coldry is the best coal drying technology in the w, page-60

re: coldry is the best coal drying technology ... 'I see enough ''waste heat'' on this thread to dry the nuggets destined for the China test burn.'

'Also worth noting the toxic by-products associated with exergen,,,, that black water that is squeezed out to make those little briquettes aint black because it's pure . It's full of nasties. that pollute the waterways.'

the choice is simple then - here are the options:

1. either long term ESI shareholder rupertdownunder is right, and the exergen brown coal upgrade science is fatally flawed compared to the coldry process, or

2. the Australian Government's Science Laboratory (the CSIRO) and the Victorian Government's BCIA are right, and the exergen CHTD process is 'world class', and at the leading edge of Victorian lignite upgrade technology.

this from the $1.3 million BCIA ann about the exergen/DICE project:

'Brown Coal Innovation Australia (BCIA) today announced funding for two world-class research and development projects which offer enormous potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions from brown coal power generation and create new industry and employment opportunities for Australia from low- emissions brown coal utilisation.

The R&D projects were selected as part of BCIA?s $8.3 million 2011 funding round and encompass an assessment of
hydrogen production and export from Victoria and research which aims to halve carbon emissions from brown coal-
fired power by significantly increasing efficiency of a direct injection coal engine.

BCIA Chair, Gerry Morvell, said: “Our 2011 R&D funding round proves that industry and leading research institutions are strongly committed to securing a low-emissions future for Australia?s vast brown coal resources. The basic process we use today for power from brown coal is more than a century old. Although it has served the community well, the emission levels are no longer sustainable. We do however have an opportunity to lead the world in the development of new low-emissions coal technologies and to ensure our nation?s future economic prosperity.”

BCIA will provide $1.3 million for a project involving CSIRO Advanced Coal Technology and Exergen Pty Ltd which will investigate high efficiency power generation using processed Victorian brown coal in an adapted diesel engine. The project expects to deliver a step-change in fuel cycle efficiency enabling a 45 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions, and consequent increase in productive efficiency, compared with the best existing brown coal-fired power plants.'