Accessibility of pores in coal to methane and carbon dioxide

Fuel

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 200-208

  Melnichenko, Yuri B ^a,b   He, Lilin ^a   Sakurovs, Richard ^c   Kholodenko, Arkady L ^d   Blach, Tomasz ^e   Mastalerz, Maria ^f   Radliński, Andrzej P ^e,f   Cheng, Gang ^g,h   Mildner, David F R ⁱ  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^h JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessible pores; CO2; Coal; Methane; Small angle neutron scattering

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBLE PORES; ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS; AUSTRALIA; CONFINED FLUIDS; ENHANCED COAL BED METHANE RECOVERIES; FLUID MOLECULES; FLUID PHASIS; FLUID SOLID INTERACTION; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; ILLINOIS; INTERCONNECTIVITY; MACRO PORES; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; MESOPORE; PORE VOLUME; POROUS SOLIDS; POROUS SYSTEM; SALINE AQUIFERS; SCATTERING CURVE; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; SMALL-ANGLE SCATTERING; SOLID SURFACE; TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS; TOTAL POROSITY;

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL STORAGE; FLUIDS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROGEOLOGY; METAL RECOVERY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRONS; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS;

METHANE;

EID: 80054989829     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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