CENTER FOR ADVANCED SEPARATION TECHNOLOGY (CAST) PROGRAM

Technical Report · Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 EDT 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1209002· OSTI ID:1209002

Yoon, Roe-Hoan; Hull, Christopher

The U.S. is the largest producer of mining products in the world. In 2011, U.S. mining operations contributed a total of $232 billion to the nation’s GDP plus $138 billion in labor income. Of this the coal mining industry contributed a total of $97.5 billion to GDP plus $53 billion in labor income. Despite these contributions, the industry has not been well supported with research and development funds as compared to mining industries in other countries. To overcome this problem, the Center for Advanced Separation Technologies (CAST) was established to develop technologies that can be used by the U.S. mining industry to create new products, reduce production costs, and meet environmental regulations.

• Research Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FE0005622
• OSTI ID: 1209002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English