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Determining the Gas Content of Coal Beds

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Direct methods of measuring the gas content of coal beds, including calculation of the lost gas, are reviewed. In determining the gas content of the coal in productive beds within the Kuznetsk Basin, the distinctive properties of the coal must be taken into account: specifically, its high natural gas content; and hazardous dynamic gas releases in mine workings. That is especially common for valuable coking coal.

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  1. Institute of Coal, Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kemerovo, Russia

    M. S. Plaksin & E. N. Kozyreva

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Plaksin, M.S., Kozyreva, E.N. Determining the Gas Content of Coal Beds. Coke Chem. 64, 144–147 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068364X21040062

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