Handbook of Coal Analysis

By James G. Speight

Provides users with everything they need to know about testing and analysis of coal

• Includes new coverage on environmental issues and regulations as related to coal

• Provides the reader with the necessary information about testing and analyzing coal and relays the advantages and limitations in understanding the quality and performance of coal

• Explains the meaning of test results and how these results can predict coal behavior and its corresponding environmental impact during use

• Includes a comprehensive Glossary which defines items in straightforward language that enable readers to better understand the terminology related to coal

• Treats issues related to sampling, and accuracy and precision of analysis

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wiley
• Release date: Mar 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781119037910

James G. Speight

Dr. Speight has more than fifty years of experience in areas associated with the properties and processing of conventional and synthetic fuels. He has participated in, as well as led, significant research in defining the use of chemistry of tar sand bitumen, heavy oil, conventional petroleum, natural gas, coal, oil shale, and biomass as well as work related to corrosion and corrosion prevention. He has founded and/or edited several international journals, most recently the Proceedings of the Oil Gas Scientific Research Project Institute, Azerbaijan, and Petroleum Science and Technology (Taylor & Francis, until 2020). Dr. Speight is an author/editor of several databases and encyclopedic works. He has also authored more than 95 books as well as more than 400 publications, reports, and presentations detailing these research activities, and has taught more than eighty related courses.