Abrupt Changes in Reservoir Properties of Low-Rank Coal and Its Control Factors for Methane Adsorbability

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 2084-2094

  Fu, Haijiao ^a,b   Tang, Dazhen ^a,b   Xu, Hao ^a,b   Tao, Shu ^a,b   Xu, Ting ^a   Chen, Baoli ^a,b   Yin, Zhenyong ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL;

ADSORPTION MECHANISM; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; CONTROL FUNCTIONS; EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE; GEOLOGICAL EVENTS; METHANE ADSORPTION; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; STRUCTURE OF COAL;

METHANE;

EID: 84961822580     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b02866     Document Type: Article

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