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As opposed to conventional thermal underground coal gasification involving partial in-situ combustion of coal to provide high temperatures for gasification, the biological approach uses natural or introduced …

Catalytic coal gasification for methane production: A review

2.1. Exxon process. In the 1970 s, Exxon company [6], [7], [8] developed a continuous and stable 1 t/d process development unit (PDU) (inner diameter 0.25 m and height 25 m), as shown in Fig. 1, in which the coal is gasified at 973 K and 3.5 MPa with 8 wt% KOH and K 2 CO 3 as the catalysts and superheated steam (1073 K) as the …

IN-SITU PROCESSES: UNDERGROUND COAL …

UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION INTRODUCTION The idea of recovering the energy values of coal by ill-situ processes. without the ... progress, especially in the USA, should allow the potential of the process to be defined with a reasonable degree of accuracy by about 1983. Within the last few years, in addition to aesthetic …

Recent developments and current position of …

Underground coal gasification is a conversion and extraction process, for the production of useful synthetic product gas from an in-situ coal seam, to use in power generation, heat production or as …

Recent Progress on Hydrogen-Rich Syngas Production from Coal Gasification

Coal gasification is recognized as the core technology of clean coal utilization that exhibits significant advantages in hydrogen-rich syngas production and CO2 emission reduction. This review briefly discusses the recent research progress on various coal gasification techniques, including conventional coal gasification (fixed bed, …

In-Situ Processes: Underground Coal Gasification

The idea of recovering the energy values of coal by in-situ processes, without the intervention of human effort below ground and without bringing waste to the surface, is one which has exceptional appeal to the public. For this reason alone, a careful analysis of the possibilities is desirable, regularly renewed in the light of developing technology and …

In-situ catalytic gasification of sodium-rich direct coal …

Furthermore, the kinetic analysis of in-situ catalytic coal gasification process was examined, which could provide insight into catalytic mechanism of sodium species. This work was aimed to investigate gasification reactivity of sodium-rich DCLR derived from direct liquefaction of ZDC and the kinetic analysis of gasification reaction …

The Underground Coal Gasification Process in …

The underground coal gasification (UCG) process represents a modern and effective coal mining technology that enables coal energy extraction through thermic decomposition. The coal is transformed into …

In-situ catalytic gasification of sodium-rich direct coal …

The CO 2 gasification reaction process of char-N 2 and char-CO can be explained using a three-dimensional diffusion model. Moreover, the ash content in coal char affects the diffusion of reaction carrier gas and gas products during the gasification process, indicating that diffusion is the primary limiting factor in coal char CO 2 …

Energies | Free Full-Text | The Underground Coal Gasification Process

The underground coal gasification (UCG) process represents a modern and effective coal mining technology that enables coal energy extraction through thermic decomposition. The coal is transformed into syngas by oxidizers (e.g., air, technical oxygen, or water steam) and is injected into a georeactor. The produced syngas is exhausted on …

Australia: Leigh Creek Coal Gasification Project

Leigh Creek in-situ coal gasification process details The difficult-to-mine Leigh Creek underground coal resources located at depths ranging from 200m to 1,100m will be converted into syngas, which contains methane, hydrogen, and other components. The in-situ coal gasification technology will involve heating the coal seam at very high ...

IN SITU COAL GASIFICATION: AN EMERGING …

Coal extraction by the UCG process, also known as in-situ coal gasification, appears to be both technically and economically feasible and exhibits many potential advantages over the conventional mining methods (Kapusta and Stanczyk, 2011; Shuqin et al., 2007).

Research Progress and Prospects on Microbial Response and …

Microbial Enhancement Accelerating the Process of Coal Microbial Gasification. Microbial enhancement refers to adding/domesticating microorganisms to start or accelerate biomethane production. What is added is a single microorganism with a specific metabolic function or a microbial community that is more active, has more …

Underground coal gasification – Part I: Field

Underground coal gasification (UCG) is the process of converting hydrocarbon materials into synthesis gas in-situ. Underground coal gasification is sometimes referred to as in-situ coal gasification (ISCG). The process has been developed over more than a century, though only a few projects currently operate on a …

In-situ decoupling effect of H2O on the whole process of coal

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2019.104744 Corpus ID: 213774410; In-situ decoupling effect of H2O on the whole process of coal gasification in MFBRA and TG-FTIR-MS @article{Feng2020InsituDE, title={In-situ decoupling effect of H2O on the whole process of coal gasification in MFBRA and TG-FTIR-MS}, author={Dongdong Feng and Dawei …

Microorganisms | Free Full-Text | Research Progress and

However, physical processes are challenging for the in situ coal reservoirs. Chemical pretreatment effectively improves coal bioavailability, mainly using oxidants, acids, alkalis, organic ... 2023. "Research Progress and Prospects on Microbial Response and Gas Potential in the Coal Gasification Process" Microorganisms 11, no. 5: 1293. …

Underground Coal Gasification: A Brief Review of Current …

Abstract. Coal gasification is a promising option for the future use of coal. Similarly to gasification in industrial reactors, underground coal gasification (UCG) …

Potential Evaluation of the Hydrogen Production in Underground Coal

Abstract. Under the new requirement of low-carbon energy transition, underground coal gasification (UCG) process has re-obtained much attention in recent years. It is a process of producing syngas by the underground in-situ conversion of solid coal resources. The main gaseous products include CO, CH4, and H2, and by-products …

Operational process parameters of underground coal gasification

The basic process of in-situ gasification of coal looks very straight-forward. This process requires first drilling an injection borehole and a production borehole from the surface into the coal seam, then linkage through the coal seam between the two boreholes to facilitate the gases to flow from gasification zone to the production well. ...

In-situ Raman spectroscopy study on coal pyrolysis and …

In-situ Raman spectroscopy study on coal pyrolysis and subsequent char low temperature oxidation and gasification. ... There are few studies on in situ characterization of carbon structure in thermochemical conversion process of coal (Kopyscinski et al., 2014, Zhu et al., 2017). However, current research on in situ Raman …

Underground coal gasification

Underground coal gasification (UCG) is a gasification process used to produce gas from coal in situ by injecting air or oxygen into non-mined coal seams and extracting the product gas via surface wells. The resulting synthetic gas ("syngas") can be used to produce electricity, as well as chemicals, liquid fuels, hydrogen and synthetic …

Analysis of the organic contaminants in the condensate produced …

The bottom of the cavity formed due to the coal gasification in situ (10 m × 20 m ellipse) was assumed as the source of contamination and the spread of metals in a horizontal plane 200 m long and ...

IN-SITU PROCESSES: UNDERGROUND COAL …

IN-SITU PROCESSES: UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION. INTRODUCTION. The idea of recovering the energy values of coal by ill-situ processes. without the intervention …

Practical process design for in situ gasification of bitumen

Process for the gasification of coal in situ. US Patent 4087130.Issued May 2nd, 1978. Google Scholar [41] A.E. Bhutto, A.A. Bazmi, G. Zahedi. Underground coal gasification: from fundamentals to applications. Progr Energy Combust Sci, 39 (1) (2013), pp. 189-214. View PDF View article View in Scopus Google Scholar.

Comparative exergy and economic analysis of deep in-situ gasification

The basic principle of in-situ gasification is the same as surface gasification [3], but with significant difference of no need for purpose-built gasifier.When implementing in-situ gasification, the injection and production wells are constructed by vertical drilling and connected through directional drilling to form reaction channel, then …

Mathematical modelling of in situ combustion and gasification

While both in situ combustion for oil recovery and in situ gasification of coal have been developed and demonstrated over many decades, the commercial applications of these techniques have been limited to date. ... et al. Practical process design for in situ gasification of bitumen. Appl Energy 2013; 107: 281–296. Crossref. …

Underground coal gasification: From fundamentals to …

Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) is a promising mineral resource development technology that can transform in-situ coal into combustible gas by controlling combustion. However, wastewater generated during the UCG process can lead to environmental pollution in adjacent areas through diffusion or infiltration.

Underground coal gasification – Part II: Fundamental …

Underground coal gasification (UCG) is the process of converting hydrocarbon materials into synthesis gas in-situ. The process has been developed over more than a century and many aspects of the process are well understood. Despite this, no large scale commercial UCG plants have been constructed recently, with only one …

Underground coal gasification – Part I: Field

Underground coal gasification (UCG) is a process that produces combustible gas by the in-situ gasification of coal seams. For a steady and efficient gasification project, the ignition of coal seam is a prerequisite. The heating method and reacting process of coal seam play an essential role to the ignition.

Numerical simulation of underground coal gasification process …

Modelling studies assumed the coal gasification process is carried out with the participation of separately oxygen and air as a gasification agent, under the specific conditions of the georeactor ...