Comparison of hydrocarbon gases (C1-C5) production from Carboniferous Donets (Ukraine) and Cretaceous Sabinas (Mexico) coals

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-162

  Alsaab, D ^a   Elie, M ^a   Izart, A ^a   Sachsenhofer, R F ^b   Privalov, V A ^c   Suarez Ruiz, I ^d   Martinez, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Institut fur Geowissenschaften Leoben   (Austria)

^c DONETSK NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial maturation; Coal; Confined pyrolysis; Donets Basin; Methane; Sabinas Basin

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MATURATION; DEALKYLATION; THERMODESORPTION-MULTIDIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALKYLATION; BITUMINOUS COAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCRACKING; PYROLYSIS;

HYDROCARBONS;

BITUMINOUS COAL; CARBONIFEROUS; CRETACEOUS; DESORPTION; ETHANE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS PRODUCTION; HEATING; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; PYROLYSIS;

DONETS BASIN; EURASIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SABINAS BASIN; TAMAULIPAS;

EID: 40849130903     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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