Modelling the interaction between underground coal fires and their roof rocks

Fuel

Volumn 86, Issue 17-18, 2007, Pages 2761-2777

  Wolf, Karl Heinz ^a   Bruining, Hans ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coal fires; Permeability heterogeneity; Reactive natural convection flows; Temperature dependent compaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEAT LOSSES; NATURAL CONVECTION; OXYGEN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

COAL FIRES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUBBLE ZONE;

COAL TAR;

EID: 35548977933     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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