Real-time tracking of CO2 injected into a subsurface coal fire through high-frequency measurements of the 13CO2 signature

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4179-4186

  Krevor, Samuel C M ^a   Ide, Taku ^a   Benson, Sally M ^a   Orr, Franklin M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL FIRES; COAL SEAMS; COALBEDS; COLORADO , USA; COMBUSTION GAS; COMBUSTION ZONES; FLOW PATHWAYS; FLOWPATH; GAS FLOWING; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; INJECTION PERIOD; INJECTION WELLS; INTAKE AND EXHAUST; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; OBSERVATION POINT; OBSERVATION WELLS; REAL TIME TRACKING; SELF-PROPAGATING; SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS; TRAVEL TIME;

AIR INTAKES; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL DEPOSITS; EXHAUST GASES; FIRES; FLOWING WELLS; ISOTOPES;

INJECTION (OIL WELLS);

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL SEAM; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST EMISSION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FISSURE; GAS FLOW; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; REAL TIME; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRACER; TRACKING;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMBUSTION; EXHAUST GAS; FIRE; GAS FLOW;

AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; COLORADO; FIRES; GASES; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955541916     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103761x     Document Type: Article

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