Reviews of Science for Science Librarians: Hydraulic Fracturing: Geological, Engineering, and Environmental Literature

Bierman, James; Kulp, Christina; Foote, Jody Bales

doi:10.1080/0194262x.2011.626336

Cited by 5 publications

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“…It produces cracks in the coal formation by the use of a high‐pressured fluid which creates new passages for gas flow acting as an add‐on to natural permeability. Proppants such as ceramic pellets, sand, or other small incompressible particles are used to hold open the newly created and improved old fractures . Selection of fracturing fluids depends on formation & desired permeability.…”

Section: Cbm Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coal Bed Methane Enhancement Techniques: A Review

2019

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Paper investigates the potential impact of Coalbed methane (CBM) in near present and future. CBM is a natural gas that mainly consists of methane present in physically adsorbed state on the surface of porous coal seam under geothermal pressure. CBM is a cleaner fuel which can be used in the transportation industry, conventional power generation, and many other ways. 50–60% of CBM recovery can be obtained under primary operations and enhancement techniques can increase recovery as high as 80%. Recovery enhancement can be made through temperature increase, pressure release or by selective adsorption in which an injection gas displace methane from coal surface. Recovery through the use of CO2, N2, CO2 & N2 mixture is discussed in detail. Underground coal gasification can be used to recover energy from methane depleted, unminable coal reservoirs and has many advantages over surface mining. CBM consists of both thermogenic and biogenic origin. Depleted CBM reservoirs are observed to produce methane even after recovery is done. Native naturally occurring microbes decomposes coal into methane which explains biogenic origin, through a series of reaction. Kinetics of these decomposition reaction could be escalated significantly through the injection of nutrients and genetically enhanced methanogens. These processes has a great potential and could provide a fossil fuel which is almost renewable as large amount of methane can be generated from small amount of coal.

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Section: Cbm Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coal Bed Methane Enhancement Techniques: A Review

2019

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“…But fracking is not itself without environmental and agricultural controversy (Bierman, Kulp, and Foote 2011), and it seems likely that research and development on renewable energy sources will continue apace. The mission of this article is to give agricultural librarians some sense of which plants seem most often mentioned in recent literature as raw materials for these "second-generation" biofuels (Carroll and Somerville 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

Reviews of Science for Science Librarians: Second-generation Biofuels Feedstock: Crop Wastes, Energy Grasses, and Forest Byproducts

Stankus

2014

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With the goal of determining which plant materials-other than the edible portions of crops like corn, small grains, sugar cane, and vegetable oils-were being researched as alternative energy feedstocks, a search was performed on the topic of Biofuels within the Web of Science. An examination of article titles and keywords in the 50 most cited and 250 most recent biofuels articles disclosed 263 pertinent mentions of plants. Underutilized portions of crops already being grown for food or biofuels led, followed by inedible "energy" grasses. Residues from wood processing, inedible plant oils, and aquatic plants were less referenced.

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