Lignite as a chemical raw material

conference paper

English

Potential applications of lignite in non-energetical areas are briefly reviewed, including agrochemistry, biotechnology, sorbent technologies, humic substances production, and microbial transformation. Examples of experimental results from our own research on the South-Moravian lignite are presented – sorption properties of natural lignite, their improvement by thermal activation, results from laboratory and field tests on lignite effect on growing several plants, potential of the South-Moravian lignite as a source of humic substances and their properties, particularly sorption. It is shown that lignite should not be viewed as a fuel of rather low quality and combusted in power plants but should be considered as a valuable raw material for chemical industry to make products with applications in broad areas of human life and activities. Lignite is a potential supply of compounds that can be used for low-scale production of fine chemicals, which could be a field suitable for Czech producers because of very limited local supplies of mineral resources and space for large-scale production.

humic substances, lignite, non-energetical applications

PEKAŘ, M., KALOČ, M., KLUČÁKOVÁ, M.

2004

1. 1. 2003

VSB-TU Ostrava

Ostrava

80-248-0246-5

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