Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment, and Technology
Vol. 7 No. 4 (2022): JGEET Vol 07 No 04 : December (2022)

The Role of Fractal Micro-Pore to Absorption of Methane Gas, Case Study: Coal of Tanjung Formation, Arang Alus Area, Banjar District, South Kalimantan, Indonesia

Sugeng Raharjo (Geological Engineering Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Basuki Rahmad (Geological Engineering Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Ketut Gunawan (Mining Engineering Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Budi Prayitno (Department of Geological Engineering, Universitas Islam Riau, Riau, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Dec 2022

Abstract

The Tanjung Formation is one of the coal bearing formations in the Barito Basin, South Kalimantan. The coal seams in the Tanjung Formation in the Arang Alus area have 4 (four) seams,there are seam A, B, C, and D. The age of these coal seams are Eocene - Oligocene with a thickness between 0.5 - 2 meters. This study aims to determine the characteristics of micropore fractal and methane gas absorption from coal samples taken by channel sampling on exposed coal in the open pit. The method used is SEM analysis, vitrinite reflectance (Ro,max), adsorption isotherm, and fractal calculation. The four coal seams based on vitrinite reflectance values (0.52 %- 0.62 belong to the sub-bituminous rank. Based on the methane gas absorption capacity for coal seam C of 450 SCF/ton while coal seams A, B and D of 308 SCF/ton, 336 SCF/ton and 407 SCF/ton, the fractal pore dimension value in seam coal C = 1.963 is higher than seam coal A = 1.933, B = 1.940 , and D = 1.943. The small size of the fractal pore dimension value caused by the degree of regularity of the micropore distribution in each coal seam methane differences.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JGEET

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Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences Engineering Environmental Science Physics

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JGEET (Journal of Geoscience, Engineering, Environment and Technology) published the original research papers or reviews about the earth and planetary science, engineering, environment, and development of Technology related to geoscience. The objective of this journal is to disseminate the results ...