Report of the Coal Utilization Research Advisory Committee

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Australia. Coal Utilization Research Advisory Committee
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REPORT OF THE COAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MARCH, 1962. 1
CONTENTS. 5
PREFACE. 7
SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 8
PART I. CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION. 9
CHAPTER 2. THE COAL RESOURCES OF AUSTRALIA. 16
CHAPTER 3. PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF COAL. 21
CHAPTER 4. COAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA. 31
PART II. CHAPTER 5. THE ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY. 39
CHAPTER 6. THE GAS INDUSTRY. 51
CHAPTER 7. The Production of Synthetic Liquid Fuels. 63
CHAPTER 8. THE METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES. 73
CHAPTER 9. THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES. 86
CHAPTER 10. MISCELLANEOUS FIELDS OF COAL UTILIZATION. 104
CHAPTER 11. OTHER FIELDS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 113
CHAPTER 12. EXPORT OF COAL AND COKE. 118
CHAPTER 13. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 122
CHAPTER 14. FUTURE PROGRAMME AND ORGANIZATION OF COAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 131
APPENDIX 1. GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN THE REPORT.* 135
APPENDIX 2. LIST OF IMPORTANT CHEMICAL REACTIONS. 139
APPENDIX 3. STATISTICAL DATA. 141
APPENDIX 4. EXPLORATION OF COAL RESERVES IN QUEENSLAND AND NEW SOUTH WALES. 151
APPENDIX 5. COAL RESEARCH IN C.S.I.R.O. 153
APPENDIX 6. COAL AND COKE RESEARCH IN THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY CO. LTD. 158
APPENDIX 7. COAL RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIAN COAL ASSOCIATION (RESEARCH) LTD. 161
APPENDIX 8. POWER COSTS IN AUSTRALIA—THEIR EFFECT ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL AND ELECTRO-METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES. 164
APPENDIX 9. THE PROSPECTS FOR NUCLEAR POWER IN AUSTRALIA. 166
APPENDIX 10. THE COAL-FIRED GAS TURBINE PROJECT. 167
APPENDIX 11. REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE ON COAL GASIFICATION. 169
APPENDIX 12. REPORT OF WORKING PARTY ON THE CONVERSION OF COAL INTO OIL. 180
APPENDIX 13. PROGRESS REPORT ON THE JOINT COAL BOARD'S PROJECT ON FLUIDIZED LOW TEMPERATURE CARBONIZATION OF LIDDELL SEAM COAL. 184
APPENDIX 14. PROGRESS REPORT ON THE JOINT COAL BOARD'S PROJECT WITH THE UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, U.S.A. 186
APPENDIX 15. PROGRESS REPORT ON THE JOINT COAL BOARD'S PROJECT WITH THE BRITISH MINISTRY OF POWER. 187
APPENDIX 16. LIST OF MEETINGS AND INSPECTIONS. 191
APPENDIX 17. LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO GAVE INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE. 192

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