Influence of coal rank on coal adsorption capacity

Natural Gas Industry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Su, Xianbo ^a   Zhang, Liping ^b   Lin, Xiaoyin ^a  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption capacity; Coal rank; Coalbed methane; Coalification; Jump

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844297613     PISSN: 10000976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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