Effect of the effective stress coefficient and sorption-induced strain on the evolution of coal permeability: Experimental observations

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1284-1293

  Chen, Zhongwei ^a,b   Pan, Zhejun ^b   Liu, Jishan ^a   Connell, Luke D ^b   Elsworth, Derek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Effective stress coefficient; Swelling and shrinking

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; FLOW OF GASES; GASES; HELIUM; METAL RECOVERY; METHANE; PORE PRESSURE; SORPTION;

CHARACTERIZATION OF COAL; COAL PERMEABILITIES; COALBED METHANE RECOVERY; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FLOW-THROUGH EXPERIMENTS; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; PRESSURE DEPENDENT;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL SEAM; COALBED METHANE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID INJECTION; LABORATORY METHOD; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; SHRINKAGE; STRAIN; STRESS; SWELLING;

EID: 80052179202     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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