Our work in this area is aimed at understanding the properties of Australian coals which impact on market acceptance and emphasising the advantages of our coals over our competitors. The major markets for Australian coals are electricity generation and iron production.
ACARP has also published a series of whitepapers in this area:
Coal Nitrogen ReportInertinite ReportTrace Elements in CoalElectrostatic PrecipitationThe Hardgrove Grindability Index
Health and safety, productivity and environment initiatives.
Bedding plane shears are horizons within rock strata along which sli...
An evaluation of the effectiveness of delivering inert gases from th...
Research conducted project C26060 Mechanics of gas related coal burs...
Safety, productivity and the right to operate are priorities for open cut mine research.
Tyre handling is a major source of risk in surface mining operations...
Metal fatigue is an important consideration in the open cut coal min...
The geotechnical integrity and stability of a mine spoil dump or tai...
Maximising throughput and yield while minimising costs and emissions.
A 2 m diameter REFLUX Flotation Cell™ (RFC™) was install...
Various beneficiation processes are employed for upgrading Australia...
This project focused on developing a real time measurement system f...
Market acceptance and emphasising the advantages of Australian coals.
The Coke Strength after Reaction (CSR) test is used worldwide to det...
The introduction of hydrogen-rich fuels into blast furnace (BF) is i...
The chemical and physical composition of biomass presents many techn...
Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the production of coal.
This third and final stage of this project was the culmination of a ...
Application of ventilation air methane (VAM) thermal oxidiser requir...
This multi‐phase project is concerned with the mitigation of m...
Step-change technologies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Four Australian coals were trialled in the Siemens 5 MWth pilot scale ga...
The status of oxy-fuel technology for first-generation plant is indicate...
This report consists of a broad review of underground coal gasification,...
The relationship between mines and the local community.
The focus of this ACARP-funded project has been to identify a number...
The coal industry operates in the context of competing land-uses that sh...
This reports on issues surrounding economic assessment and analysis ...
National Energy Research,Development & Demonstration Council (NERDDC) reports - pre 1992.
Self Heating of Spoil Piles from Open Cut Coal Mines
Stress Control Methods for Optimised Development and Extraction Operations
Commissioned Report: Australian Thermal Coals - An Industry Handbook