Skip to main content
OSTI.GOVU.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
 

Method and apparatus for in-situ biological conversion of coal to methane

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6472297
The invention relates in general to a method for biologically converting coal to methane, and in particular to a method and apparatus for culturing in situ on a coal-containing substrate a consortium of microorganisms capable of degrading coal into methane under suitable anaerobic conditions.
Research Organization:
Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC (USA)
Assignee:
Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC
Patent Number(s):
A US 7-540598
OSTI ID:
6472297
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Method for in situ biological conversion of coal to methane
Patent · Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1994 · OSTI ID:869924
Method and apparatus for determining nutrient stimulation of biological processes
Patent · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1996 · OSTI ID:871223
Method and apparatus for determining nutrient stimulation of biological processes
Patent · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1998 · OSTI ID:872384

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010404* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Gasification
ALKANES
ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS
BACTERIA
BIOCONVERSION
BIODEGRADATION
BIOREACTORS
BIOSYNTHESIS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COAL GASIFICATION
CONTINUOUS CULTURE
DECOMPOSITION
DESIGN
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASIFICATION
HYDROCARBONS
IN-SITU GASIFICATION
IN-SITU PROCESSING
MATERIALS
METHANE
METHANOGENIC BACTERIA
MICROORGANISMS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
PROCESSING
SYNTHESIS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES