SYMPOSIUM and
ROUND TABLE TOPICS
Carbon in the form of coal and coke is still a major part of a various heavy mineral and metal extraction industries such as iron and steel making as well as various non-ferrous extraction processes. It is also still used in producing energy and electricity in the world today. However, the current byproducts of coal combustion such as CO
2 have a profound effect on the climate change and global warming. As such, it is indispensable to develop and use new sustainable technologies that
(1) Reduce or eliminate the CO
2 discharge in atmosphere
(2) Capture and processing CO
2 from combustion processes to beneficial products
(3) Develop/use carbon-free but economically viable new technologies
This symposium will tackle the three above mentioned goals concentrating specifically but not exclusively on the following four important topics:
(1) Reducing and/or eliminating the CO
2 discharge in atmosphere in metal extraction processes
Biocoke as Green Carbon Source in Metal Production covering the following topics:
- Characteristics of Carbon carriers
- Requirements on biocoke for metallurgy
- Challenges on new carbon carriers
- Reaction Kinetics
- Biocoke as reducing agent
- Process concepts based on biocoke
- Optimization of biocoke quality
- Sources and availability
- Industrial implementation
- Utilization of pyrolysis by-products (biogas)
(2) Reducing and/or eliminating the CO
2 discharge from combustion processes
- New revolutionary combustions methods
- Chemically washing minerals and impurities from the coal
- Gasification and latest Coal Gasification Technologies
- Treating flue gases to remove pollutants to increasingly stringent levels and at higher efficiency
- Carbon capture and storage (capture the carbon dioxide from the flue gas etc.)
- Dewatering lower rank coals (brown coals) to improve the calorific value and efficiency in energy and electricity production etc.
- The Role of High Efficient Coal Combustion based Power Generation Technologies in the Transition Period
- Alternative Technologies to Utilize Coal without causing GHG's
(3) Capturing and processing CO
2 from combustion processes to beneficial products
- Pre-combustion capture
- Post-combustion capture
- Oxy-fuel combustion
- Other captures and processing methods and technologies
(4) Develop/use carbon-free but economically viable new technologies
