V monografii izlozheno obshchee sostoyanie problemy obezvozhivaniya tonkodispersnykh ugley. Proanalizirovany fiziko-khimicheskie protsessy imeyushchie mesto pri obezvozhivanii ugley i sformulirovany nauchnye osnovy intensivnogo obezvozhivaniya tonkodispersnykh ugley. Predlozhena i razrabotana energeticheskaya gipoteza obezvozhivaniya tonkodispersnykh ugley, na osnovanii kotoroy vpervye polucheny energii svyazey plenochnoy i plenochno-kapillyarnoy vlagi s ugol'noy poverkhnost'yu, uchityvayushchie fiziko-khimicheskie kharakteristiki kontaktiruyushchikh faz. Izlozhena avtorskaya klassifikatsiya vidov vlagi v uglyakh. Vpervye polucheny i proanalizirovany izotermy energii svyazey v plenochnoy i plenochno-kapillyarnoy vlage tonkodispersnykh ugley pri raznykh potentsialakh poverkhnosti chastits. Opredeleny kharakter i stepen' vliyaniya na izotermy energii svyazey v plenochnoy i plenochno-kapillyarnoy vlage tonkodispersnykh ugley omaslivaniya ugley apolyarnymi i polyarizovannymi maslami, vozdeystviya PAV i elektrolitov. Pokazano, chto energiya adgezionnykh svyazey "ugol'-reagent" i kogezii reagenta v ego tonkikh plenkakh prevyshaet energiyu svyazey "reagent-voda" i kogeziyu vody. Monografiya adresovana uchenym i praktikam v oblasti obogashcheniya poleznykh iskopaemykh.