Investigations on the methane and carbon dioxide sorption capacity of coals from the SW Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Czech Republic

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-39

  Weniger, Philipp ^a   Franců, Juraj ^b   Hemza, Petr ^c   Krooss, Bernhard M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^c GreenGas   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Burial history; Coalbed methane (CBM); Gas sorption isotherms; Upper silesian coal basin

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; BURIAL HISTORY; CATAGENESIS; COAL RANKS; COAL SEAMS; COALBED METHANES; CZECH REPUBLIC; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS SORPTION ISOTHERMS; LATE STAGE; MAXIMUM VALUES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE DATA; SILESIAN COALS; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SORPTION EXPERIMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL MINES; METHANE; MOISTURE; SORPTION;

COAL;

BASIN EVOLUTION; BITUMINOUS COAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL MINE; COAL RANK; COAL SEAM; COALBED METHANE; HIGH PRESSURE; SORPTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; UPPER SILESIAN COAL BASIN [CENTRAL EUROPE];

EID: 84858150333     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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