April 2014

Ranking of coal seams for underground coal gasification (UCG) in Mazino coal deposit, Tabas coal field, Iran

The underground coal gasification (UCG) has a potential for converting the world’s coal resources into energy, liquid fuels and chemicals. The UCG process involves the injection of steam and air or oxygen into an underground coal seam and igniting and burning of coal in-situ to produce the combustible gas. Previous studies showed that many criteria affect site selection of UCG. The criteria include coal seam...

Author(s): Mehdi Najafi, Seyed Mohammad Esmaiel Jalali and Reza KhaloKakaie