CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COAL UTILIZATION IN PAKISTAN

Abstract

Pakistan is rich in Coal reserves ranging from lignite to sub-bituminous rank. The major on-going coal fired power plants in public/private sector utilize imported coal due to some technical demerits of indigenous coal reserves. The technical lecture will mainly be focused to discuss the key challenges of current operational activities including coal transportation, handling and combustion methodologies with significant technological advancement for utilization of low rank utilization for mega projects in accordance to environmental policies. Furthermore, a brief aspects of coal quality issues for on-going active coal mines in Pakistan along with recommendations for its visible solution to achieve clean coal combustion technologies for future country demand