Technical Market Support Priorities
The technical market support committee will consider proposals addressing technical
issues that significantly and demonstrably affect the “value-in-use” of Australian
coals in current technologies, especially where the impact is acknowledged and confirmed
by an industry advocate. This may include:
- Understanding the properties of Australian coals which impact on utilisation performance
and market acceptance.
- Incorporation of innovative testing and measurement techniques into new projects.
- Understanding properties of coals from key competitor nations.
- Environmental performance of coal taking account of current and emerging legislative
regimes.
- Characterisation of the special requirements of coals from the emerging coal basins.
Proposals should clearly articulate:
- Industry needs and benefits.
- Knowledge of the current state of the art.
- Capability to make a meaningful contribution.
- Realistic timetable for completion.
The major markets for Australian coals are electricity generation and iron production,
and it is anticipated that the majority of proposals will address these markets.
Proposals addressing the use of coal in other industrial applications will also
be considered where a significant benefit to coal producers can be demonstrated.
Proposals must be clearly distinguished from existing work elsewhere and must also
show a major benefit to coal producers to be considered for ACARP funding.
THERMAL COAL
Technical issues of interest include:
- Combustion performance of blends of Australian and International coals.
- Trace elements, in particular factors affecting deportment/speciation behaviour
- Environmental performance in use, (eg impacts of the emerging mercury treaty; effects
resulting from utilisation of harder, more reactive coals)
- Fine particulate emissions, especially PM2.5.
- Dust control, eg from coal handling and transport systems.
METALLURGICAL COAL
ACARP is particularly interested in cokemaking processes as they impact on the
value in use of Australian coals, with emphasis on the following points:
- Emerging coking mechanisms in:
- conventional coke ovens, particularly as they relate to variable operating conditions.
- non-recovery/heat recovery coke ovens, particularly as they relate to coke quality
relative to conventional coke ovens.
- Blend optimisation under different cokemaking regimes, eg via stamp charging and
other density enhancement techniques.
- Effects of pellitisation or briquetting of fine coal to improve bulk density.
- Interactive effects in blends, particularly understanding the factors that influence
coke strength.
- Understanding overseas work on alternative cokemaking processes, in particular the
implications for the use of Australian coals.
- Impact of coal ash mineralogy on coke behaviour in the blast furnace.
Current direction of pulverised coal injection , eg blending HV:LV coals.
Other smelting processes, while representing smaller markets, are also of interest.
Proposals addressing the impact of coal properties on "value-in-use" in these processes
will also be considered.
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