Petrological study of self-heated coal wastes from the Bytom dump, Upper Silesia, Poland

• Main Author: Γεωργία, Πετράτου
• Other Authors: Georgia, Petratou
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Coal waste; Bytom dump; Self-heating; Απορρίμματα γαιάνθρακα; Εξωτερικές αποθέσεις; Αυτοθέρμανση

Coal waste dumps are prone to self-heating due to weathering and oxidation of the organic matter. External and internal factors such as the coal rank and moisture, dump shape and size, the contained minerals, etc., influence self-heating and self-ignition processes. The current study aims to charact...