Laboratory-Scale Methods for Determining the Gas Content of Coal Seams
R. R. POTOKINA1, N. V. ZHURAVLEVA1 and Z. R. ISMAGILOV2,3
1West Siberian Test Center JSC,
Ul. Ordzhonikidze 9, Novokuznetsk 654006 (Russia)
E-mail: zsic@mail.ru
2Institute of Coal Chemistry and Material Science, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Sovetskiy Pr.18, Kemerovo 650000 (Russia)
E-mail: iccms@iccms.sbras.ru
3Gorbachev Kuzbass State Technical University,
Ul. Vesennyaya 28, Kemerovo 650000 (Russia)
Keywords: coal, gas content, maximum methane content, methane, coal seam, adsorption, desorption
Pages: 485–489
Abstract
Direct and indirect methods for studying the gas content of coal seams are considered. Advantages and disadvantages of volumetric, gravimetric and dynamic methods are demonstrated with respect to the estimation of potential methane content.
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