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ID (ISN) del documento51839
Número CIS 89-969
ISSN - Título de la serie 0041-5804 - Ugol' Ukrainy
Año 1988
Número de serie
Autor(es) Poturaev V.N., Mjaken'kij V.I.
Título Use of a microbiological method of methane oxidation in mine workings
Título original Primenenie mikrobiologičeskogo sposoba okislenija metana v vyrabotannom prostranstve [en ruso]
Información bibliográfica Mar. 1988, No.3, p.32-33. 5 ref.
Resumen Methane-oxidising bacteria (species unspecified) grown on a large scale for feed supplements were suspended in mine water containing approprite nutrients. The suspension was sprayed on piles of coal in workings. In the case of one seam, spraying a 25m-long pile once a day for 23 days reduced methane output from the collected coal from 8.75 to 6.61m3/t and reduced ambient methane concentrations from 0.9-1% to 0.66%, which enabled an increase in coal output from 768t/day to 922t/day. For the 9 test sites as a whole, methane output from the mined coal was reduced by 40-60%.
Descriptores (primarios) metano; mineria del carbón; bacterias
Descriptores (secundarios) gas de mina; descripción del procedimiento; prevención de las explosiones; oxidación bacteriológica
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Minas y canteras
Broad subject area(s) Incendios, explosiones y riesgos mayores
Navegación por categoria(s) Aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons
Mining and quarrying