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Electricity production through coal combustion is the only viable solutionin minimum timing. Asenvironmental chemists, our primary goal is to assess environmental hazards and suggest cost-effective technologies for reducing combustion pollutants. In the present study, indigenous coalsamples from different mines were analyzedfor their physicochemical properties and toxicmetals. Five samples from foreign coal mines were also studied for comparison purposes andalready in use for power generation.The sulfur content in Thar coal (0.62 %) is similar to foreignsamples of Indonesian and Mozambique samples (0.35–1.63 %). Heating values of local coalsshow their potential as future fuel. The principal component analysis was applied to the data. Itinterprets that the concentration of toxic metals in indigenous and foreign samplesis lower thanthe reported Greece samples. The concentration of metals in Badin coal samples is similar toforeign studied samples and is lower than the reported China, South Africa and other localsamples. Copper (77.64mg/kg), Zinc (63.23mg/kg), Chromium (75.80mg/kg), Mercury (0.22mg/kg) and Manganese (119.07mg/kg) are found to be high in Thar and Lead (49.41mg/kg) inLakhra. Balochistan is elevated in the concentration ofnickel (52.63mg/kg). It becomesobligatory for the policy makers of the country to suggest legislation for the use of appropriateClean Coal Technologies (CCT) in the use of the coal in power sector
Ghazia Anjum, M. Nasiruddin Khan. (2017) The Power Generation from Coal in Pakistan: Assessment ofPhysicochemical Pollutant Indicators in Indigenous Reservesin Comparison to the Foreign Coal, Pakistan Journal of Analytical & Environmental Chemistry, Volume 18, Issue 1.
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