There has been a long history of using X-rays to visualize coal and its transitions during
various treatments. Advances and improved availability has allowed the application of X-ray …

As a by-product of coal production, coal gangue, if not handled properly, will pose an
important hidden danger to the environment and safety. Using underground intelligent coal …

A unique contrast agent technique using X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) was
developed for studying micrometer-sized features in coal. The technique allows for the …

For developing coalbed methane resources, it is necessary to quantify the heterogeneity
embodied in pore size and spatial distribution, and on the basis of which the correlation …

Abstract The three-dimensional (3D) structures of pores directly affect the CH 4 flow.
Therefore, it is very important to analyze the 3D spatial structure of pores and to simulate the …

An Australian bituminous coal is imaged at high resolution of 16.1 μm with (wet) and without
(dry) X-ray attenuating fluids present in the pore space using a large-field three-dimensional …

In the present study, a new approach was utilized to investigate the fragmentation of low
rank coal during the thermal drying process. Drying experiments were conducted at different …

With the advancement of science and technology, coal-washing plants are transitioning to
intelligent, information-based, and professional sorting systems. This shift accelerates the …

Conventional coal washability analysis is achieved by conducting Float and Sink (FaS) test,
which is sampling dependent, destructive and uses environmentally hazardous chemicals …

Natural crack structures significantly affect coal damage, and are a critical problem in mining
engineering. In this paper, we introduced the fluorescent epoxy impregnation method (FEIM) …