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Arq UK Management Limited
At their processing plant in Corbin, Kentucky, which is the first of its kind anywhere in the world, Arq separates pure hydrocarbons from mineral matter, transforming coal and coal waste into Arq Fuel™, a micro-fine powder used for blending into oil products. Arq Fuel™ behaves like oil without the costs of the oil industry. Over 41 million tonnes of coal waste are currently under management at Corbin. The plant will produce over 1 million tonnes of Arq Fuel over the next 12 years.
Arq will tell you that they are neither a mining nor oil company, taking nothing new out of the earth. They state that they are technology-led innovators applying new processes to extract pure energy from the waste produced as a result of coal mining. As global demand for energy continues to increase, making the best use of our finite resources is one of the greatest challenges we face today. Once the microfine coal has been pumped into water-based separation columns, where the hydrocarbons rise to the top and the mineral impurities fall to the bottom, accurate particle analysis of the purified hydrocarbon fuel is required. Following extensive and successful laboratory trials involving Canty’s Laboratory Inflow Particle Analyser, Arq purchased a complete system with an automated dilution function, a hot fluids handling capability and trace heating.