Microbial co-processing and beneficiation of low-rank coals for clean fuel production: a review

NS Akimbekov, I Digel, K Marzhan… - Engineered …, 2023 - espublisher.com
Coal is a non-renewable fossil fuel combusted to generate power or used to produce liquid
or gas fuels with high energy densities. The abundance of coal reserves and the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in improving the yield of microbially enhanced coalbed methane production

Y Wang, Y Bao, Y Hu - Energy Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbially enhanced coalbed methane (MECBM) production has drawn significant interest
worldwide in recent years since the direct combustion of fossil energy sources including oil …

Feasibility study of enhanced biogenic coalbed methane production by super-critical CO2 extraction

H Guo, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, X Li, Z Li, W Liang, Z Huang… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Super-critical CO 2 enhanced coalbed methane (Sc-CO 2-ECBM) and microbially enhanced
coalbed methane (MECBM) are environment-friendly technologies that can improve CBM …

Transition of biogenic coal-to-methane conversion from the laboratory to the field: a review of important parameters and studies

KJ Davis, R Gerlach - International Journal of Coal Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Coalbed methane (CBM) is an important unconventional natural gas resource in the US and
around the world. Many of the CBM containing coal formations are home to microbial …

Adaptation of methanogenic inocula to anaerobic digestion of maize silage

M Wojcieszak, A Pyzik, K Poszytek… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
A well-balanced microbial consortium is crucial for efficient biogas production. In turn, one of
a major factor that influence on the structure of anaerobic digestion (AD) consortium is a …

Investigation of methane-rich gas production from the co-bioconversion of coal and anaerobic digestion sludge

E Rahimi, S Liu, M Wang - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Co-bioconversion of coal and anaerobic digestion sludge is a process that involves the
simultaneous treatment of coal and sludge using microbial activity to produce methane-rich …

Evaluating indigenous diversity and its potential for microbial methane generation from thermogenic coal bed methane reservoir

R Rathi, M Lavania, N Singh, PM Sarma, P Kishore… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Microbial enhanced coal bed methane process has emerged as cheaper, feasible and
environment friendly approach for enhancing coal bed methane (CBM) generation …

Hydraulic fracturing for improved nutrient delivery in microbially-enhanced coalbed-methane (MECBM) production

S Zhi, D Elsworth, J Wang, Q Gan, S Liu - Journal of Natural Gas Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microbially enhanced coalbed methane (MECBM) recovery is a novel method to increase
gas production by injecting nutrients, either with/without microorganisms, in depleted CBM …

Alteration of methanogenic archaeon by ethanol contribute to the enhancement of biogenic methane production of lignite

X Yang, Q Liang, Y Chen, B Wang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Bioconverting coal to methane is a green and environmental friendly method to reuse waste
coal. In this study, heterologous bacteria were used for the gas-producing fermentation of …

Selective trace elements significantly enhanced methane production in coal bed methane systems by stimulating microbial activity

KJ Chin, B Ünal, M Sanderson, F Aboderin… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Trace elements are associated with the microbial degradation of organic matter and
methanogenesis, as enzymes in metabolic pathways often employ trace elements as …