Abstract
The eastern regions of Russia have a substantial potential for expansion of steaming coal production. The majority of coal deposits in the eastern regions are located close enough to the objects of the Asian super ring. The large coal reserves make it possible to consider it as a reliable fuel source for power plants for a long-term horizon. The coal reserves suitable for using at power plants of the Asian super ring are estimated in the paper by subject of the federation of the eastern regions for operating and new coal producers. The coal deposits of the eastern regions that are promising for the construction of power plants of the Asian super ring are presented. The paper describes both the coal deposits of the eastern regions that are considered in the projects for power plant construction and included in the program documents and the coal deposits that are not included in the program documents. The coal reserves of these deposits and the possible volumes of its production are estimated. The key qualitative coal characteristics of the deposits: heating value, and ash, sulfur, moisture content are presented. The mining-geological and hydrological conditions for deposit development are briefly characterized. The coals of the eastern regions are showed to contain valuable accompanying elements. It is noted that the creation of industrial clusters on the basis of the coal deposits is the most effective from the standpoints of the economy and ecology. The favorable and restraining factors in development of the described coal deposits are estimated.
Highlights
The eastern regions of Russia (East Siberia and the Far East) possess considerable coal reserves and resources
The low-quality products of hard coal washing, the hard coals that do not comply with the quality requirements for export, and the brown coals are the fuel for power plants
The steaming coal deposits of the eastern regions of Russia are located in the regions that differ in the development of the transport and social infrastructures, in the mining-geological, hydrological and other characteristics
Summary
The possibilities for the coal industry development in the eastern regions of Russia were studied by many authors [3, 4]. The possibilities for using these coals for power plants of the Asian super ring were not analyzed in these works. The studies of the coal industry development in the country and its regions at Melentiev Energy Systems Institute have been carried out for more than 40 years, which resulted in designing the system of models and the information system [5, 6]. The study of coal resources in the eastern regions of Russia for construction of power plants of the Asian super ring is seen as topical and possible
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