Experimental study on evaluation of underground coal gasification with a horizontal hole using two different coals

A Hamanaka, F Su, K Itakura, K Takahashi, J Kodama… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
gasifier. In this study, an application of a coaxial UCG system with a horizontal hole is
discussed by means of the model UCG experiments with a large-scale simulated coal

Experimental study of shaftless underground gasification in thin high-angle coal seams

L Yang, S Liu, L Yu, J Liang - Energy & fuels, 2007 - ACS Publications
… underground coal gasification: shaft gasification and shaftless gasification. … hole but was
supplemented by the nos. 3, 2, and 1 holes, and it gradually drew the fire source from the S hole

Simulation of cavity formation in underground coal gasification using bore hole combustion experiments

V Prabu, S Jayanti - Energy, 2011 - Elsevier
… of the horizontal slot was taken as the injection hole and the other as the production hole. A
… ] for injecting the oxidant directly through a horizontal bore hole. The blocks were sealed with …

Thermal and structural response evaluation for underground coal gasification

SH Advani, YT Lin, LZ Shuck - Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, 1977 - onepetro.org
… back to the coal surface. The gasification reaction zone propagates horizontally in the
coal … direction between the parallel horizontal holes drilled approximately in the coal butt-cleat …

Sensing underground coal gasification by ground penetrating radar

A Kotyrba, K Stańczyk - Acta Geophysica, 2017 - Springer
… In a chosen panel of coal, a set of two horizontal holes were bored. The pipes were attached
… the coal in one of the holes, oxygen was injected into the coal through this hole. The second …

Monitoring and evaluation of simulated underground coal gasification in an ex-situ experimental artificial coal seam system

F Su, A Hamanaka, K Itakura, W Zhang, G Deguchi… - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
coal gasification (UCG), an artificial coal seam was constructed to use as a simulated
underground gasifier, which comprised coal … -hole, and (c) a linking-hole model using a horizontal

Underground coal gasification

DW Gregg, TF Edgar - AIChE Journal, 1978 - Wiley Online Library
… We compare the design for horizontal and steeply dipping coal seams with pertinent … surface
so that the drilled holes remain in the coal seam. However, for horizontal beds, the drilling is …

Technological aspects for underground coal gasification in steeply inclined thin coal seams at Zhongliangshan coal mine in China

L Xin, Z Wang, G Wang, W Nie, G Zhou, W Cheng… - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
… The conventional way for building a gasifier is to drill an injection hole and an exhaust hole
horizontal channel and the inclined channels in the bottom of gasifier, the coal to be gasified

[HTML][HTML] A thermo-mechanical simulation for the stability analysis of a horizontal wellbore in underground coal gasification

M Shahbazi, M Najafi, MF Marji, R Rafiee - Petroleum, 2024 - Elsevier
… In the controlled retraction injection point (CRIP) configuration, the UCG panel has a large
dimension and two or three in-seam holes (horizontal wells) are drilled in parallel to the coal

A process model for underground coal gasification–Part-I: Cavity growth

G Samdani, P Aghalayam, A Ganesh, RK Sapru… - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
… Phase-II starts thereafter, in which the cavity grows in the horizontal direction toward the …
Two vertical holes were drilled and connected at the bottom of the coal block. The inlet …