Every year, the production of coal-bed natural gas in the Powder River Basin results in the discharge of large amounts of coal-bed methane water (CBMW) in Wyoming; however, no sustainable disposal methods for CBMW are currently available. A greenhouse study was conducted to evaluate the potential to use CBMW as a source of irrigation water for camelina [ (L.) Crantz]. We assessed the effects of...

Abstract Staged multicluster fracturing (SMCF) is crucial for the low‐permeability coalbed methane (CBM) reservoirs development. To reveal fracture propagation mechanism and characteristics in SMCF select appropriate hydraulic parameters, this study considers CBM exploitation Shizhuang block, Qinshui Basin China as engineering background. Then, XSite software based on discrete lattice theory sy...

It is with some concern that we note in Boreham et al. (1998) detailed reference to our earlier work on the origin of coal bed methane (CH4) in the Sydney and Bowen Basins of Australia (Smith and Pallasser, 1996), together with a totally erroneous description of the conclusions we drew from our data. Due to their error, the detailed discussion, Fig. 2 and Table 1 provided by Boreham et al. (199...

A majority of continuous mining machines employ a water spray system and a machine mounted flooded-bed scrubber to suppress and capture dust during coal mining. These machine mounted dust control systems must be designed to function within the localized face ventilation system at the mining section to control both dust and methane. Spray systems can impede or improve the scrubber effectiveness ...

Oxygen-enhanced and oxygen-fired pulverized coal combustion is actively being investigated to achieve emission reductions and reductions in flue gas cleanup costs, as well as for coal-bed methane and enhanced oil recovery applications. To fully understand the results of pilot scale tests and to accurately predict scale-up performance through CFD modeling, accurate rate expressions are needed to...

The field of coalbed methane (CBM) is well recognized as being able to provide clean fuels and reduce carbon dioxide emissions, thereby helping to reduce global warming. It is an effective solution to the problem of global climate change. Given the importance of CBM research on sustainable development, we have developed a comprehensive and powerful visualization of Chinese CBM research to help ...