Evolution of permeability in coal to sorbing gases - A preliminary study

44th US Rock Mechanics Symposium - 5th US/Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wang, Shugang ^a   Elsworth, Derek ^a   Liu, Jishan ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED STRESS; AXIAL STRESS; COAL SEAMS; COAL SWELLING; CONFINING STRESS; CYLINDRICAL SAMPLES; DEVIATORIC STRESS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; HIGH PRESSURE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOW PRESSURES; PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION; PRESSURE INCREASE; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; TRIAXIAL APPARATUS; WEST VIRGINIA;

BITUMINOUS COAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; HELIUM; INERT GASES; NITROGEN; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 78751480407     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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