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MEMORANDUM
CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EXECUTION OF A COAL RESEARCH  
PROGRAMME WITH A VIEW TO OBTAINING FINANCIAL AID  
UNDER THE TERMS OF ARTICLE 55 § 2C OF THE E.C.S.C. TREATY
(Budgetary year 1984)
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(84) 126 final

MEMORANDUM
CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EXECUTION OF A COAL RESEARCH  
PROGRAMME WITH A VIEW TO OBTAINING FINANCIAL AID  
UNDER THE TERMS OF ARTICLE 55 § 2C OF THE E.C.S.C. TREATY
(Budgetary year 1984)
I. INTRODUCTION
Ten years after the beginning of the oil crisis, the Community has succeeded  
in reducing strongly its consumption and importation of hydrocarbons, basing  
its efforts on nuclear energy, more efficient energy utilization, and in­
creased consumption of coal, particularly in power stations.
The Commission has frequently emphasized the importance of coal research as  
a means of contributing towards the achievement of the energy policy object­
ives that the Community has set for itself, one of which is to cover 70 to  
75% of its requirements for primary energy for electricity production by  
solid fuels and nuclear energy.
In its Communication to the Council "The role for solid fuels in Community  
energy strategy" \ in the Commission's Scientific and Technical Strategy  
Framework Programme ^(1984-1987), and in the five-year Programme of Action  
for Energy and Energy Research^, the accent is placed on, among other things,  
research and development to increase the level of productivity in mining and  
to improve the upgrading of the products of the coal industry.
The implementation of a balanced, global policy for solid fuels including  
coal R & D is a step that needs to be taken in this context, as was confirmed  
by the Energy Ministers at their informal meeting in Copenhagen in December  
1982.
The discussions held by the Council on 21 April 1983 on the basis of the  
Commission's "Working Programme on Solid Fuels''^ demonstrated that it was  
desirable to concentrate discussion on 4 fundamental questions relating to  
the future of solid fuels in the Community:
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1. What are the obstacles to the utilization of solid fuels ?
2. How can R & D contribute towards increasing the consumption  
of solid fuels ?
3. Community production and security of supply.
4. The role of the Community in the solution of social problems.
In its Communication to the Council "Proposals for a balanced solid fuels  
policy" 5 the Commission examined these questions and, for each of them,  
indicated the actions that it had already proposed or was proposing to the  
Council. The Commission demonstrated, among other things, the fundamental  
role that R & D should play in modernising the factors of production and  
increasing productivity in mining, as well as in improving ways of using  
coal, and discovering new technologies and new outlets for coal.
The coal research programme (budgetary year 1984) which forms the subject  
of the present memorandum, and which concerns mining engineering and the  
upgrading and utilization of the products of the mining industry, contributes  
towards the pursuit of the objectives indicated. The present document lists,  
by domain, the projects that constitute the research programme and form the  
subject of a request for aid under the terms of Art. 55 § 2C of the ECSC  
Treaty.
Their selection as projects to be incldued in the 1984 programme has been  
made by the Commission's services aided by committees of experts and in  
collaboration with the Coal Research Committee (external evaluation), priority  
being given to those projects that correspond most closely to the criteria  
defined in the Medium-term Guidelines for Technical Coal Research (1981-1985)^.  
In making the selection, account was taken of the Community character of the  
projects and of their integration into actions undertaken on the national,  
private or Community levels.
The research projects selected are financed only in part by the Commission  
(60% maximum). They will be carried out in collaboration and according to  
their competence and specialisation by the following institutes and under­
takings :
- the National Coal Board (NCB), London
- the Steinkohlenbergbauverein (STBV), Essen
- the Centre d'Etudes et Recherches des Charbonnages de France  
(CERCHAR)
- the Institut National des Industries Extractives (INIEX), Liege
- the Westfalische Berggewerkschaftskasse (WBK), Bochum
- the Acciaierie di Piombino, Piombino
- the Centro Sperimentale Metallurgico (CSM), Rome
- the Deutscher Braunkohlen Industrie Verein (DEBRIV), Cologne
the Rheinische-Westfalische Technische Hochschule (RWTH), Aachen
- the Hoogovens Groep BV, IJmuiden
- Tar Industries Services (TIS), Chesterfield
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11'  RESEARCH PROGRAMME (budgetary year 1984)
The Technical Coal Research Programme (budgetary year 1984) comprises  
two main sections:
- A. The programme on mining engineering
- B. The Programme on product beneficiation
Each of these programmes is divided into sub-programmes in accordance  
with the research topics considered.
The sub-programmes are formed from the research projects selected, a List  
of which is annexed, and whose duration does not exceed 5 years.
A. MINING ENGINEERING
A.I Development work in coal and stone
This sub-programme contains 5 projects with a total cost of 5.815.500 ECU.
As the extension of pits increases there is an ever-growing need for  
rapid and efficient roadway drivage. The proposed research is consequently  
aimed at the further improvement and automation of existing machines, the  
optimization of equipment through new techniques and the possibility of  
preliminary reconnaissance of the rock through which tunnels are to be  
driven. In addition to improvements in heading rates and operating results,  
favourable effects on underground safety and working conditions are to be  
expected.
1. Automatic control of drilling jumbos
Proposer: NCB
Total cost: 1.033.500 ECU
Increased machine performance, improved roadway profiling, greater  
safety, reduction in the number of operators required and better  
roadway support through the automation of drilling rigs, particularly  
multi-boom machines.

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2. Increasing the range of application of mechanized drivage  
Proposer: StBV  
Total cost: 2.764.500 ECU
Continuation of existing research on wider use of mechanized  
drivage (fewer accidents, higher productivity, reduced costs)  
by improvement of available machines, the development of new  
cutting techniques (actuated boring) and integration of support  
setting.
3. Adaptation of a full-face tunnelling machine to conditions in the  
Campi ne
Proposer: INIEX  
Total cost: 365.000 ECU
The installation of a Buygues full-face tunnelling machine (4 roller  
cutters on 4 booms) to increase heading rates requires adaptation of  
the machine to suit conditions in the Campine (circular supports,  
bolting of the machine).
4. Rock breaking with cutting tools and high-pressure waterjets
Proposer: CERCHAR  
Total cost: 640.000 ECU
Increased performance of heading machines and widening of their  
field of application to hard and abrasive rock by the combination  
of cutting chisels and high-pressure water jets (test rig trials  
and construction and testing of a machine).

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5’  Mgasuring instruments for longhote drilling  
Proposer: NCB  
Total cost: 1.012.500 ECU
Continuation of current work on development of lonahole dri lLina  
for seam reconnaissance with particular emphasis on development“of  
new devices for borehole measurement and guidance (vertical and  horizontal).
Aj-II^· Methane studies, ventilation control and mine climate
The sub-programme comprises 3 projects and has a total cost of 1.789.000
ih2Sianily increasing roadway lengths, increasing gas emission rates and  tne higher temperatures at greater depths make necessary considerable  
ertorts in order to maintain or improve the standards of underground  
safety and working conditions that have been achieved. The oronos«»d  
work should also contribute directly or indirectly to an improvement in  operating results. '
6'  Control of gas emissions in special circumstances relating tn nonu™  and exploitation.  ~ ---------- ------ ----
Pr
oposer: CERCHAR
Total cost: 509.000 ECU
Improvement of underground safety and increased productivity,  
particularly in sloping seams by gas emission control adapted to  
the conditions (gas emission balances, oriqins and dynamics of aas  emission). "  ~
7. Further studies on the controlled recirculation of air in mine working  
With particular attGntion to transients ~ — — —
Proposer: NCB
Total cost: 218.500 ECU
Continuation of current work on controlled recirculation of mine air  
to increase the quantity of air and thus to improve safety and  
working conditions in remote workings. Study of the influence of  
transients on air flow, methane distribution and concentration of  harmful substances;

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8. Improvement of mine air cooling techniques  
Proposer: ST BV  
Total cost: 1.061.500 ECU
Continution of current work on improvement of mine climate and  
hence working conditions underground (heat sources, roadway coolers,  
computer programmes).
A.III. Rock pressure and supports
The sub-programme consists of 3 projects with a total cost of 658.000 ECU
The increasing effects of rock pressure at greater depths make it essen­
tial either to develop entirely new measuring techniques or to evaluate  
available results using the most up-to-date methods. In parallel, it is  
necessary to carry out further development work on existing and new  
support systems.
The expected results will not only have a direct influence on underground 
safety, but will also contribute towards the uninterrupted conduct of  
operations.
9. The incorporation of strata control parameters in mine data retrieval  
and analysis systems.
Proposer: NCB
Total cost: 262.000 ECU
Increased mine safety through improved monitoring of face- and roadway  
supports by incorporation of rock property parameters in existing data  
processing systems (e.g. MINOS). (Establishment of appropriate para­
meters, development of transducers, development of the necessary soft­
ware) .

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10- Study of the applicability of combined roof bolting and mesh  
lining in coal mining.
Proposer: RWTH
Total cost: 163.500 ECU
Reduction of labour- and other costs in tunnelling by the use of  
bolted supports, e.g. bolts with wire mesh (inventory, theory,  
recommendations, criteria).
11· Support and stability of main access tunnels  
Proposer: NCB/Univ. Nottingham  
Total cost: 232.500 ECU
Continuation of current work on the improvement of support in tunnels,  
particularly for tunnels with a long lifetime which are driven (as an  
alternative to shafts) from existing mines through soft Coal Measure  
strata into new deposits.
A.IV Methods of working and techniques of coalgetting
This sub-programme comprises 3 projects whose total cost amounts to  
2.146.500 ECU.
Following the major advances in the field of coalwinning itself that have  
been achieved in recent years, it is now necessary to apply the techniques  
that have been developed to other seam conditions in order to make better  
use of the available reserves. For this, equipment must be continuously  
refined and automated In addition, problems at the face ends are parti­
cularly important because of their influence on both underground safety  
and uninterrupted operations.
12. Extension of the range of application of faces on the dip to thinner  
steep seams by the use of a cutter or the AK3 unit.
Proposer: CERCHAR
Total cost: 509.000 ECU
Work on the adaptation of a high-output technique for mechanised  
faces on the dip of steep seams to thinner deposits (drum shearer  
or mixed scraper/plough system, further development of face supports).

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13. Development of a pick force steering system  
Proposer: NCB  
Total cost: 1.047.500
Improved roof control on faces, reduced dirt production and  
improved exploitation of the seam profile by development of a  
system of automatic horizon control for drum shearers based on  
measurements of the forces imposed on the picks and the use of  
a microprocessor.
14. Minimization of interdependence at face ends  
Proposer: St BV  
Total cost: 590.000 ECU
Continuation of current work aimed at trouble-free operation and  
reduced costs at face ends by minimization of dependence on seam  
conditions, profile, infrastructure and equipment in faces and  
face ends, and by automatic monitoring of interactions.
A.V. Outbye operations underground
The total cost of the 5 projects forming this sub-programme is 4.410.500  
ECU.
The greater quantities of material transported and the growing distances  
in mining impose ever-increasing demands on the transport of products,  
bulk materials and equipment. There is a particular interest in the safe  
and rapid transport of personnel, in the interests of both working condi­
tions and the conduct of operations.
15. Optimization of underground belt conveyer and rail-guided transport  
systems.
Proposer: St BV
Total cost: 1.842.500 ECU
Continuation of current work on automation and increased capacity in  
underground conveying and material transport (optimization of belt  
conveyor systems in coalwinning, further development of measuring  
equipment for determination of belt tractive forces in normal opera­
tion, and increased capacity of rail-guided transport systems).

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16. Movement of heavy equipment underground  
Proposer: NCB  
Total cost: 1.428.000 ECU
Increased efficiency, reduction of labour requirements, avoidance  
of accidents and reduction of cost in loading and transport of  
heavy equipment (shield supports, coalwinning machines, heading  
machines, etc.) by development of a suitable transport system.
17. Integrated personnel transport  
Proposer: CERCHAR  
Total cost: 436.500 ECU
Speeding-up of personnel transport, together with improved safety and  
working conditions. Survey of existing systems, selection of suitable  
systems, improvement of safety and technical aspects, development of  
systems for special cases (semi-steep and steep seams, inclined or  
narrow roadways, testing of new or improved systems (rapid trains, belt  
transport, rail-guided platforms, etc.).
18. Narrow manriding car  
Proposer: INIEX  
Total cost: 305.500 ECU
Speeding-up and increase in efficiency of manriding with simultaneous  
improvement of working conditions and safety by development of a new  
manriding car for roadways with a narrow cross-section and sharp bends.
19. Diagnosis of hydraulic and pneumatic controls.
Proposer: WBK
Total cost: 398.000 ECU
Avoidance of damage to and breakdown of mining machinery (and hence  
improved availability) by development of equipment and methods for  
analyzing the functional state of hydraulic and pneumatic controls.

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A.VI. Modern management techniques
The sub-programme comprises 7 projects and has a total cost of 5.188.000 ECU,
The increasing complexity of mine operation makes necessary precise planning  
and strict organization. The basis for this must be provided by timely  
reconnaissance of seams, rapid and reliable communication systems and,  
finally, by the monitoring of both individual machines and entire systems.
The projects proposed here, which are partly concerned with the installation  
of the most recent technology, will have beneficial effects, either directly  
or indirectly, on all aspects of mining.
20. Elastic wave radar for seam reconnaissance
Proposer: INIEX
Total cost: 584.500 ECU
Avoidance of interruption of operations and production losses by  
early detection of geological faults ahead of the coal face. The  
relatively simple and cheap technique of acoustic radar with elastic  
waves will be used for this purpose.
21. Transducer with integrated data processing
Proposer: St. BV
Total cost: 470.500 ECU
Further automation and improved monitoring of mining operations and  
improved safety by development of sensors for various parameters  
and a monitoring system to avoid damage caused by vibration.
22. Pit-wide communication systems
Proposer: NCB
Total cost: 698.500 ECU
More efficient, more flexible and cheaper transmission of information  
and data by development of an integrated, mobile communications system  
for the whole pit.

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23. Mobile information system (Part A)
Proposer: St.BV  
Total cost: 619.500 ECU
Development of a mobile, portable information system for rapid and  
comprehensive information of personnel in case of breakdown and  
danger (system study, portable data transmitting/receiving units,  
software, data transmission, control unit, test operation).
24. Underground equipment monitoring
Proposer: NCB
Total cost: 1.213.500 ECU
More extensive automation, reduced maintenance, tower costs and  
increased safety by extension of existing computer controlled  
systems (e.g. MINOS) to auxiliary and safety equpment such as  
pumps, fans associated switchgear, etc.
25. Computer-aided sub-stations - Part B  
Proposer: St BV  
Total cost: 486.500 ECU
Continuation of Part A of the same project with the aim of testing  
the sub-station.
26. Universal monitoring and control 3  
Proposer: NCB  
Total cost: 1.115.000 ECU
Better uitilization of equipment and solution of a wider variety of  
automation and monitoring problems through flexible and universal  
application of available systems for monitoring, control and data  
processing (system studies, hardware, and development of necessary  
software).

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B. PRODUCT BENEFICIATION
B.I. Mechanical coal preparation and coal transport
The sub-programme in the field of coal preparation comprises two  
projects, whose total cost is 1.438.500 ECU, and deals with two  
important problems: first, that of reducing the heavy wear and tear  
that occurs in preparation plants in order to reduce maintenance  
costs and improve equipment availability, and secondly the problem  
of treating the increased quantities of fine, wet material produced  
by the application of modern mining technology.
27. Evaluation of materials for use in coal preparation plants  
Proposer: NCB  
Budget: 819.000 ECU
Large-scale evaluation, at a number of collieries and under  
varying conditions, of the use of non-traditional materials in  
coal preparation plants with a view to improving plant efficiency  
and reducing operating costs. The main areas of interest include:  
handling of wet fines in bunkers and chutes, wear at impact areas  
and transfer points for larger coal, abrasion in pipes caused by  
large coal particles and fine magnetite.
28. Study of the effect of tensides on the effectiveness of flotation  
and sedimentation agents in sizing, dewatering and washing water  
clarification.
Proposer: St.BV
Budget: 619.500 ECU
Investigation of the mode of action and reaction mechanisms of  
tensides in conjunction with flotation and sedimentation agents  
in flotation, flocculation and dewatering, and of the interactions,  
between the three types of reagent.

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B.II Coking of coal
The total cost of this sub-programme, which contains 10 orojects,  is 5.060.000 ECU.
The major objectives pursued by the sub-programme are those of  
improving the economy and performance of coke ovens, widening the  
range of coals that can be carbonized, and maintaining or improving  
coke quality. The objectives are interactive so that, for example,  
the work on pelletization of coke oven charges and on the use of  
wide ovens has repercussions on all three. Other projects have  
simpler aims concerned with straightforward improvements in the  
economy of coke production.
Prediction of coke quality by chemical and petrographic analysis  
Proposer: CERCHAR  
Budget: 291.000 ECU
Development of a widely applicable method for the prediction of  
coke quality on the basis of laboratory analyses, and petrographic  
analysis in particular.
30. Reaction of coke with gases containing water vapour  
Proposer: St.BV  
Budget: 407.000 ecu
Investigation, on the semi-technical scale, of the reaction between  
gases containing water vapour and hot coke in dry coke quenching.  
The aim of the project is to make possible the prediction of losses  
in dry quenching and to determine how the properties of the coke  
are changed.
This project forms an extension to an existing project, "Mechanical  
properties of coke under simulated blast-furnace conditions", that  
was begun in 1983. '

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31. Fundamentals of coking technology  
Proposer: St BV  
Budget: 929.000 ECU
Supplement to a current project concerned with the automation of  
coking plants. Study of the permeability of the plastic zone and  
related phenomena, causes and effects of inhomogeneity in the  
coke oven charge, and heat distribution in relation to coking  
conditions and coal characteristics.
32. Comparison between the behaviour of traditional and pre-treated  
blends in high-capacity coke ovens
Proposer: CSM
Budget: 831.500 ECU
Investigation of the carbonization, in ovens of up to 650 mm width,  
of coal blends that have been pre-treated to increase the oven  
charge density.
33. Measurement of charge bulk density distribution in a 7m oven  
Proposer: StBV  
Budget: 323.000 ECU
Study aimed at achieving more homogeneous coke quality in tall  
ovens by adjusting the oven heating and optimizing the charging  
system to counteract the effects of irregular distribution of  
the charge bulk density.
34. Partially pelletized composite coal blends for coke ovens - Part 2  
Proposer: Acciaierie di Piombino
Budget: 553.000 ECU
Continuation of a research project to confirm on the industrial  
scale the applicability of the technique of partial pelletization  
of coking blend, developed earlier on the laboratory and pilot scales.

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35. Influence of blend and carbonization variables on coke discharge  
Proposer: NCB  
Budget: £-35.000 ECU
Study of coal, charge properties and coking conditions associated  
with coke pushing problems, together with piLct-scale investigation  
of pushing forces. Correlation of test da ta with results from  
industrial ovens.
36. Determination of the forces acting during the pushing of the coke  
in coke ovens .  
Proposer: Hoogovens  
Budget: 369.500 ECU
Study of coke pushing to determine reasons for difficulty and to  
quantify the forces exerted on the oven refractories and steel 
structure in various circumstances (incorrect charging, obstruction  
of the door frames or guide, insufficient ensrge shrinkage, etc,).,
37. Assessment of the potential of_ on-line analysis for monitoring the  
components used in coking blends 
Proposer: NCB  
Budget: 316.000 ECU
Assessment of the use of on-line analysis of coking coal to measure  
C, H, 0, N, S, CL, Na, Ca, Fe, etc. as a means of monitoring the  
carbonization properties of blend components, and thus providinq a  
way of increasing the.consistency of coke properties such as strenath,  
reactivity and stability.
38. Improvement of tar quality in coke production with on~main chärging«,
Part 2 ~ Study of a new methori for tar clean !na
Proposer: ST BV  
Budget: 596.000 ECU
Development of an improved technique for the mechanical removal of  
solids from the tar produced in coke ovens with on-main charging,
(The proposal'forms a supplement to a current project on tar "cleaning 
which deals with the causes of and means oil reducing excessive solids  
carryover). 

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B.Ill Combustion of coal and new techniques for coal utilization
The total cost of the 3 projects that form this sub-programme is  
2.135.500 ECU.
The principal aim of the proposed research is to make coal more  
attractive to industrial users as a substitute for other fuels by  
increasing the convenience of equipment for storing, handling and  
burning it and, above all, by ensuring that it can be used under  
environmentally acceptable conditions. The sub-programme also covers  
the question of disposal and utilization of colliery spoil, a problem  
that is important both from the environmental point of view and for  
the economy of the Community's mining industry.
39. Demonstration and evaluation of coal-water mixtures for industrial
boi lers
Proposer: NCB  
Budget: 1.168.000 ECU
Study of methods of preparing coal-water mixtures (CWM) to  
identify the most economic route, and of technical aspects of  
converting an industrial boiler to CWM firing.
40. Screening and handling properties of coal  
Proposer: CERCHAR
Budget: 436.500 ECU
The aim of the study is to achieve a better characterization of  
coals in relation to the operations of dry screening, pneumatic  
transport and flow in hoppers in order to overcome difficulties  
encountered in this area.
41. Utilization of washery tailing in other branches of industry  
Proposer: St.BV  
Budget: 531.000 ECU
Continuation of research aimed at finding a wide range of uses  
for treated or untreated tailings (e.g. in the civil engineeering,  
building, mining, metallurgical and refractories industries).

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B.IV Coal chemistry and physics and development of new processes
The total cost of the 5 projects comprising the sub-programme is  
3.673.000 ECU.
The aims of the first two projects are to improve techniques for the  
analysis of coal and coal products in order to characterize coal more  
effectively in relation to its utilization and to improve the under­
standing of pollutant formation. The third and fourth projects are  
concerned with the gasification and liquefaction of solid fuels, the  
latter continuing developments that have been supported in earlier  
years. Both studies will provide data for the construction of pilot  
or demonstration plants. The aim of the final project is to find a  
means of counteracting adverse changes in the quality of coke oven  
tars brought about by the crisis in the steel industry.
42. Prediction of basic and technological properties of hard coal from  
the distribution of its total reflectance.
Proposer: St.BV
Budget: 287.500 ECU
Development of a simple and rapid procedure for the assessment of  
the technological behaviour of coal, particularly in coking and  
liquefaction, by measurement of the distribution of reflectance  
over all the macérais. The relationship of different parts of the  
reflectogram, of transitional areas and of association between  
different macérais in individual coal particles to technological  
parameters will be studied. An attempt will be made to characte­
rize the degree of bituminisation by the spectral distribution of  
fluorescence.
43. Chemical characterization of coal and coal products  
Proposer: NCB  
Budget: 349.500 ECU
Application of new spectroscopic and chemical techniques to the  
analysis of coals with particular emphasis on the relationship  
between coal chemical structures and the nature of pollutants  
produced by coal combustion or conversion processes.

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44. Study of fluidising conditions in a 1:1 cold model of a large-scale  
gasification plant
Proposer: DEBRIV
Budget: 971.500 ECU
Investigation using a full-scale cold model to obtain design data  
for scaling-up from a pilot gasifier to a demonstration plant.
Gas distribution in the conical section of the equipment will be  
studied with a view to optimisation of the distribution and of the  
gas injection system. Problems due to agglomeration will be simu­
lated in order to obtain data relating to the solids extraction  
system.
45. Extended operation of liquid solvent extraction process  
Proposer: NCB  
Budget: 1.826.000 ECU
Completion of the study of process parameters of liquid solvent  
extraction for the manufacture of transport fuels from coal. The  
investigation will be carried out on the 20 kg/day scale with a  
view to obtaining data for a 2.5 t/day plant.
46. A study of the rôle of the dispersed insoluble components in
bituminous binders for carbon and refractory artefacts and possible  
methods of supplementing them in deficient binders.
Proposer: TIS
Budget: 238.500 ECU
Investigation of means of upgrading coat tars to improve their  
suitability for use as binders in electrodes for aluminium and  
steel production.

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III. RESEARCH RESULTS
«
The E.C.S.C. Experts' Committees which are competent to cover the  
realisation of the work in the various fields of the programme will  
supervise and keep under review the execution of the research work  
that forms the subject of the proposals.
The agreements to be concluded with the beneficiaries of the aid will  
define the rights and obligations of the contracting parties. They will  
be designed primarily to ensure that the research results will be made  
availbale to alt concerned in the Community, in accordance with Art.55  
of the E.C.S.C. Treaty.
IV. CONCLUSIONS
In view of the importance and interest of the planned research programme,  
the granting of financial aid by the E.C.S.C. for the implementation of  
the projects that it comprises is judged to be appropriate and justified.
The total cost of the projects amounts to 32.314.500 ECU and the  
Commission proposes to grant aid totalling 19.388.700 ECU to cover a part  
of the research costs. A sum of 111.300 ECU is reserved for the dissemi­
nation of results and associated costs.Thresesums are subject to the  
availability of budgetary means.

APPENDIX ~ TABLE OF RESEARCH PROJECTS
Project
No.Project title Proposed research Financial aid
A. MINING ENGINEERING  
AI.  Development work in coal and stonebudget ECU
(30.11.83)XAmount ECU
(30.11.83)
1.Automatic control of drilling jumbos N.C.B. 1.033.500 60 620.100
2.Increasing the range of application of  
mechanized drivageSt BV 2.764.500 60 1.658.700
3.Adaptation of a full-face tunnelling  
machineINI EX 365.000 60 219.000
4.Rock breaking with cutting tools and  
water jetsCERCHAR 640.000 60 384.000
5.Measuring instruments for longhole  
drillingN.C.B. 1.012.500 60 607.500
SUB-TOTAL AI 5.815.500 3.489.300
All. Methane studies, ventilation  
.  control and mine climate
6.Control of gas emissions in special  
circumstancesCERCHAR 509.000 60 305.400
7.Further studies on controlled re­
circulation of airN.C.B. 218.500 60 131.100
8.Improvement of mine air cooling  
techniquesSt BV 1.061.500 60 636.900
SUB-TOTAL All 1.789.000 1.073.400

APPENDIX - TABLE OF RESEARCH PROJECTS
Project
No.Project title Proposed research Financial aid
A III Rock pressure and supportsbudget ECU
(30.11.83)/ «Amount ECU
(30.11.83)
9.Incorporation of strata control  
parameters in data retrieval systemsN.C.B. 262.000 60 157.200
10.Study of combined roof bolting and  
mesh liningRWTH 163.500 60 98.100
11.Support and stability of main access  
tunnelsN.C.B. 232.500 60 139.500
SUB-TOTAL A III 658.000 394.800
A IV Methods of working and tech-  
niques of coalgetting
12.Extension of the range of application  
of faces on the dipCERCHAR 509.000 60 305.400
13.Development of a pick force steering  
system.N.C.B. 1.047.500 60 628.500
14.Minimization of interdependence at  
face endsStBV 590.000 60 354.000
SUB-TOTAL A IV 2.146.500 1.287.900

APPENDIX - TABLE OF RESEARCH PROJECTS
Project
No.Project title Proposed research Financial aid
AV Outbye operations undergroundbudget ECU
(30.11.83)XAmount ECU
(30.11.83)
15.Optimization of belt conveyers and  
rail-guided transport St BV 1.842.500 60 1.105.500
16.Movement of heavy equipment undergrounc N.C.B. 1.428.000 60 856.800
17.Integrated personnel transport CERCHAR 436.500 60 261.900
18.Narrow manriding car INI EX 305.500 60 183.300
19.Diagnosis of hydraulic and pneumatic  
controlsWBK 398.000 60 238.800
SUB-TOTAL A V 4.410.500 2.646.300
A VI Modern management techniques
20.Elastic wave radar for seam reconnais­
sanceINIEX 584.500 60 350.700
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.Transducer with integrated data  
processing
Pit-wide communication systems  
Mobile information system (Part A)  
Underground equipment monitoring  
Computer-aided sub-stations (Part B)
General-purpose monitoring and control  
3.St .BV
N.C.B.
St BV 
N.C.B.
N.C.B.470.500
698.500
619.500 
1.213.500
486.500 
1.115.00060
60
60
60
60
60282.300
419.100  
371.700
728.100 
291.900 
669.000
SUB-TOTAL A VI 5.188.000 3.112.800
TOTAL A 20.007.500 12.004.500

APPENDIX - TABLE OF RESEARCH PROJECTS
Proj ect 
No.Project title Proposed research Financial aid
B. PRODUCT BENEFICIATIONbudget ECU %Amount ECU
(30.11.83) (30.11.83)
B I Mechanical coal preparation and
coal transport
27.Evaluation of materials for use in N.C.B. 819.000 60 491.400
coal preparation plants
28.Study of the effect of tensides St BV 619.500 60 371.700
SUB-TOTAL B I 1.438.500 863-100
B II Coking of coal
29.Prediction of coke quality CERCHAR 291.000 60 174.600
30.Reaction of coke with gases containing St BV 407.000 60 244.200
water vapour
31.Fundamentals of coking technology St BV 929.000 60 557.400
32.Behaviour of blends in high-capacity C.S.M. 831.500 60 498.900
coke ovens
33.Charge bulk density distribution St BV 332.000 60 199.200
34.Partially-pelletized blends for coke Acciaie- 553.000 60 331.800
ovens rie di
Piombi.no
35Influence of blend and carbonizationm r d435.000 60 261.000
variables on coke dischargel l  ■  L a U ·
36Determination of forces acting during Hoogoven;  369.500 60 221.700
coke pushing
37Assessment of potential of on-line N.C.B. 316.000 60 189.600
analysis
38Improvement of tar quality. Part 2 - St BV 596.000 60 357.600
New method of cleaning
SUB-TOTAL B II 5.060.0003.036.000

APPENDIX - TABLE OF RESEARCH PROJECTS
Proj ect 
No.Project title Proposed research Financial aid
B. Ill Combustion of coal and new
techniques for coal utilizationbudget ECU
(30.11.83)XAmount ECU
(30.11.83)
39.Coal-water mixtures for industrial  
boilersN.C.B. 1.168.000 60 700.800
40.Screening and handling properties of
coa lCERCHAR 436.500 60 261.900
41.Utilization of washery tailings St BV 531.000 60 318.600
SUB-TOTAL B III 2.135.500 1.281.300
B IV Coal chemistry and physics and  
development of new processes
42.
43.Prediction of coal properties from  
reflectance
Chemical characterization of coal  
productsSt BV 
N.C.B.287.500
349.50060
60172.500
209.700
44.Study of fluidizing conditions in a  
model gasifierDEBRIV 971.500 60 582.900
45.Extended operation of LSE N.C.B. 1.826.000 60 1.095.600
46.Study of disperesed insoluble compo­
nents in bindersTIS 238.500 60 143.100
SUB-TOTAL B IV 3.673.000 2.203.800
TOTAL B 12.307.000 7.384.200
TOTAL A S B 32.314.500 19.388.700
Dissemination of results and associated 111.300 100111.300
32.425.800 19.500.000 GRAND TOTAL