Measurements of the methane flux and methane concentration profiles in soil air are presented. The flux of methane from the soil is calculated by two methods: a) Direct by placing a static open chamber at the soil surface. b) Indirect, using the (222)Rn concentrations profile and the (222)Rn flux in the soil surface in parallel with the methane concentration ((222)Rn calibrated fluxes). The met...

In this work, the e-PPC-SAFT equation of state has been parameterized to predict phase equilibrium system H2 + CH4 H2O Na+Cl? in conditions temperature, pressure and salinities interest for gas storage salt caverns. The ions parameters have adjusted match salted water properties such as mean ionic coefficient activities, vapor pressures molar densities. Furthermore, binary interaction between h...

The activation and functionalization of alkanes remains to be a field of much activity [1]. This is not only of academic interest, but practical aspects of industrial and commercial applications play an important role. In particular, the facile conversion of methane to methanol could provide a basis for the “methanol economy” [2] with novel utilizations in organic chemistry. The application of ...

Conventionally, methane is reformed into syngas, and subsequently converted into C1-oxygenates (methanol and formaldehyde). A novel option is the catalyst-free single-step conversion of methane to C1-oxygenates. This study presents a comprehensive model of methane partial oxidation to formaldehyde as an intermediate chemical species in methane oxidation process using microreactor. The dependenc...

The PEP TPC' is a cylinder two meters long with a radius of one meter filled with argon mixed with 20% methane. The TPC can operate at pressures from one to 10 atmospheres. When a particle traverses the TPC, the electrons liberated by ionization drift parallel to the cylinder axis (z-axis) at about 5 cm per microsecond. lhe detector plane at each end is divided into six sectors, each of which h...

This paper presents a review of the application of Bi-directional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) models in the inference of land surface parameters at regional and global scales using remotely sensed data. Information on land surface parameters, such as Leaf Area Index (LAI), fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fAPAR), aerodynamic surface roughness and albedo, ar...

This work deals with the optical characterization of Titan aerosol analogues or “tholins”. Those have been produced in different N2–CH4 gaseous mixtures to study the effect of the initial methane concentration on their optical properties. We studied the FIRand MID-IR absorption properties on the SMIS beamline of the French SOLEIL synchrotron. And we determined the UV-visible-near IF optical ind...

Changes in the budget of dissolved methane measured in a small temperate lake over 1 year indicate that anoxic conditions in the hypolimnion and the autumn overturn period represent key factors for the overall annual methane emissions from lakes. During periods of stable stratification, large amounts of methane accumulate in anoxic deep waters. Approximately 46% of the stored methane was emitte...

coalbed methane (cbm) plays an important role in coal mining safety and natural gas production. in this work, the cbm potential of b2 seam in parvadeh iv coal deposit, in central iran, was evaluated using a combination of local regression and geostatistical methods. as there were 30 sparse methane sampling points in the parvadeh iv coal deposit, no valid variogram was achieved for the methane c...

Two methanotrophic bacteria, Methylobacter albus BG8 and Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b, oxidized atmospheric methane during batch growth on methanol. Methane consumption was rapidly and substantially diminished (95% over 9 days) when washed cell suspensions were incubated without methanol in the presence of atmospheric methane (1.7 ppm). Methanotrophic activity was stimulated after methanol (...