Biogenic coal-to-methane conversion can be enhanced with small additions of algal amendment in field-relevant upflow column reactors

•Algal amendment increased biogenic coal-to-methane conversion.•Produced gas exceeded full conversion of amendment, indicating coal-to-CH4 conversion.•13C analysis indicated

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Published in:Fuel (Guildford) 2019-11, Vol.256 (C), p.115905, Article 115905
Main Authors: Davis, Katherine J., Platt, George A., Barnhart, Elliott P., Hiebert, Randy, Hyatt, Robert, Fields, Matthew W., Gerlach, Robin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algae
Batch reactors
Carbon dioxide
Coal
Coal conversion
Coalbed methane (CBM)
Consortia
Continuous flow
Conversion
Engineering
Field-relevance
Flowers
Gas production
Gases
Kinetics
Methane
Methane enhancement
Microorganisms
Oil and gas production
Powder River Basin
Reaction kinetics
Reactors
Stable isotope
Substrates
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Summary:•Algal amendment increased biogenic coal-to-methane conversion.•Produced gas exceeded full conversion of amendment, indicating coal-to-CH4 conversion.•13C analysis indicated
ISSN:0016-2361
1873-7153
DOI:10.1016/j.fuel.2019.115905