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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REDUCTION THROUGH MINE METHANE VALORIZATION IN THE ROMANIAN COLLIERIES FROM VALEA JIULUI HARD COAL BASIN

R. I. Moraru, G. B. Babut, M. C. Babut

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Abstract

Methane emissions released into the atmosphere during coal mining, exerts a double environmental impact, namely they participate to the ozone layer depletion process and, simultaneously, they have a significant contribution to the enforcement of the greenhouse effect. On the other hand, this methane can be used by the mining operators, as main or ancillary fuel resource for energetic purposes. Until now, in Romania an overall energetic potential study was not systematically carried out, regarding the hard coal basin Valea Jiului. The paper presents, based on several systematic measurement campaign’s results, the estimate for the methane volumes released both through the main ventilation shafts and the central degasification plants, from the collieries operating in this basin. There are also synthesized and outlined the results obtained by means of comparative analysis on coal mine methane valorization alternatives and the

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Title
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REDUCTION THROUGH MINE METHANE VALORIZATION IN THE ROMANIAN COLLIERIES FROM VALEA JIULUI HARD COAL BASIN
Authors
R. I. Moraru, G. B. Babut, M. C. Babut
Proceedings
10th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2010
Publisher
SGEM Scientific GeoConference
Year
2010
Pages
245-252
SWS Citekey
Moraru2010254
ISSN
Not available yet
ISBN
954-91818-1-2
Language
en
Publication type
Conference Paper
Keywords
air pollutionenvironmental impactmethane emissionsminevalorization
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