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

Abstract

Biogasifying coal to methane represents an environmentally benign way to utilize the abundant and inexpensive coal resource. To increase methane yield from coal, numerous studies have investigated the approach of biostimulation through finding the best nutrient solutions to enhance microbial activities. Toward this end, however, almost all studies have adopted laboratory made medium that is tap water- or deionized and distilled water- based. As a matter of fact, this water is dramatically different from formation water in coal basins. Thus, in order to enhance methane release from coal in situ, this study aimed to design a formation water-based recipe. To accomplish this objective, the chemical and microbial compositions of the formation water collected from the San Juan basin were analyzed first. Equipped with this fundamental knowledge, a screening test was conducted to evaluate nine parameters to identify statistically significant ones affecting methane yield from coal. For those critical parameters, the optimal value for each was determined through response surface methodology. Finally, the predicted results by the models were verified by an experimental study adopting all optimum conditions. Here this study demonstrated that microbes capable of converting coal to methane were present at the San Juan basin and the developed recipemore » increased methane yield 24.3-fold compared to those without.« less

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  1. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (United States)
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Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL (United States); Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE); USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1538282
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1549741
Grant/Contract Number:  
FE0024126; FE0026161
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Fuel
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 209; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0016-2361
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; coal biogasification; microbial community; formation water; optimization; methane production

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Bi, Zheting, Zhang, Ji, Park, Stephen, Harpalani, Satya, and Liang, Yanna. A formation water-based nutrient recipe for potentially increasing methane release from coal in situ. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2017.08.008.
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Bi, Zheting, Zhang, Ji, Park, Stephen, Harpalani, Satya, & Liang, Yanna. A formation water-based nutrient recipe for potentially increasing methane release from coal in situ. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.08.008
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Bi, Zheting, Zhang, Ji, Park, Stephen, Harpalani, Satya, and Liang, Yanna. Wed . "A formation water-based nutrient recipe for potentially increasing methane release from coal in situ". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.08.008. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1538282.
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@article{osti_1538282,
title = {A formation water-based nutrient recipe for potentially increasing methane release from coal in situ},
author = {Bi, Zheting and Zhang, Ji and Park, Stephen and Harpalani, Satya and Liang, Yanna},
abstractNote = {Biogasifying coal to methane represents an environmentally benign way to utilize the abundant and inexpensive coal resource. To increase methane yield from coal, numerous studies have investigated the approach of biostimulation through finding the best nutrient solutions to enhance microbial activities. Toward this end, however, almost all studies have adopted laboratory made medium that is tap water- or deionized and distilled water- based. As a matter of fact, this water is dramatically different from formation water in coal basins. Thus, in order to enhance methane release from coal in situ, this study aimed to design a formation water-based recipe. To accomplish this objective, the chemical and microbial compositions of the formation water collected from the San Juan basin were analyzed first. Equipped with this fundamental knowledge, a screening test was conducted to evaluate nine parameters to identify statistically significant ones affecting methane yield from coal. For those critical parameters, the optimal value for each was determined through response surface methodology. Finally, the predicted results by the models were verified by an experimental study adopting all optimum conditions. Here this study demonstrated that microbes capable of converting coal to methane were present at the San Juan basin and the developed recipe increased methane yield 24.3-fold compared to those without.},
doi = {10.1016/j.fuel.2017.08.008},
journal = {Fuel},
number = C,
volume = 209,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Aug 09 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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