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• Methane Absorption in Oil Shale and Its Potential Mine Hazard
  1/1/1977 - Reports of Investigations
  The Bureau of Mines made laboratory absorption measurements on oil shale samples, which showed that the amount of methane absorbed is proportional to pressure and oil yield, and can be much larger than would be predicted based solely on porosity. Oil sh...
• Methane Emission from U.S. Coal Mines in 1975, A Survey : A Supplement to Information Circulars 8558 and 8659
  1/1/1977 - Information Circulars
  This Bureau of Mines report tabulates methane emissions from U.S. Bituminous coal mines with daily emission rates of at least 100,000 cfd according to states, counties, and coalbeds. Most of the methane emitted is from mines in the Appalachian States. T...
• Methane Emissions from Four Working Places in the Beckley Mine, Raleigh County, W. Va.
  1/1/1977 - Reports of Investigations
  The Beckley Mine is one of five new mines in a heretofore unmined portion of the Beckley coalbed. The remoteness of these new mines from prior mining and their greater overburden preclude applying methane emission experience obtained in the old mines. F...
• Methane Emissions from an Advancing Coal Mine Section in the Pittsburgh Coalbed
  1/1/1976 - Reports of Investigations
  The methane emissions from an advancing coal mine section were continuously monitored for 120 days. During this time, the section advanced 2,000 feet into virgin Pittsburgh coalbed producing 54,565 tons of coal with a total methane emission of 91 millio...
• Longwall Gob Degasification With Surface Ventilation Boreholes Above the Lower Kittanning Coalbed
  1/1/1976 - Reports of Investigations
  Methane emission from two surface gob-degasification boreholes was measured by the Bureau of Mines. The investigation took place during mining of a 3,200-foot longwall panel in the Lower Kittanning coalbed in central Pennsylvania. The first hole was 500...
• Methane Emission from U.S. Coal Mines in 1973, A Survey: A Supplement to IC 8558
  1/1/1974 - Information Circulars
  This Bureau of Mines survey of methane emissions indicates that total daily emissions have declined from 227 mm ft3 in 1971 to 214.7 mm ft3 in 1973. The highest average daily emissions in million cubic feet per day are detailed by state.
• Methane Control by Isolation of a Major Coal Panel - Pittsburgh Coalbed
  1/1/1973 - Reports of Investigations
  As one of its projects for degasification of major panels of coal prior to mining within them, the Bureau of Mines conducted methane emission studies during development of a set of three headings 1,800 feet in a major coal panel (2,700 by 3,500 feet) wh...
• The Direct Method of Determining Methane Content of Coalbeds for Ventilation Design
  1/1/1973 - Reports of Investigations
  The applicability of the "direct method" for determining the methane content of virgin coalbeds was tested. Preliminary results indicate that the direct method, when applied to exploration cores, can be successfully used to estimate coalbed gas content ...
• Methane Diffusion Parameters for Sized Coal Particles: A Measuring Apparatus and Some Preliminary Results
  1/1/1972 - Reports of Investigations
  A sorption apparatus for measuring the equilibrium sorption isotherm and the rate of diffusion of methane from fine-sized coal was designed and constructed. Preliminary work that used Pittsburgh and Pocahontas No. 3 Coal shows that the diffusion coeffic...
• Methane Emission from U.S. Coal Mines, A Survey
  1/1/1972 - Information Circulars
  This survey was conducted to determine the magnitude of the methane emission and control problem in U.S. bituminous coal mines. The resultant data indicate that the emission rate for any given coalbed depends primarily on the coal production rate and on...