A study of the factors that affect the permeability of coal

The problem of degasification of coal beds is important because it is desirable to reduce the inflammable gas in coal mines as well as to recover economically the gas for use as a fuel. Permeability of coal is defined as a measure of the ease with which a gas flows through coal under a given pressur...

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Main Author: Koo, Shiun Ming
Other Authors: Mining Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45708
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11152013-040143/