Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Clean Fuels |
Coal Simulation Technology – Solutions
for Natural Gas
Production
The development of technology that provides a fast , efficient and accurate means to predict properties of coal seams in deep earth , that are necessary for producing coal seam gas ( CSG ) and predicting gas and water production . |
Competitive Advantage • Fast , efficient , and accurate prediction of coal properties
• Innovation in coal characterisation at reservoir pressure and temperature
• Expertise in history matching of CSG reservoirs
• Ability to optimise methane gas production
• Skills to determine water production
Impact • CSG is the natural gas extracted from underground coal seams and its emissions are significantly lower than those of other fossil fuels . It will play an important role in Australia becoming a significant global exporter of natural gas .
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Capabilities and Facilities • Tyree imaging facility with X-ray computed microtomography for 3D images of coal internal structure
• ITRAX XRF imaging of coal cores for ASH and rank analysis
• High-pressure setups for in-situ experiments and imaging
• Core flooding equipment for permeability and relative permeability
• Gas adsorption units for Langmuir isotherm curves
• High performance computing for flow simulations and history machine
• Our Collaborators
Queensland Gas Company |
Successful Applications |
• Shell Global Solutions |
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• Petrophysical analysis of coal permeability , porosity and relative permeability for Australia ’ s Queensland Gas Company |
More Information Professor Peyman Mostaghimi
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• In-situ analysis of coal permeability and swelling / shrinkage effect for Shell Global Solutions
• Cleat-scale to core-scale analysis of coal for Australian Research Council
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School of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering T : + 61 2 9385 5122 E : peyman @ unsw . edu . au |
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• Validation of coal geo-mechanical models for Australian basins |
Professor Ryan Armstrong |
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• Quantification of permeability rebound |
School of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineering |
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• Permeability , porosity , and relative permeability analysis of complex coal cores |
T : + 61 2 9385 5122 E : ryan . armstrong @ unsw . edu . au |
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• Ash content and well log analyses for coal seam wellbores |
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