Spontaneous imbibition and wettability characteristics of Powder River Basin coal

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 34-42

  Chaturvedi, T ^a,b   Schembre, J M ^a,b   Kovscek, A R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 sequestration; Coal bed methane; Relative permeability; Spontaneous imbibition; Wettability; X ray CT scanning

Indexed keywords

CO2 SEQUESTRATION; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; WETTABILITY; X-RAY CT SCANNING;

AIR PERMEABILITY; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CAPILLARITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTACT ANGLE; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; METHANE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SCANNING; SOLIDS; TOMOGRAPHY;

COAL INDUSTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL SEAM; IMBIBITION; METHANE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PERMEABILITY; WETTABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; POWDER BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749171181     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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