Underground coal gasification: A brief review of current status

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 7865-7875

  Shafirovich, Evgeny ^a   Varma, Arvind ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATIONS; CHEMICAL PRODUCTS; CURRENT STATUS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HUMAN LABOR; INDUSTRIAL REACTORS; LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUEL; OIL AND GAS; SYN-GAS; UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION;

CARBONIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; COAL GASIFICATION; COAL INDUSTRY; ENERGY RESOURCES; GAS PRODUCERS; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;

GAS GENERATORS;

EID: 69949188020     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801569r     Document Type: Article

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