Research Areas

ISFTA successfully implements EC and National projects concerning:
• “Clean” coal technologies
• Biomass and/or waste co-combustion technologies
• Innovative environmental management techniques (emissions control technologies, land reclamation)
• Optimisation of coal deposit exploitation for power production
• Coal mining processes optimisation
• Promotion of utilising coal combustion by-products
• Investigation of other than electricity generation use of coal that is economically viable
• Improved management of water resources in the vicinity of coal mines
• Promotion of cogeneration and decentralised generation technologies
• Promotion of alternative fuels.
• CO2 sequestration technologies
• Hydrogen production and utilisation – Fuel cells
• Tri-generation units
• Alternative fuels and new production technologies