Author(s):Jiuping Xu, Heping Xie, Chengwei Lv

Print ISBN:9783527346929 |Online ISBN:9783527825110 |DOI:10.1002/9783527825110

Link:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9783527825110

Summary

In Innovative Approaches towards Ecological Coal Mining and Utilization, a distinguished team of researchers delivers a comprehensive and fulsome exploration of the ecological problems caused by coal mining and utilization. The book discusses environmental pollution and carbon emissions in the context of modelling coal engineering issues, the design of innovative coal engineering systems, and the evaluation of innovative coal mining systems.

The authors consider the technical and economic viability of each proposed solution, making the book ideal reading for environmental and energy researchers in academic and industrial circles. Fully interdisciplinary, Innovative Approaches towards Ecological Coal Mining and Utilization offers readers an integrated look at the management science and policy simulation involved solutions to ecological problems caused by coal mining and utilization.

Readers will also discover:

l A thorough introduction to ecological coal mining and developing trends in ecological coal utilization

l Comprehensive explorations of innovative approaches in coal mining and a multiple coal seams-oriented equilibrium strategy towards coal-water conflict resolution

l Practical discussions of seasonal change-oriented dynamic strategies towards coal-water conflict resolution and GIS-oriented equilibrium strategies for coal gangue contamination mitigation

l In-depth examinations of carbon dioxide emission reduction in coal-fired power operations

Contents

The book has 11 chapters and made up with three main parts. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 are the first part of this book in which the development history, current status and future possible pathways of ecological coal mining and utilization are introduced. The second part is consist from Chapter 3 to Chapter 6 and in this part, the typical environmental problems in coal mining and utilization which includes the groundwater damage and coal gangue excessive accumulation issues during coal mining and air pollutant emissions and green house gas emissions reduction issues during coal utilization are discussed and solved in the ecological soft-path ways. The third pard is consist from Chapter 7 to Chapter 11 in which ecological problems in the coal involved integrated energy systems will be fully considered and discussed, at the same time, several practical soft pathes also will be given to cope with the actual situation.

CHAPTER 1

Technical Developing Pathway of Ecological Coal Mining

In this chapter, a general data analysis methodology was conducted to fully understand coal mining technological paradigmatic development and future necessary improvements to ensure more efficient, environmental-friendly coal production. The purpose of this chapter was to identify and demonstrate the technical development pathway of coal mining with the emphasis on its ecological perspective and it will be the foundation of this book.

CHAPTER 2

Developing Trending Toward Ecological Coal Utilization

In this chapter, an optimized data analysis system based on research and environmental policies was proposed for the purpose of identifying the developing trending of coal utilization. The purpose of this chapter was to identify and demonstrate the technical development pathway of coal mining with the emphasis on its ecological perspective and it will be the foundation of this book.

CHAPTER 3

Multiple Coal Seam Coproduction-Oriented Equilibrium Approach Toward Coal–Water Conflict

In this chapter, a bilevel optimization method based on the Stackelberg–Nash equilibrium strategy with fuzzy coefficients was proposed for the purpose of coping with the coal–water conflict under the multiple coal seam co-production system. The results showed that under the proposed method, collieries attempt to conduct environmental-friendly exploitation to seek greater mining quotas which demonstrated the practicality and efficiency in the proposed model of reducing the coal–water conflict.

CHAPTER 4

Seasonal Changes-Oriented Dynamic Strategy Toward Coal–Water Conflict Resolutions

In this chapter, to cope with the groundwater damage and pollution issue during coal mining activity, an equilibrium strategy-based bilevel optimization method under uncertain conditions was proposed. By finding the optimal solution, an interactive algorithm based on the Karush–Kuhn–Tucker condition was conducted, and the real-world application in Yanzhou coal fields demonstrated the potential function of the proposed method in reducing the groundwater damage caused by the coal mining activity.

CHAPTER 5

GIS-Oriented Equilibrium Strategy Toward Coal Gangue Contamination Mitigating

In this chapter, an equilibrium decision-making framework which integrated the GIS technology and bilevel optimization model was proposed for the purpose of reducing the coal gangue stack quantity in the large-scale coal field. The GIS technology was first employed to identify the key parameters that will be used in the proposed bilevel model, and an interactive algorithm with defuzzification measure was designed to solve the final model.

CHAPTER 6

Dynamic Investment Strategy Toward Emissions Reduction and Energy Conservation of Coal Mining

In this chapter, a dynamic multi-objective mixed 0–1 method was proposed in which environmental technological investment and production adjustments were integrated into a dynamic system to seek ecological and economic equilibrium, and emissions reductions and energy conservation. The proposed method considered the effect of production adjustments and energy conservation on the environment and the economy with the aim of achieving global optimization through integrated planning. To solve the proposed model, a hybrid algorithm with a standard and an antithetic method-based particle swarm optimization was developed.

CHAPTER 7

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reduction-Oriented Integrated Coal-Fired Power Operation Method

In this chapter, a dynamic equilibrium strategy for integrated coal purchasing, blending, and distribution under an uncertain environment was proposed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in large-scale coal-fired powered enterprises. The proposed method integrated all the key stages during the operation of large-scale coal-fired powered enterprises and tried to make a whole optimization framework.

CHAPTER 8

Equilibrium Coal Blending Method Toward Multiple Air Pollution Reduction

In this chapter, an innovative equilibrium strategy-based coal blending method under an uncertain environment was proposed to develop an environmental-friendly-based optimization method that fully considers the relationship between the local authority and the coal-fired power plant, and both the carbon emissions and PM emissions reduction were taken into consideration at the same time.

CHAPTER 9

Equilibrium Biomass–Coal Blending Method Toward Carbon Emissions Reduction

This chapter proposed a kind of dynamic equilibrium strategy for carbon emission quota allocation toward co-combustion of coal and biomass under an uncertain environment. In the proposed method, the authority attempted to find an optimal strategy based on its objectives, while the coal-fired power plants responded in a rational way and seek to optimize their objectives given the authority's decisions.

CHAPTER 10

Carbon Emission Reduction-Oriented Equilibrium Strategy for Thermal–Hydro–Wind Generation System

To achieve cleaner electricity generation, a thermal–hydro–wind complementary system was proposed in this chapter to develop a clean-reliable-based optimization method that fully considers the cooperation among hydro power plants, wind power plants, and coal-combusted thermal power plants.

CHAPTER 11

Economic-Environmental Equilibrium-Based Wind–Solar–Thermal Power Generation System

To integrate renewable sources into traditional power networks, this chapter proposed an optimal scheduling strategy that fully considers the contributions of wind farm, solar parks, and coal thermal power plants.

CHAPTER 12

Carbon Emissions Reductions-Oriented Equilibrium Strategy for Municipal Solid Waste with Coal Co-combustion

This chapter developed a bilevel multi-objective model based on municipal solid waste with coal co-combustion method to reduce carbon emissions. Bilevel programming method was employed to capture the interactive relationship between the multiple decision-makers with the authority being the leader and the coal-fired power plants being the followers, and multi-objective programming method was employed to seek the trade-off between the social welfare and allocation satisfaction.

Author Bios

Jiuping Xu is Professor at School of Business, Sichuan University. Through combining the theories and methodologies of system science and mathematics, he built the decision and technology innovation paradigm, which is called "Theory Spectrum-Model Group-Algorithm Cluster" ("TS-MG-AC") paradigm, for the complex energy development and environmental protection problems with multivariant subject, multilevel structure, multiplicity objective, and multistage process. He also developed the "multivariant-multilevel-dynamic equilibrium" organization management technology, and has overcome pressing and major problems in the fields of energy related real-world problems. He has published more than 700 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 40 books.

Heping Xie worked as the former president of Sichuan University (2003-2017). He is the Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering since 2001. He has received over 40 prizes. Until now, he has published more than 100 peer-reviewed research articles and 6 academic monographs in both English and Chinese.

Chengwei Lv is an assistant researcher at School of Business, Sichuan University. He is also a visiting scholar at The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on integrating game theory and dynamic control theory into coal industry to achieve cleaner production. Until now, he has published 25 peer-reviewed papers.