robin batterham - pro exergen

Does anyone remember the post on another thread where a poster had personally attended the BCIA Coal Drying Forum and summarised his views on what was said.

Then there was a summary posted on Mantle threads by Lexie that contradicted most of the other poster's "takes" on what had actually been said.

The first poster said exergen had been written off and another tech was the front runner, while Lexie's summary seemed to point more towards Exergen being "the benchmark".

Much of the other poster's view that Exergen was no good came from his interpretation of Professor Robin Batterham saying a certain old style evaporation tech was the leader and Exergen was just plain no good.

Here is an exert from a brand new article from -

Cornerstone - "The official journal of the world coal industry"

Titled

The Critical Importance of Innovation for the Future of
Coal

by Prof Robin Batterham

"Process Opportunities

Upgrading of low-rank coals has long been possible technically; to date the challenge has been related to the economics and the engineering detail. As well, many of the products from these processes have suffered from self-heating or dusting problems. One (of many) that looks particularly promising is the mild hydrothermal upgrading recently demonstrated by the Exergen company with results at tonnage scales. A range of low-rank coals have been upgraded from moisture contents around 60–70% to product at 20–25%. Hydrothermal dewatered coal slurry appears to be an ideal fuel for high-efficiency direct injection coal engines."

I thought this guy said Exergen was no good?

Where is the mention of that other tech?

If that part of the other poster's summary wasn't accurate, then what about the rest of it that seemed in contrast to Lexie's friend's take on the day?

Here are some links Prof Batterham included in his article -

http://www.exergen.com.au/technology.html

http://www.csiro.au/Outcomes/Energy/Energy-from-coal/High-efficiency-low-emission-solutions.aspx

Beware of what you read on forums written by over enthusiastic posters that have a lot riding on their share of choice going up but lack any verifiable links to back their opinion.

Above all IMO & DYOR

B Rubes