A model for enhanced coal bed methane recovery aimed at carbon dioxide storage: The role of sorption, swelling and composition of injected gas

Adsorption

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 889-900

  Pini, Ronny ^a,b   Storti, Giuseppe ^c   Mazzotti, Marco ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ECBM; Permeability; Simulation; Sorption; Swelling

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE; COAL SWELLING; COALBEDS; ECBM; ENHANCED COAL BED METHANE RECOVERIES; GAS FLOW DYNAMICS; GAS INJECTIVITY; MASS BALANCE; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; SIMULATION;

ADSORPTION; ASSOCIATED GAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL STORAGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF GASES; FLUE GASES; GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METHANE; SORPTION; SWELLING;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 80052816102     PISSN: 09295607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10450-011-9357-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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