Tula State University, Tula, Russian Federation:

Griazev M. V., Full Professor, Doctor of Sciences, Rector, ecology@tsu.tula.ru
Kachurin N. M., Full Professor, Doctor of Sciences, Chief of a Chair

Company “TulNGP”, Tula, Russian Federation:
Spirin V. I., Doctor of Sciences, Executive Director

A conceptual framework is provided for high-technology and energy-efficient production of nanomaterials and rare earths toward import substitution and technological independence of machine engineering and other industries in the central region of Russia. It is shown that there are prerequisites for meeting this challenge based on innovative technologies of integrated development of coal deposits and mining waste in the territory of the Moscow Coal Basin. A solution to the problem is an integrated approach to study and development of geotechnologies for high-level processing of coal and production waste based on underground gasification of lignite via filtration channels and a chemical geotechnology for extraction of useful components from ash residue recovered from underground mined-out area. The proposed approach is intended to create a background for implementation of projects fostering regional safety enhancement, primarily, in the field of mineral mining and in technosphere, and, later on, in the socio-economic environment.

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2. N. M. Kachurin, S. A. Vorobev, P. V. Vasilev, S. M. Bogdanov. Perspektivy vosstanovleniya i kompleksnogo razvitiya Podmoskovnogo burougolnogo basseyna (Prospects of recovering and integrated development in Moscow lignite basin). Gornyi Zhurnal = Mining Journal. 2016. No. 2. pp. 30–35. doi: 10.17580/gzh.2016.02.06
3. Kachurin N. M., Efimov V. I., Vorobev S. A. Metodika prognozirovaniya ekologicheskikh posledstviy podzemnoy dobychi uglya v Rossii (Forecasting procedure for ecological implications of underground coal mining in Russia). Gornyi Zhurnal = Mining Journal. 2014. No. 9. pp. 138–142.
4. Martin Grabner, Bernd Meyer. Performance and exergy analysis of the current developments in coal gasification technology. Fuel. 2014. No. 116. pp. 910–920.
5. Ganesh R. Kale, Bhaskar D. Kulkarni, Ranjit N. Chavan. Combined gasification of lignite coal: Thermodynamic and application study. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 2014. No. 45. pp. 163–173.
6. Sankar Bhattacharya*, Kazi Bayzid Kabir, Klaus Hein. Dimethyl ether synthesis from Victorian brown coal through gasification e Current status, and research and development needs. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science. 2013. No. 39. pp. 577–605.
7. V. Prabu, S. Jayanti. Underground coal-air gasification based solid oxide fuel cell system. Applied Energy. 2012. No. 94. pp. 406–414.
8. M. Wiatowski, K. Stanczyk, J. Swiadrowski, K. Kapusta, K. Cybulski, E. Krause, J. Grabowski, J. Rogut, N. Howaniec, A. Smolinski. Semi-technical underground coal gasification (UCG) using the shaft method in Experimental Mine "Barbara". Fuel. 2012. No. 99. pp. 170–179.
9. Krzysztof Kapusta, Krzysztof Stanczyk. Pollution of water during underground coal gasification of hard coal and lignite. Fuel. 2011. No. 90. pp. 1927–1934.
10. Barbara Bielowicz, Jacek R. Kasinski. The possibility of underground gasification of lignite from Polish deposits. International Journal of Coal Geology. 2014. No. 131. pp. 304–318.
11. N. M. Kachurin, I. E. Zorkin, A. N. Kachurin, A. P. Salomatin. Sposob podzemnoy gazifikatsii tonkikh i sredney moshchnosti plastov burogo uglya (Method of underground gasification of thin and medium brown coal seams). Patent RF, No. 2522785. Published: 20.07.2014. Bulletin No. 20.
12. N. M. Kachurin, I. E. Zorkin, A. N. Kachurin, E. K. Mosina. Sposob kompleksnogo osvoeniya mestorozhdeniya burogo uglya (Method of complex mastering of brown coal deposits). Patent RF, No. 2526953. Published: 27.08.2014. Bulletion No. 24.
13. Carol Olson, Frank Lenzmann. The social and economic consequences of the fossil fuel supply chain. MRS Energy & Sustainability. 2016. Vol. 3. pp. 1–32.
14. Nico Bauer, Jérôme Hilaire, Robert J. Brecha, Jae Edmonds, Kejun Jiang, Elmar Kriegler, Hans-Holger Rogner, Fabio Sferra. Assessing global fossil fuel availability in a scenario framework. Energy. 2016. No. 111. pp. 580–592.
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17. Glazev S. Yu. O strategii modernizatsii i razvitiya ekonomiki Rossii v usloviyakh globalnoy depressii (About the strategy of modernization and development of Russian economics during the global depression). Ekonomika regiona = Economy of region. 2011. No. 2.
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