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 »
- Authors:
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- Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- 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
Citation Formats
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.
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
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.
@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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