Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
June 2023
Coalbed methane (CBM) is primarily stored and transported through the pores in the coal matrix, making it essential to study the development of different scales of pores in coal to better understand the evaluation and exploration of CBM. In this study, four coal samples of varying ranks (R = 0.68%-2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn China, the capacity to produce coalbed methane and extract underground gas is restricted by the prevalence of low-permeability coal seams. Liquid nitrogen fracturing is a new low temperature-high-pressure anhydrous fracturing technology that uses low temperature and high frost heave forces to increase coal permeability. To better understand the liquid nitrogen fracturing effect on coal, we conduct the liquid nitrogen freeze-thaw cycle (LNCFT) experiments on different rank coals from Qinghai, Shanxi, and Shaanxi provinces.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNanopores in the shale play a vital role in methane adsorption, and their structural characteristics and origins are of great significance for revealing the mechanism of methane adsorption, desorption, and diffusion. In this paper, through low-temperature ashing and low-pressure gas adsorption experiments, the nanopore structure of original shales and ashed shales was quantitatively characterized, and the nanopore origins in the transitional shale of lower Permian in eastern Ordos Basin were analyzed. The results show that the pore volume (PV) and specific surface area (SSA) of nanopores in transitional shale reservoirs are 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo better understand the influence and control of nanopore characteristics on gas migration, three kinds of coal samples with different metamorphic degrees were selected for the experiments including high-pressure isothermal gas adsorption, low-pressure CO adsorption, and low-pressure Ar adsorption. The changes of the pore volume (PV) and specific surface area (SSA) of coal samples before and after adsorption-desorption were compared and analyzed. The adsorption data of all coal samples at a low pressure stage (<8 MPa) conformed to the Langmuir equation, and the adsorption capacity of powdered coal samples was higher than that of columnar coal samples.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVarious measures for reducing air pollution have been promulgated since 2013 in China. To investigate the synergistic results of emission control and meteorological environment, PM samples collected from October 2013 to July 2016 and November 2018 to October 2019 in Jiaozuo city were analyzed for their compositions, secondary species (Ss) variations, and factors changing for Ss formation. The results showed that the concentrations of sulfate, nitrate, ammonium, and secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) generally decreased over the same seasonal period during these years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Nanosci Nanotechnol
January 2021
To study the change and main control factors of the high-rank coal reservoir permeability in deep coal seams, permeability tests under different stresses and gas pressures were carried out in the laboratory. The development and distribution of nano-micro pores and fractures in the coal matrix were analyzed and observed by mercury intrusion porosimetry, gas adsorption, scanning electron microscope and computed tomography to reveal the permeability variation mechanism. The results showed that the initial permeability of the coal samples ranged from 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe development characteristics of nanopores (with pore sizes <200 nm) in coal are a key factor affecting the accumulation and migration of coalbed methane (CBM). Thus, an appropriate determination method and calculation model are essential for accurate nanopore representation. Based on the experiments of low-pressure COâ‚‚ adsorption (LP-COâ‚‚GA) at 273 K and low-pressure Nâ‚‚ adsorption (LP-Nâ‚‚GA) at 77 K on four coals with different ranks, the abilities of different models (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) is the most commonly used and powerful method for gene expression analysis due to its high sensitivity, specificity, and high throughput, and the accuracy of this approach depends on the stability of reference genes used for normalization. Yu and Li (Rosaceae), an andromonoecious plant, produces both bisexual flowers and unisexual male flowers within the same individual. Using qRT-PCR technique, investigation of the gene expression profiling in staminate and perfect flowers would improve our understanding of the molecular mechanism in regulation of flower formation and sex differentiation in andromonoecious .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo study the effectiveness of washing in removal of arsenic and sulfur from coals with different ranges of arsenic concentration, coal was divided into three groups on the basis of arsenic content: 0-5.5 mg/kg, 5.5 mg/kg-8.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn N Y Acad Sci
October 2008
Eleven raw coal samples were collected from Liuzhi, Suicheng, Zunyi, Xingren, Xingyi, and Anlong districts in Guizhou Province, Southwest China. The content of cadmium (Cd) in coal was determined using inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometry (ICP-MS). Cd contents ranged from 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF