Syllabus
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Course Code: G-403 Course Name: Fuel Geology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Introduction to coal, process of coalification. Proximate and ultimate analyses of coal; lithotypes, macerals and micro-lithotypes of coal, coal gasification and coal liquefaction. |
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| 2 | Present day peat bogs and swamps, geological and geographical distribution of coal deposits in India, origin and tectonic controls on deposition of Gondwana coals of India. Coal as a source of hydrocarbon. Coal Bed Methane (CBM), utilisation of coal and its impact on the environment. |
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| 3 | Kerogen sediment, its composition and origin, transformation of organic matter, maturation, thermal cracking, metagenesis and ketagenesis, nature of migration of oil and gas, characteristics of reservoir rocks and traps. Major oil and gas fields of India. |
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| 4 | Radioactivity and nuclear energy; important atomic minerals – their mode of occurrence and associations. U and Th deposits of India, production, reserves and future scenario. Nuclear power production and its potential in India. Peaceful uses of nuclear energy and nuclear environmental hazards. | |
