Characteristics of pore structure and fractal dimension of low-rank coal: A case study of Lower Jurassic Xishanyao coal in the southern Junggar Basin, NW China

Fuel

Volumn 193, Issue , 2017, Pages 254-264

  Fu, Haijiao ^a,b   Tang, Dazhen ^a,b   Xu, Ting ^a   Xu, Hao ^a,b   Tao, Shu ^a,b   Li, Song ^a,b   Yin, ZhenYong ^a,b   Chen, Baoli ^a,b   Zhang, Cheng ^a,b   Wang, Linlin ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal dimensions; Low rank; Methane adsorbability; Pore structure

Indexed keywords

BOTTLES; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; DESORPTION; METHANE; PORE STRUCTURE; SEEPAGE;

ADSORBABILITIES; DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; FRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOW-RANK; METHANE DESORPTION; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 85007356767     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2016.11.069     Document Type: Article

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