and reserves; World producers; the Coal Chain; Seaborne Flow and markets.
Prof M Valdelievre, TOTAL TPA
11:00 – 11:30 / Tea
11:30 – 13:30 / Industrial coal processes: power generation, conversions coal-to-liquids (CTL); gas-to-liquids (GTL); metallurgical industry and cement manufacture.
Prof M Valdelievre, TOTAL TPA
13:30 – 14:00 / Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 / Coal beneficiation 1 – physical properties of coal, mineral liberation, methods to upgrade and beneficiate coal.
Mr Lionel Falcon; Wits University
15:30 – 15:45 / Tea
15:45 – 17:00 / Coal beneficiation 2 - washability tests, compilation and interpretation of washability tables.
Mr Lionel Falcon; Wits University
PART 2:Overview of International Clean Coal Developments: Current Trends, Case Studies and Future Opportunities
DAY 4: THURSDAY 19 February 2015
08:00 – 09:00 / Registration
09:00 – 11:00 / Industrial coal combustion: combustion features; examples of industrial Combustion Technologies: PC, CFBC, IGCC.
Prof M Valdelievre, TOTAL TPA
11:00 – 11:30 / Tea
11:30 – 13:00 / Greenhouse gas emissions and their problems; CO² Reduction - capture and storage CCS. Progress and issues.
Prof M Valdelievre, TOTAL TPA
13:30 – 14:00 / Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 / Advanced laboratory and pilot scale test facilities for combustion and gasification.
Prof R Falcon. Wits University
15:30 – 15:45 / Tea
15:45 – 17:00 / Advanced laboratory and pilot scale test facilities for combustion and gasification.
Prof R Falcon. Wits University
PART 2 - Overview of International Clean Coal Developments: Current Trends, Case Studies and Future Opportunities
DAY 5: FRIDAY 20 February 2015
08:00 – 08:30 / Registration
09:00 – 11:00 / Coal-fired Power Generation Problems: Issues and the future; alternative schemes. Gas, nuclear and renewables.
Prof M Valdelievre, TOTAL TPA
11:00 – 11:30 / Tea
11:30 – 13:00 / Coal cases under review:
- China and India: trends and outlooks
- USA and Shale gas: a success story with short term consequences
- Fukushima syndrome: impact on Germany, France and Japan and their power mix.
13:00 – 14:00 / Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 / Principles of coal selection, blending and specification for trade and marketing purposes. Latest ISO coal classification standards.
Prof R Falcon Wits.
15:30 – 15:45 / Tea
15:45 – 17:30 / Final Group Discussion: Summary and closure.
Prof R Falcon Wits
FORTHCOMING COAL SCHOOLS in 2015
1 / Feb 16-20 / - / Coal Sampling and Quality Assessment / - / CHMT 7005
2 / March 16-20 / - / Economic Geology of SA Coal / - / MINN 7028
3 / May 11-16 / - / Coal Extraction and Exploitation / - / MINN 7047
4 / Aug 17-22 / - / Coal and the Environment / - / MINN 7048
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