Coal Quality – A New Paradigm YP Chawla – Hd. Energy Sector Apollo Tyres An Abstract:Coal has been a driver of Growth accordingly has played and will continue to play a central role insupporting Global Economic Development, alleviating poverty and is an essential resource in meeting theWorld's Energy needs. Coal currently supports 26% of primary energy and 40% of Electricity Generationand similarly in Steel, Cement & other Industry. Coal use is forecast to rise over 60% to 2030, withdeveloping countries responsible for 97% of this increase, primarily to meet electrification targets in India. On analysis of Demand & availability of Coal by the Government of India, the decision to Import haschanged the face of coal imports across the country. India's thermal coal imports surged 100% in 2009, to60 million tons (MT) up from just 30 MT a year before. With India's focus now on Coal imports, a question is arising, where this international supply will comefrom, what qualit y, what Price. “Quality” in a new paradigm that has gone beyond just the ChemicalCharacteristics to Techno Economic Quality, its impact on other Resources like Water, Human health, Combustion & Equipment Performance.’ Quality’ now provokes the advent of New Technologies tocombat the varying characteristics of Coal & the safe emitting pollutants. Thus “Coal Quality” needs acomprehensive study for Optimized results- a New Paradigm for Coal Quality . The aim of this paper is to present the impacts of Imported Coals to India, to maximize the value tosociety as well as the impact on the complete Coal Chain Industry– including its production, transportation, through to its utilization and ending at legacy issues, the Coal Quality comes as a majorParameter needing to be optimized in terms of Techno Economic rating to decide Coal for its Quality. Blending of Coal for Optimized results is presented in this Paper. The Coal world across has been used and will continue to be used over next 119 years ( about 80 yearsin India) of its balance estimated reserves, compared to next 46 years for oil and 63 years for gasreserves. The Import of Coal for India must be taken as a bold entrepreneurial step by the IndianBusiness Community to enhance, the otherwise lower Energy Security for India as conceived by the GoI. These Coal imports are coming from all the parts of the Globe with various Coal Chemistries. The IndianEntrepreneur has been able to rightly blend various quality and specification Coals, suiting to specificManufacturing Processes or in Power Generation to sustain levels of Economic Performance as foreseenby GoI. Sometime back, there were potential threats of Sulphur in the Coal. The Technologists came out withFlue Gas Desulphurization, Pulverization has now provided opportunity to use Low – Anthracites in SteelManufacturing also, thus opening space for blending the Coals similar to Power Generation Industry’sblend of High Moisture, High Calorific, High Volatile Coal from neighboring country with Indian Coals, thusbalancing the Coal Quality to achieve optimal Combustion Process, Controlling the Slag Chemistry formaintaining high Plant Performance, Combustion Waste and Emissions. Coal Quality is a thus not only a Challenge for blending various Coal Chemistries but now blending theright technologies for a Specific Coal to reach the goals of Optimized Plant Operation results , thedelivered Product cost and ultimately the bottom line.Imports of Coal are seen as compulsions in India to be a net Coal Importer because of an ambitious Power Sector Plans set for 12 th Plan & subsequent requiring imports.
