Coal is a major energy source, and on the other hand coal is a source of pollution. Some of the important environmental issues related to use of coal in energy production are the release of sulphur dioxide (SO2). SO2 is a precursor to acid rain, responsible for atmospheric pollution and damage to human health. Therefore, investigations and development of technologies promising low SO2 emission ...

In order to find out the advantages and disadvantages of various development methods of coal bed gas, the experimental block provided by the field is studied, the component calculation model is established by CMG numerical simulation software on the basis of fine geologic modeling. Four development schemes are designed which are depleted development, development of hydraulic fracturing, develop...

In this study, a circulating fluidized bed of 125 mm diameter and 1800 mm height was used to find the combustion characteristics of olive cake (OC) produced in Turkey. Olive cake alone and olive cake+lignite coal mixtures were burned separately. Various olive cake/lignite coal ratios were tried. A suitable feeding mechanism of olive cake to the bed was developed. On-line concentrations of O2, S...

N2O emissions from coal fired fluidized-bed combustion are approximately 30–360 mg/Nm, much higher than that from pulverized coal combustion (less than 30 mg/Nm). One approach to reduce the N2O is to reburn the biomass gasification gas in the coal-fired fluidized bed. In this paper, the effects of gasified biomass reburning on the integrated boiler system were investigated by both simulation an...

Knowledge about ignition processes of coal in fluidized beds is of importance for the start-up and dynamic control of these combustors. Initial experiments in a transparent fluidized bed scale model showed the existence of a considerable induction period for the ignition of char, especially at low bed temperatures (e.g., 800-950K for bituminous coal). This paper focuses on char-ignition delay a...

The quenched solid density functional theory (QSDFT) is employed to study methane adsorption on coal at geological conditions. Themain focus is made on coal deformation in the course of adsorption that may result in either expansion/swelling or contraction, depending upon the pressure, temperature, and pore size. Twoqualitatively different types of deformation behaviorwere found depending upon ...

The genome of Youngiibacter fragilis, the type strain of the newly described genus Youngiibacter, was sequenced. The genome consists of 3.996 Mb, with a G+C content of 46.6 mol%. Y. fragilis originates from coal-bed methane-produced water and may provide insight into the microbiological basis of biogas production in coal beds.

Studies have shown that, coal seam, an un-conventional reservoir, is considered as a promising option for CO2 sequestration because of its large CO2 sequestration capacity, long time CO2 trapping and extra enhanced coal-bed methane (ECBM) production benefits. However, unlike conventional reservoirs, gas flow in the coal seam can cause the cleat permeability and porosity change during the inject...