Fundamentals of Coalbed Methane Reservoir Engineering by John Seidle

By John Seidle

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1µ = µ – µ0 or, more generally, αµ = µ – µ0 where α = specified difference between means. 2) With this relation, a chi-square value can be computed from a set of N observations with a mean µ and standard deviation σ coupled with an assumed difference between observed and theoretical means α. Note that as this derivation forces a set of N experimental observations to a mean, a variance, and a difference between means, the degrees of freedom are N – 3. 2) can provide a crude estimate of the number of samples required to obtain a specified certainty in the resulting mean but is decidedly not rigorous and requires a primitive knowledge of the sample population mean and standard deviation.

Some coals initially have free gas present in the cleats, while others are completely water saturated. Face cleats are often planar, while butt cleats are less so. Cleats are opening-mode fractures, with little, if any, shearing or offset across the aperture. 42 Cleat height is variable, ranging from microscopic to seam thickness. A qualitative hierarchy of cleat height includes master cleats, with heights roughly equal to seam height, primary cleats, which cross several beds or lithotypes within a seam, secondary cleats, confined to a single bed, and tertiary cleats, poorly formed fissures confined to a single bed.

17 As described in this procedure, a 1 g sample is heated to between 450°C and 500°C by the end of the first hour and 700°C to 750°C by the end of the second hour. The sample is held at this temperature for two additional hours before cooling in a manner to minimize moisture uptake and then weighed a second time. The ash fraction of the sample is final weight divided by original weight. Incapable of holding significant gas, ash is a diluent in the coal, decreasing gas-holding capacity. During the combustion process, CO2 (from carbonates), SO2 (from sulfates), and H2O (from clays) are driven off, making the ash fraction of a sample less than the mineral matter fraction.

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