The Role of Coal Recovery in the Reclamation of the Merthyr Vale Colliery Site, South Wales, UK |
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| Authors: | C. Brooks BEng CEng A. J. Davies BEng CEng K. P. Williams BSc PhD MIChemE |
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| Affiliation: | Richards Moorehead and Laing Ltd, Ruthin, North Wales, UK.;Richards Moorehead and Laing Ltd, Ruthin, North Wales, UK.;Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Cardiff University Cardiff, Wales, UK. |
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| Abstract: | This paper describes the reclamation of the Merthyr Vale colliery site and shows that the incorporation of coal recovery produced economic, as well as environmental, benefits. The optimum plant throughput for a 2.1 m dia. barrel washer was 120 t/h at an operating density of 1200 kg/m3. Coal and discard qualities were acceptable, and the final landform was suitable for development with few restrictions. |
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| Keywords: | Coal recovery contamination land reclamation Merthyr Vale |
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