Laboratory measurement and modeling of coal permeability with continued methane production: Part 1 - Laboratory results

Fuel

Volumn 94, Issue , 2012, Pages 110-116

  Mitra, Abhijit ^a   Harpalani, Satya ^a   Liu, Shimin ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalbed methane; Horizontal stress; Permeability; Uniaxial strain

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; COAL BED METHANE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD CONDITIONS; HORIZONTAL STRESS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LABORATORY SCALE; LOW PRESSURES; MATRIX SHRINKAGE; METHANE PRODUCTION; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; PERMEABILITY PREDICTION; RATE OF INCREASE; TWO-PART SERIES; UNI-AXIAL STRAINS; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METHANE; MODELS; SORPTION;

COAL;

EID: 84856738716     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.10.052     Document Type: Article

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