The suitability of polish ortho-lignite deposits for clean coal technologies

Abstract

The article presents the suitability of polish lignite deposits for clean coal technologies, mainly fluidized bed gasification and underground gasification. One of the key elements in this study, is a detailed diagnosis of the resource base, its analysis on the basis of the established verification criteria and -as a result - the achievement of a reliable assessment of suitability for highly efficient production of fuels and electric energy through lignite gasification in both surface and underground installations, taking into account both sozological conditions and protected geological sites. The analysis has shown that only 10 out of from 166 lignite deposit meet the criteria for the potential development of process underground gasification.

Is the Złoczew lignite deposit geologically suitable for the first underground gasification installation in Poland?

“…1; Kasiński & Piwocki, 2002;Kasiński et al, 2006;Kasiński, 2010;Kasztelewicz, 2014;Widera et al, 2016). Methods other than conventional (opencast) ways of mining lignite in Poland have already receive a lot of attention in the literature (e.g., Stańczyk et al, 2011;Kasiński et al, 2012;Kasztelewicz et al, 2013;Matl et al, 2014;Bielowicz, 2016;Urbański & Saternus, 2017;Bucha et al, 2018;Detman et al, 2018;Szafranek-Nakonieczna et al, 2018).…”