Fueling the Boom: Coal as the Primary Source of Energy for Processing Zinc in China and Comparison with Europe, ca. 1720-1820
Fueling the Boom: Coal as the Primary Source of Energy for Processing Zinc in China and Comparison with Europe, ca. 1720-1820
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DOI：
10.1163/15685209-12341343
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发表时间：
2014-02
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0.7
通讯作者：
Hailian Chen
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作者：
Hailian Chen
本文从近代早期中国对锌工业的考察入手，重点考察了锌加工的主要能源--煤。本文以清代档案文献为基础，考察了锌矿床、煤矿、锌冶炼厂之间此前未知的空间关系；通过估算锌加工年煤炭消耗量，提供了煤炭使用的定量证据；对清代中国的煤炭综合利用提供了新的视角；并比较了欧洲和中国早期锌生产中的燃煤效率问题。
AbstractStemming from an examination of the zinc industry in early modern China, this article centers on a detailed survey of coal, the primary source of energy for processing zinc. On the basis of Qing archival documents, this article investigates the previously unknown spatial relationship of zinc ore deposits, coal mines, and zinc smelters; provides quantitative evidence of coal use by estimating the annual consumption of coal in processing zinc; offers a new perspective on the general use of coal in Qing China; and compares the coal-fuel efficiency problem in early European and Chinese zinc production.