A mini review on biotransformation of coal to methane by enhancement of chemical pretreatment

D Zhang, H He, Y Ren, R Haider, M Urynowicz… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Coalbed methane (CBM) has great environmental and economic values in addition to its
energy content. For years natural gas has been considered a transitional cleaner energy …

The search for organic compounds with TMAH thermochemolysis: from Earth analyses to space exploration experiments

Y He, A Buch, C Szopa, AJ Williams, M Millan… - TrAC Trends in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) is one of the most popular methylation reagents
that have been increasingly used for the detection of organic compounds within a wide …

A formation water-based nutrient recipe for potentially increasing methane release from coal in situ

Z Bi, J Zhang, S Park, S Harpalani, Y Liang - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Biogasifying coal to methane represents an environmentally benign way to utilize the
abundant and inexpensive coal resource. To increase methane yield from coal, numerous …

Catalytic O2 oxidation of lignite to carboxylic acids with iron-based catalysts in acidic aqueous solutions

L Gong, Y Hou, W Wu, F Yang, S Ren - Fuel Processing Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Carboxylic acids (CAs) are important industrial materials. The properties of lignite determine
that it has great potential to produce CAs by oxidation. In this work, an environmentally …

Effect of preoxidation treatment with H2O2 on ruthenium ion-catalyzed oxidation of Yima long flame coal

JH Lv, Y Wang, YY Zhang, XY Wei, YL Zhang, MJ Ma… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental concerns have led researches to investigate carbon neutral and sustainable
strategies to satisfy well-being of present and future generations, in which coal oxidation …

Clean two-step oxidative degradation of Yima long flame coal for benzenecarboxylic acid production

JH Lv, Y Wang, YY Zhang, XY Wei, YL Zhang, ZM Zong - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Low rank coals are promising raw materials to afford oxygenated organic chemicals due to
the high oxygen contents. This study reported a clean two-step coal oxidative degradation …

Sustaining biogenic methane release from Illinois coal in a fermentor for one year

J Zhang, K Anderson, D Britt, Y Liang - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
To evaluate coal biogasification in a larger reactor over a longer duration as compared to
studies reported so far, a 3-liter fermentor was established. During the one-year study, a …

Insight into structure features of coals with different metamorphic degrees via step-wise oxidation

Y Luo, Y Wen, H Yang, L **, H Hu - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
A step-wise oxidation method, combining H 2 O 2 oxidation and alkali-oxygen oxidation
(AOO), was applied to study the structure features of coals with different metamorphic …

Evaluation of methane release from coals from the San Juan basin and Powder River basin

J Zhang, C Yip, C **a, Y Liang - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
To enhance methane release from bituminous coal in the Illinois basin, a nutrient recipe, an
adapted microbial community, and optimal biogasification condition leading to maximum …

Converting raw coal powder into polycrystalline nano-graphite by metal-assisted microwave treatment

CA Masi, TA Schumacher, J Hilman, R Dulal… - Nano-Structures & Nano …, 2021 - Elsevier
A metal-assisted microwave treatment that converting raw coal powders into nano-graphite
is presented. Specifically, four major factors are identified for successful conversion:(1) high …