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Characterization of Coal and Water Samples from Coal-bed Methane wells by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry: Enhancement of Secondary Biogenic Methane Production

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Laramie, Wyoming
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2009-05-14

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Secondary biogenic coal-bed methane production is the production of methane by anaerobic microbial systems in situ after the initial process of coal formation. Secondary biogenic methane production does occur and methanogenic organisms have been detected in coal beds, providing additional confirmation that the process is biogenic. These observations, however, do not provide the conditions required optimizing biogenic methane production nor do they provide an indication of the fraction of methane potential that could be recovered. Instead these preliminary results provide a starting point for evaluating the suitability of secondary biogenic methane production as a sustained source of methane. In order to optimize conditions for secondary biogenic methane production, a complete characterization of the microbial population present in these deposits must be conducted along with a detailed chemical characterization of their coal and water matrix. This paper starts to look at the soluble fraction in the coal. The goal is to develop an accurate picture of the metabolites available to methanogenic bacteria and use this information to optimize the generation of biogenic methane. note
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coal-bed methane

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methanogenic bacteria

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biogenic methane production

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Undergrauate Research Day 2009

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