Greenhouse gases generated in underground coal-mine fires

GSA Reviews in Engineering Geology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-13

  Kim, Ann G ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide; Coal combustion gases; Methane

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED MINES; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONACEOUS SHALE; COAL; COAL MINES; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; MINE FIRES; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; COMBUSTION GAS; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNDERGROUND COAL MINE;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 77954704006     PISSN: 00802018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.4118(01)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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