Experimental study on demineralization of coal with Pseudomonas mendocina strain B6-1 bacteria to obtain clean fuel

Energy Exploration and Exploitation

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 831-846

  Singh, Asha Lata ^a   Singh, Prakash K ^a   Kumar, Aniruddha ^a   Yadav, Akhilesh ^b   Singh, Mahendra P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Demineralization; Pseudomonas mendocina strain B6 1; Rajmahal coals; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COAL; FUELS;

ASH CONTENTS; DEMINERALIZATION; ELEMENTAL CONTENTS; MINERAL MATTER CONTENT; MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84916593573     PISSN: 01445987     EISSN: 20484054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0144-5987.32.5.831     Document Type: Article

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