US-India Coal Working Group Meeting
April 4-5, 2006 (Delhi, India)

The third Coal Working Group meeting was held in Delhi, India on April 4-5, 2006.  The meeting attracted over 50 participants from the US and Indian governments, industry, national laboratories, and research institutions.  The participants discussed the overall Coal Working Group’s goals and objectives, scope of activities, and proposed projects.

In addition, the Coal Working Group co-chairs, Jeffrey Jarrett, U.S. Department of Energy's Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, and Pradeep Kumar, Additional Secretary of India's Ministry of Coal, adopted and signed the jointly developed high level work plan.

Technical Presentations
All presentations are in PDF format and require the Acrobat Reader.

Coal Beneficiation

• Coal Beneficiation Overview – Mark Sharpe, Sharpe International, LLC
• Coal Beneficiation – P.K. Kanchan, CMPDIL
• Existing Operation Coal Beneficiation Plant – Dr. K.V. Mohan Rao, CLI Washery
• Coal Beneficiation – A. D. Baijal, Tata Steel
• Coal Beneficiation – V.D. Singh, Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. (BCCL)
• Coal Washery and its Effect on Electricity Cost – Selvakumaran, BHEL

Waste Coal Utilization

• US Experience in Coal Waste Utilization, Kumar M. Sellakumar, ETAA Energy, Inc.
• Waste Coal Utilization – P.K. Kancha, CMPDIL
• Combustion of Washery Rejects – Selvakumaran, BHEL
• Waste Management – A. D. Baijal, Tata Steel

Advanced Coal Cleaning

• Advanced Coal Cleaning and Coal Recovery – Roe Hoan Yoon, Virginia Tech
• Recovery of Cleans From Coal Fines – Dr. D. D. Halder, CFRI
• Fine Coal Recovery – A. D. Baijal, Tata Steel
• Coal Fines Recovery – V. D. Singh, BCCL

Coalbed Methane

• ONGC's Experience in CBM - P.N. Harjra, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
• CBM/CMM/AMM – P.K. Kanchan, CMPDIL
• Coalbed Methane: Reliance’s Experience – Prem Sawhney, Reliance Industries
• Collaboration Proposal for Integrated CBM Studies, India – G. Mukhopadhaya, Geological Survey of India
• Coal Bed Methane & In-site Coal Gasification – K.S. Anadan, NLC

Coal Gasification

• DOE/LLNL Activities in Underground Coal Gasification – Ravindra Upadhye, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Development of Underground Coal Gasification and IGCE Technology in India – A. K. Singh, Central Mining Research Institute (CMRI)
• Coal Gasification – Prem Sawhney, Reliance Industries
• UCG and Power Generation – BHEL’s Rate – Dr. K. Nandakumar, BHEL
• Underground Coal Gasification Project – K. S. Anandan, Neyveli Lignite Corporation, Ltd.

Overburden Dump Stability

• Steep Slope Mining and Overburden Dump Stability – Mike Mosser, DOE/National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Overburden Dump Stability – P.K. Kanchan, CMPDIL
• Overburden Dump Stability – A. K. Singh, Northern Coal Fields Limited
• Overburden Dump Stability – Dr. V. K. Singh, Central Mining Research Institute
• Waste and Overburden Management in Mega Opencast Projects, Problems & Technical Options – B. K. Singh, Directorate General of Mines Safety
• OB Dump Stability – K. S. Anandan, NLC

Mining of Steep Seams

• Steep Slope Mining and Overburden Dump Stability – Mike Mosser, DOE/National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Mining of Steep & Thick Coal Seams of North Eastern Region of India – Shri R. C. Sharma, NEC/CIL
• Underground Mining of Steep Steams in India – Dr. Rajender Singh, CMRI
• Extraction of Steep Seams – S. K. Mitra, CCL
• Extraction of Steep Seams – J. V. Dattatreyulu, Sihgareni Collieries Co. Ltd.

Coal Mine Safety

• Coal Mine Safety:  Overview – Dr. Craig Zamuda, DOE/FE
• Safety in Coal Mines – Dr. R. M. Bhattacharjee, DGMS
• Safety in Coal Mines – S. C. Pal, CIL
• Safety in Coal Mines – J. V. Dattatreyulu, Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd.
• Safety in Coal Mines – Dr. S. K. Singh, CMRI