Coal and Coalbed Gas: Fueling the Future

ISBN-13: 9780123969729 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 697 str.

Romeo Flores

Opis

Bridging the gap in expertise between coal and coalbed gas, subfields in which opportunities for cross training have been nonexistent, Coal and Coalbed Gas sets the standard for publishing in these areas. This book treats coal and coalbed gas as mutually inclusive commodities in terms of their interrelated origin, accumulation, composition, distribution, generation, and development, providing a balanced understanding of this energy mix. Currently considered a non-renewable energy resource, coalbed gas, or coalbed methane, is a form of natural gas extracted from coal beds. In recent years, countries have begun to seek and exploit coal for its clean gas energy in an effort to alleviate environmental issues that come with coal use, making a book on this topic particularly timely. This volume takes into account processes of coalification, gasification, and storage and reservoir characterization and evaluation and looks at water management and environmental impacts as well.

• Covers environmental issues in the development of coalbed gas
• Includes case studies, field guides and data, examples, and analytical procedures from previous studies and investigations
• Accessible by a large multidisciplinary market by one of the world's foremost experts on the topic

Recenzje

"Flores presents this industrial guide to coal and coalbed gas, aiming to balance the availability of coal as a resource with associated environmental concerns. After introducing principles of coal discovery and usage, the multipotency of coal as an energy source is discussed. Several chapters address the production of gas from coal, including necessary conditions and the chemistry and geology of coal maturity." --ProtoView.com, February 2014

"It's an amazingly broad book and covers the fundamentals of coal formation, its geology, utilization and, quite importantly, how coal acts as a reservoir for gas.For all the students and especially the engineers out there, I'd go further than saying it is an essential book to have, I'd have to insist that it is mandatory." --CipherCoal.com, November 21, 201

"It is rare for a book to be so comprehensive on such a diverse topic such as coal. I'd recommend this for both the seasoned coal professional as well as the newly initiated." --Dr. Tim A. Moore, Managing Director, Cipher Consulting Ltd, New Zealand

"[Coal and Coalbed Gas] is a very much anticipated book. in that it provides a complete, comprehensive review of coal from genesis to coalbed gas resource management, something that was lacking in single, publically available publications.." --Russell Stands-Over-Bull, PhD, Sr. Geologic Advisor, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, USA

"Romeo Flores is a world-leading expert on coal geology. [T]here has not been an authoritative book on coalbed methane, until now." --Dr. David B. Rutledge, California Institute of Technology, USA

"Dr. Romey Flores is a world-class expert in coal geology, coalbed methane, and a pioneer in biogenic CBM.. This is a must-read book for scientists, engineers, and managers involved in coal and CBM." --Dr. Song Jin, President and CTO, Next Fuel Inc., USA

"[Flores] has clearly explained the widespread application of the fundamentals of coal geology in the exploration of coalbed methane.. A textbook of this kind that synthesizes various aspects of geology, geochemistry and reservoir properties of coal has been long overdue." --Dr. Mohinudeen Faiz, Principal Geologist, Origin Energy, Australia

"[This book] presents a well-balanced, up-to-date. discussion of both disciplines [coal geology and coalbed gas] in terms of the science and technology, including recent experiments to generate biogenic gas from microbial activity." --Dr. Frank G. Etheridge, Professor Emeritus, Colorado State University, USA

Spis treści

PrefaceChapter 1: Introduction and PrinciplesChapter 2: Coal as Multiple Sources of EnergyChapter 3: Origin of Coal as Gas Source and Reservoir RockChapter 4: Coalification, Gasification, and Gas StorageChapter 5: Coal Composition and Reservoir CharacterizationChapter 6: Resource Evaluation MethodologiesChapter 7: Coalbed Gas ProductionChapter 8: Co-Produced Water Management and Environmental ImpactsChapter 9: Worldwide Coalbed Gas DevelopmentChapter 10: Future of Coal and Coalbed Gas

O autorze

Dr. Flores served as a Research Scientist in the Energy Resources Center of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1975-2010; Professor and Chair of the Department of Geology at Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas 1966-1975; adjunct faculty at several U.S. universities and external PhD examiner for the Université de Liège, University of the Witwatersrand, and University of Natal from 1982-2010; and consulting geologist/advisor to Anadarko CBM Group in Denver, CO, USA, AECOM/BLM CBM hydrostratigraphy-groundwater modelling for Powder River Basin in Fort Collins, CO, USA, Shanxi Lanyan Coalbed Methane Group and Biogenic Gas Laboratory in Jincheng, China. Since 1995 Dr. Flores has served as an Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Coal Geology, edited international special publications, and organized U.S.-international conferences. Dr. Flores has authored/co-authored publications in coal geology, peat-coal depositional environments, sedimentology, stratigraphy, hydrostratigraphy, basin analysis, coal and coalbed gas resources assessment, coalmine methane, and biogenic coalbed gas of the U.S. and other countries. Dr. Flores is the principal author of the Coal and Coalbed Gas: Fueling the Future, 2014, First Edition and forthcoming Chinese (translation) version.

Dr. Flores is a recipient of several national and international awards: U.S. Department of Interior Distinguished Service Award, U.S. Geological Survey Meritorious Service Award, , Geological Society of America Gilbert H. Cady Award in Coal Geology, University of the Philippines Alumni Award in Geology, Philippines La Union Province Pammadayaw Award, and University of Canterbury Angus Erskine Fellow Award.