[HTML][HTML] Modes of occurrence of elements in coal: A critical evaluation

S Dai, RB Finkelman, D French, JC Hower… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coal, containing all the elements that are present in nature and more than 200 minerals, has
a complex chemical structure, making it one of the most complex geological materials …

[HTML][HTML] Recognition of peat depositional environments in coal: A review

S Dai, A Bechtel, CF Eble, RM Flores, D French… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Peat depositional environments, the sites where and conditions under which peat
accumulates, significantly influence a resultant coal's physical properties, chemical …

SEM petrography of dispersed organic matter in black shales: A review

B Liu, M Mastalerz, J Schieber - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic matter (OM)-hosted pores are important constituents of the pore system of black
shales and play a crucial role in determining their methane adsorption capacity and porosity …

Impact of thermal maturity on the diagenesis and porosity of lacustrine oil-prone shales: Insights from natural shale samples with thermal maturation in the oil …

B Liu, Y Wang, S Tian, Y Guo, L Wang, Q Yasin… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Shale diagenesis controls the generation, migration and accumulation of hydrocarbons
through time and has become a frontier area of study in the fields of sedimentology and …

Silver nanoparticles-decorated Preyssler functionalized cellulose biocomposite as a novel and efficient catalyst for the synthesis of 2-amino-4H-pyrans and …

S Saneinezhad, L Mohammadi, V Zadsirjan… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Silver nanoparticles-decorated Preyssler functionalized cellulose biocomposite (PC/AgNPs)
was prepared and fully characterized by FTIR, UV–vis, SEM, and TEM techniques. The …

Coal-derived unburned carbons in fly ash: A review

JC Hower, JG Groppo, UM Graham, CR Ward… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Unburned carbon (UC) in fly ash indicates inefficiency in combustion and may be an
impediment to the beneficial use of fly ash or ash products in a variety of applications. The …

Pore-types and pore-network evolution in Upper Devonian-Lower Mississippian Woodford and Mississippian Barnett mudstones: Insights from laboratory thermal …

LT Ko, SC Ruppel, RG Loucks, PC Hackley… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pore-evolution models from immature organic-matter (OM)-rich Barnett (0.42% R o) and
Woodford (0.49% R o) mudstones were compared with models previously developed from …

Depositional environment of oil shale within the second member of Permian Lucaogou Formation in the Santanghu Basin, Northwest China

B Liu, A Bechtel, RF Sachsenhofer, D Gross… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The non-marine Santanghu Basin in northwest China hosts one of the richest and
thickest Permian lacustrine source rock intervals in the world. Conventional oil in Jurassic …

Understanding coal quality and the critical importance of comprehensive coal analyses

JC Hower, RB Finkelman, CF Eble, BJ Arnold - International Journal of Coal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coal is a remarkably complex combination of macerals and minerals and inorganic
elements in organic associations plus liquids, gases, and semi-solid organics, all …

Combined SEM and reflected light petrography of organic matter in the New Albany Shale (Devonian-Mississippian) in the Illinois Basin: A perspective on organic …

B Liu, J Schieber, M Mastalerz - International Journal of Coal Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
Organic-matter-hosted pores are an important aspect of pore systems in unconventional gas
shale reservoirs. Along with thermal maturity, organic maceral type critically controls the …