brown coal
Low-grade fuel rock
Brown coal is a low-grade coal with high moisture content and relatively low heat output, intermediate between peat and harder coals.
Also called lignite.
It retains visible plant structures and burns with considerable smoke.
Brown coal is abundant but environmentally problematic, releasing more carbon dioxide per unit of energy than other fossil fuels.
Compressed combustible block
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- heatingRaising temperature artificially
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- boilerWater-heating vessel
thermal · calorific · carbonaceous · moisture · low-grade · burning · pellet · drying
Low-rank sedimentary fuel
- opencastSurface excavation method
- strip miningRemoving overburden for minerals
- excavationAct of unearthing
- overburdenLoad beyond capacity
seam · deposit · dragline · reclamation · pit · quarry · extraction · reserves
Organic remains becoming mineral
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- PaleogeneEarly Cenozoic era division
- MiocenePre-Pliocene geological epoch
- organic matterMaterial from living sources
Substances released into air
- carbon dioxideRespiration byproduct, photosynthesis fuel
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- greenhouse gasHeat-trapping atmospheric compound
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
phaseout · carbon footprint · sulfur dioxide · particulates · environmental impact · groundwater · air quality · decommissioning
briquette
Compressed combustible block
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- heatingRaising temperature artificially
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
boiler · thermal · calorific · carbonaceous · moisture · low-grade · burning · pellet · drying · compressed
lignite
Low-rank sedimentary fuel
- opencastSurface excavation method
- strip miningRemoving overburden for minerals
- excavationAct of unearthing
overburden · seam · deposit · dragline · reclamation · pit · quarry · extraction · reserves · layer
fossilization
Organic remains becoming mineral
emissions
Substances released into air
- carbon dioxideRespiration byproduct, photosynthesis fuel
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- greenhouse gasHeat-trapping atmospheric compound
climate · phaseout · carbon footprint · sulfur dioxide · particulates · environmental impact · groundwater · air quality · decommissioning · transition
electricity
Energy from charged particles
- generationAge-defined peer group
- plantBotanical organism
- turbineBlade-driven energy converter
steam · grid · baseload · megawatt · kilowatt · station · generator · capacity · output · supply
- coalanthracite, bituminous, lignite, slack, culm
- Coal Miningminers, underground mines, colliery, strip mining, underground
- coal typesanthracite, lignite, peat, coke, briquettes
- low-rank coallignite, peat
- Surface Miningopen pit mining, strip mining, open pit, strip mine, quarry
- Zasavje
brown coalsolar power
Energy derived from sunlight
wind power · renewable energy · clean energy · hydroelectric power · green energy
brown, coal, brownie, charcoal, brownish, browned, coalesce, browning, coalfield