Anatomy of a coalbed fire: From characterization to CO2 pilot injection design at a coal fire near Durango, CO

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages 5956-5971

  Taku Ide, S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; COAL CONSUMPTION RATE; COAL FIRES; COALBEDS; COMBUSTION FLOW; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; COMBUSTION ZONES; DENSITY DRIVEN FLOWS; DRIVING FORCES; FRACTURED ROCK; HOT COMBUSTION; INJECTION SCHEMES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OXYGEN FLOW; PILOT INJECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PILOT TESTS; SNOWMELT; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME-SCALES;

AIR; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL RESEARCH; DENSITY OF GASES; FIRES; HEALTH HAZARDS; INERT GASES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OXYGEN; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 78651066510     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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