Experimental study of gas and water transport processes in the inter-cleat (matrix) system of coal: Anthracite from Qinshui Basin, China

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-138

  Han, Fengshuang ^a,b,c   Busch, Andreas ^d   van Wageningen, Niels ^d   Yang, Jianli ^a   Liu, Zhenyu ^a   Krooss, Bernhard M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 ECBM; Coal; Diffusion; Gas breakthrough; Permeability

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; ANTHRACITE COAL; CAPILLARY PRESSURE EFFECTS; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CO2-ECBM; COAL MATRIX; COAL SAMPLE; CONFINING PRESSURES; CONTROLLED TRANSPORT; CONTROLLING PROCESS; EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW CELLS; FLUID CONDUCTIVITY; FLUID FLOW; GAS PRESSURES; GAS SATURATIONS; MASS BALANCE; MATRIX; MINERAL REACTIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRESSURE CHANGE; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; QINSHUI BASIN; RESIDUAL PRESSURES; SINGLE PHASE; THRESHOLD PRESSURES; WATER FLOWS; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER-COAL;

ANTHRACITE; ARGON; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL TRANSPORTATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; INERT GASES; METHANE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROJECTILES; RIVERS; SORPTION; TESTING;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

ANTHRACITE; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDUCTIVITY; CONFINING PRESSURE; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS TRANSPORT; MASS BALANCE; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE FIELD; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER FLOW;

CHINA; QINSHUI BASIN; SHANXI;

EID: 73649141264     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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