Present status of the development of power coal blending technology in China

Blending of coal is an important technical means applied by China ’s coal enterprises for improvement of quality of coal products.With the more extensive use of power coal,the power coal blending technology has now found widespread applications in China.Following a description of the main coal storage modes and coal homogenization and blending expert systems currently used in China,the paper presents a detailed introduction to the present status of China’s power coal blending technology,and analyses briefly the developing trend of such technology.