Lavrenteva Str., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia b 172 Bogenbai Batyr Str., Almaty, 050012, Kazakhstan c aInstitute of Thermophysics of SB RAS Combustion Problems Institute NTO Plasmotehnika Ltd. 22 Zvereva, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan d Research Institute of Experimental and Theoretical Physics of al-Farabi Kazakh National University 71 Al-Farabi Str., Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan Received 01.06.2016, received in revised form 02.08.2016, accepted 03.11.2016 The article presents a comprehensive plasma chemical technology for processing solid fuels, using examples of Turgai brown coal or lignite. <...> Thermodynamic and experimental investigations of the technology were made. <...> The technology allows producing synthesis gas from the coal organic mass and valuable components (technical silicon, ferrosilicon, aluminum, and carbon silicon) from the mineral mass. The thusly produced high-calorifi c synthesis gas can be used for synthesis of methanol, as a high-calorifi c reducing gas instead of blast-furnace coke as well as power gas for thermal power plants. <...> Citation: Messerle V.E., Ustimenko A.B. Plasma gasifi cation of coal with the extraction of valuable components of the mineral mass, J. Sib. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: ust@physics.kz # 1311 # Vladimir E. Messerle and Alexandr B. Ustimenko. <...> Plasma Gasifi cation of Coal with the Extraction of Valuable… Плазменная газификация угля с извлечением ценных компонентов минеральной массы В. <...> Currently and in the foreseeable future (up to 2100), the global economy is oriented to the use of organic fuel, mostly, solid fuels, the share of which constitutes 40 % in the generation of electric power and 24 % in the generation of heat power. <...> Therefore, the development of plasma technology for their effective and environmentally friendly application represents a priority problem in the fi eld of fuel utilization. <...> In environmental terms, the comprehensive plasma technology of coal processing for the production of synthesis gas from coal organic mass (COM) and valuable components from coal mineral mass (CMM) is highly promising. <...> The essence of this technology is heating the coal dust by oxidizing electric arc plasma to the temperature of its complete gasifi cation, turning COM into environmentally friendly fuel, a synthesis gas <...>