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No, for coal burning to be a reversible change, you would need the ability to take CO2 and turn it back into solid carbon.

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I am not sure what you mean. What process is that? Any combustible fuel will work, not just coal. You can read about the thermodynamics part by looking for a description of the "Carnot engine". The process is NOT reversible; although the Carnot engine is reversible in theory, there are always losses in practice that make it irreversible; also, the fact of burning the coal is not reversible.