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 …

Experimental and numerical investigation of abrasive water jet nozzle erosion

C Shao, Z Ge, Z Zhou, W Liu, Z Li, C Tian, W Chang - Powder Technology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, the particle flow inside the nozzle is simulated by Computational Fluid
Dynamics (CFD) method and the numerical results are verified by experimental observation …

An imaging and fractal approach towards understanding reservoir scale changes in coal due to bioconversion

R Pandey, S Harpalani - Fuel, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Microbially enhanced coalbed methane (MECBM) aims to replicate the natural process of
microbial methane generation in coal under in situ conditions. Considerable work has been …

Cultivable microbial community in 2-km-deep, 20-million-year-old subseafloor coalbeds through~ 1000 days anaerobic bioreactor cultivation

H Imachi, E Tasumi, Y Takaki, T Hoshino… - Scientific Reports, 2019‏ - nature.com
Recent explorations of scientific ocean drilling have revealed the presence of microbial
communities persisting in sediments down to~ 2.5 km below the ocean floor. However, our …

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 …

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 …

Impact of bioconversion on matrix strain response of coal reservoirs: Part 1-Experimental insights

R Pandey, S Harpalani - Fuel, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The technical feasibility of commercial gas production from microbially enhanced coalbed
methane (MECBM) reservoirs can be divided into two broad categories: microbial treatment …