Benefits of the White Coal Technology

White Coal Technology Benefits
White Energy offers a solution to upgrading low energy and grade black or brown coals so that they can be upgraded in quality, transported efficiently and safely (without combusting) and so that they create less damage to the environment. The White Coal Technology process upgrades low value coals by reducing the moisture and agglomerating undersize coal into physically and chemically stable briquettes that can be handled, transported and utilized like normal coal. This process is potentially suited to a wide range of coals and the processes developed have a low commercial cost, thereby giving a competitive advantage. The benefits are displayed in the below graphic:

Commercially, the key advantage of the White Coal Technology is that a potentially large number of low quality, high moisture coal deposits worldwide become economically viable. Coal-fired power stations and industrial applications everywhere now have an opportunity to burn a cleaner and more efficient fuel. Benefits to these operators include:

• increased operating profit by reducing operating costs;
• higher capacity factors;
• increased life expectancy of assets;
• increased environmental performance (including carbon credits); and,
• reduced capital expenditures on future plants.

Globally the Right Product at the Right Time

• Strong coal market outlook.
• Increasing demand for dependable energy sources.
• High thermal value coal reserves and production are declining.
• Declining reserves and production of emission compliant coal.
• Increasing emphasis on tightening emission (CO2, SOx, NOx, Hg) and environmental standards.
• Capture value spread (thermal energy, transport costs and environmental benefits).
• Reduces power utilities need to retrofit / install post combustion emissions control equipment.

The White Coal Technology process will produce an upgraded coal from low energy sub-bituminous, lignite and brown coals. The White Coal Technology product has an energy content of 50% to 100% higher than the raw coal from which it is derived, but is otherwise chemically unchanged from the parent coal. The product is in a form that can be handled, stored and transported as conveniently and safely as normal bituminous coal.

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