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EPSRC Reference: GR/L82557/01
Title: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGY FOR MODELLING VARIATIONS IN THE COMPOSITION OF COAL SEAMS
Principal Investigator: Large, Professor DJ
Other Investigators:
Atkin, Dr B Macquaker, Dr JHS Gize, Dr A
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Project Partners:
Rio Tinto University of Nottingham
Department: Sch of Chemical and Environmental Eng
Organisation: University of Nottingham
Scheme: Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts: 01 May 1998 Ends: 31 January 2002 Value (£): 49,274
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Coal Technology Mining & Minerals Extraction
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Energy
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The aim of this proposal is to develop a novel methodology, combining geochemistry, petrography and Low Temperature Ashing (a novel sample preparation technique) which can be applied to modelling the distribution of potentially toxic trace elements in a coal basin. To attain the objectives initial observations will target one complete section through a coal seam. A single section through a seam will give a time dependant record of the changes in the depositional environment which have occured as the coal basin evolved. One section should therefore provide sufficient data to form a preliminary model of basin evolution which can be tested and refined by comparison to sections through the same coal seam from other locations. Samples taken on a centimetre scale will be prepared using LTA and analysed to provide a stratigraphic and diagenetic history of the coal seam. Recognised lithotypes will then be analysed to determine their organic and inorganic chemistry. The results will then be combined to provide a testable model of basin wide variations in coal composition.
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