دانلود کتاب Environmental Considerations in Energy Production

This book contains submissions from energy professionals from around the world who discuss a wide selection of topics on energy production, including coal mining, oil and gas production, and electrical power generation, as well as the impacts on society and the environment. The papers present existing and emerging issues, best practices and techniques, and appropriate and innovative solutions to meet the present and future challenges of energy production. These proceedings contain both complete papers as well as abstracts where a full paper was not warranted. The abstracts are included as a resource to readers who may be interested in contacting those individuals. The papers range from reviews of work previously completed and discussions of preliminary investigations to thorough reports of research and recommended changes in methodologies and procedures. The issues presented show how the environmental impacts of energy production affect community well-being and human health. Content:• Front Matter • Preface • Table of Contents •Section 1.1 Watersheds 1. Water Quality and Appalachian Mining: Analysis of Watershed-Based Conclusions 2. A Value of Information Study Examining the Effectiveness of Spatial Datasets for Modeling Landscape to Water Quality Relationships 3. Water Quality Permitting under Managed Discharge 4. Scenario Analysis and the Watershed Futures Planner: Predicting Future Aquatic Conditions in an Intensively Mined Appalachian Watershed • 5. The Mine Land Stewardship Initiative •Section 2.1 Environmental Considerations in Coal Preparation and Waste Management 6. Application of Electronic Sorting Technology for Reducing Environmental Impacts of Coal Processing 7. Stabilization of Fine Coal Waste as an Alternative Disposal Technique 8. Application of a Pilot-Scale Plate Filter Press in Dewatering Coal Slurries 9. Diesel Range Organics in Coal Preparation 10. Minimizing the Environmental Impacts of Coal Waste Disposal •Section 2.2 Community Well-Being 11. Decision Tools for Integrating Sustainability Considerations in Large Capital Projects 12. The Mining Industry and Community Poverty across Appalachia 13. Edgework and Boundary Crossings: Assessing Foundations for Public Ecology in the Appalachian Region 14. Determinants of Local Community Acceptance of Energy Resources and Materials Mining • 15. Ethics and Community Well-Being •Section 3.1 Coal, Gas, and Energy Production• 16. Appalachian Coal: Past, Present, and Future 17. Environmental Considerations and Operational Parameters of Underground Coal Gasification • 18. The Marcellus Shale Gas Play and the Gas Migration/Stray Gas Problem 19. Experiences in Reservoir Model Calibration for Coal Bed Methane Production in Deep Coal Seams in Russell County, Virginia 20. Sustainable Degasification Strategies: A Case Study in the Qinshui Basin of China •Section 3.2 Public Health and Energy Production 21. Evaluation of Research Addressing Chronic Health in Coal-Dependent Communities in Central Appalachia 22. Comparison of Mortality Rates between Appalachian Coal Mining Counties with Non-Coal Mining 23. Population and Exposure Characteristics of Coal Mining and Non-Coal Mining Counties in West Virginia 24. Inventory of Bacterial Impairments in Central Appalachia 25. Identification of Toxic Agents and Potential Exposure Routes to Appalachian Coal Mining Communities •Section 4.1 Total Dissolved Solids and Environmental Impacts 1 26. Comparison of Groundwater Seepage Modeling in Conventional and Geomorphic Valley Fill Design 27. Predicting Total Dissolved Solids Release from Overburden in Appalachian Coal Fields 28. Natural Attenuation of TDS in Mountaintop Mines 29. Predicting TDS Release from Appalachian Mine Spoils 30. Long-Term Trends of Electrical Conductivity in Streams Flowing Out of Headwater Valley Fills in Virginia •Section 4.2 Environmental Considerations in Underground Mining 31. Event Tree Failure Mode Development for Mining near Bodies of Water 32. Applications of Subsurface Subsidence Model to Study Longwall Subsidence Influences on Overburden Hydrological System 33. Addressing the Effect of Sloping Terrain on Ground Movements due to Underground Mining 34. Application of Subsidence Prediction Methodologies for Sizing Barrier Pillars for Stream Protection in Appalachia 35. Preliminary Assessment of Factors Affecting Springs Undermined by Longwall Mines in Pennsylvania •Section 5.1 Stream Biota Impacts 36. Methods for Evaluating the Effects of a Simulated Mine Effluent with Elevated Ionic Concentration to Field Collected Benthic Macroinvertebrates 37. Exploring Benthic Impairment and Total Dissolved Solids in the Dumps Creek Watershed 38. Benthic Macroinvertebrate Response to Total Dissolved Solids in Coal Mine Streams 39. How Well Does Electrical Conductivity Predict Stream Impairment? 40. Evaluation of Current Measures of Aquatic Biological Integrity in the Central Appalachian Coalfields: Efficacy and Implications •Section 5.2 Landforms and Geomorphic Reclamation 41. Sustainable Landform Construction on Coal Mining Operations That Require Valley Fills 42. Methodology for Geomorphic Landform Design of Valley Fills in Appalachia Surface Mine Reclamation 43. Investigating Regional Design Parameters in the Design of West Virginia Valley Fills to Support Application of Geomorphic Landform Design Principles 44. Slope Stability Analysis of Geomorphic Landform Profiles versus Approximate Original Contour Applied to Valley Fill Designs •Section 6.1 Selenium in the Environment 45. Subsurface Sequestration of Leached Waste-Rock Selenium in Reactive Ferrihydrite Beds 46. Selenium Concentrations and Solid-State Chemical Speciation in Black Shale Associated with a West Virginia Coal Seam 47. Selenium Treatment for Mine Water Discharge Compliance • 48. Strategies for Remediation of Selenium-Laden Waters 49. Analysis of Low-Level Selenium in Coal Mine Discharges •Section 6.2 Stream Restoration 50. Natural Streams: Biological Effects of Natural Channel Design for Aquatic Habitat Restoration 51. Hydrologic Assessment of the Guy Cove Stream Restoration Project 52. Guy Cove Stream Restoration Project: Recreating a Headwater Stream System on a Head-of-Hollow Fill 53. Leaf Litter Breakdown as a Functional Assessment Tool for Appalachian Coal Mine Stream Restorations 54. Substrate and Seeding Treatment Effects on Native Tree Establishment and Herbaceous Cover on an Appalachian Coal Mine: First Growing Season Results •Section 7.1 Total Dissolved Solids and Environmental Impacts 2 55. Conductivity Sensor Accuracy and Temporal Stability: A Laboratory and Field Study 56. Screening-Level Specific Conductivity Testing of Drill Core Strata • 57. Field Data and Regulatory Aquatic Life Criteria 58. Chronic Toxicity Testing in Mining Influenced Streams of West Virginia •Section 7.2 Environment, Coal Mining, and Sustainability 59. Surface Coal Mine Blasting Optimization and Mitigation of Environmental Impacts: Mine to Fill 60. Production, Cost, and Environmental Impact of Loading Equipment in Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia 61. NOx Emission of Equipment and Blasting Agents in Surface Coal Mining 62. Micro-Hydroelectric Power Generation Utilizing Mine Drainage 63. Minepool Geothermal in Pennsylvania • 64. Sustainability in Surface Coal Mine Operations: The Importance of Good Geotechnical Design • 65. Ethics in Energy Sustainability Index