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Office: 2026 Ag Sci Bldg
Phone: (304)293-4832 ext.4465

Course Schedule

Week Date Topic
1 8-23-07 Introduction of Coal, Coal Industry, Use of Coal
2 8-30-07 Guest Speaker: Shenhua CTL Project Development
3 9-6-07 Coal Reserves, Production, & Demand
4 9-13-07 Field Trip 1: Surface Coal Mine
5 9-20-07 Coal Industry & Problems in WV, USA, & Worldwide
6 9-27-07 Coal Market & International Trade; Cost of Coal & Coal Utilization
7 10-4-07 Coal Utilization Industry & Clean Coal Technology
8 10-11-07 Midterm Test
9 10-18-07 Coking & Gasification Technologies
10 10-25-07 Coal Conversion & Coal to liquid Development
11 11-1-07 Guest Speaker: Carbon Management & Environmental Protection
12 11-8-07 The management of resources & byproducts associated with mining (final project assignment)
13 11-15-07 Coal & Coal Conversion project planning
14 11-22-07 Feasibility study of integrated coal mining & utilization project
15 11-29-07 Field Trip 2: Coal Utilization Factory; power plant
16 12-6-07 Case Studies: Shenhua CTL plant & CTL project in Mingo County, WV
17 12-13-07 Final Project Presentation

Course Readings

I will post readings for each week's class. Please download the appropriate reading & be prepared for class discussion. If a reading is not available, please contact nrac@mail.wvu.edu with the specific reading.

Week 1

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