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This text covers the use of computer applications in the mineral
industries, encompassing topics such as the use of computer
visualization in mining systems and aspects such as ventilation and
safety.
Important developments in the progress of the theory of rock
mechanics during recent years are based on fractals and damage
mechanics. The concept of fractals has proved to be a useful way of
describing the statistics of naturally occurring geometrics.
Natural objects, from mountains and coastlines to clouds and
forests, are found to have boundaries best described as fractals.
Fluid flow through jointed rock masses and clusterings of
earthquakes are found to follow fractal patterns in time and space.
Fracturing in rocks at all scales, from the microscale
(microcracks) to the continental scale (megafaults), can lead to
fractal structures. The process of diagenesis and pore geometry of
sedimentary rock can be quantitatively described by fractals, etc.
The book is mainly concerned with these developments, as related to
fractal descriptions of fragmentations, damage and fracture of
rocks, rock burst, joint roughness, rock porosity and permeability,
rock grain growth, rock and soil particles, shear slips, fluid flow
through jointed rocks, faults, earthquake clustering, and so on.
The prime concerns of the book are to give a simple account of the
basic concepts, methods of fractal geometry, and their applications
to rock mechanics, geology, and seismology, and also to discuss
damage mechanics of rocks and its application to mining
engineering. The book can be used as a textbook for graduate
students, by university teachers to prepare courses and seminars,
and by active scientists who want to become familiar with a
fascinating new field.
Of the known greenhouse gases, political attention to date has
primarily focused on carbon dioxide (CO2), whereby it is assumed
that underground storages of crude oil and natural gas through
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology could contribute
significantly to global climate protection. Underground Storage of
CO2 and Energy covers many aspects of CO2 sequestration and its
usage, as well as of underground storage of fossil and renewable
energy sources, and is divided into 8 parts: * Environmental and
Energy Policy & Law for Underground Storage * Geological
Storage and Monitoring * Enhanced Gas and Oil Recovery Using CO2
(CO2 -EGR/EOR) * Rock Mechanical Behavior in Consideration of
Dilatancy and Damage * Underground Storage of Natural Gas and Oil *
Underground Storage of Wind Energy * State-of-the-Art & New
Developments in Gas Supply in Germany and China * EOR & New
Drilling Technology Underground Storage of CO2 and Energy will be
invaluable to academics, professionals and engineers, and to
industries and governmental bodies active in the field of
underground storage of fossil and renewable energy sources.
Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, energy security and
sustainability are three of the greatest contemporary global
challenges today. This year the Sino-German Cooperation Group
"Underground Storage of CO2 and Energy", is meeting on the 21-23
May 2013 for the second time in Goslar, Germany, to convene its 3rd
Sino-German conference on the theme "Clean Energy Systems in the
Subsurface: Production, Storage and Conversion". This volume is a
collection of diverse quality scientific works from different
perspectives elucidating on the current developments in CO2
geologic sequestration research to reduce greenhouse emissions
including measures to monitor surface leakage, groundwater quality
and the integrity of caprock, while ensuring a sufficient supply of
clean energy. The contributions herein have been structured into 6
major thematic research themes: Integrated Energy and Environmental
Utilization of Geo-reservoirs: Law, Risk Management &
Monitoring CO2 for Enhanced Gas and Oil Recovery, Coal Bedded
Methane and Geothermal Systems Trapping Mechanisms and
Multi-Barrier Sealing Systems for Long-Term CO2 Storage Coupled
THMC-Processes and Numerical Modelling Rock Mechanical Behaviour
Considering Cyclic Loading, Dilatancy, Damage, Self-sealing and
Healing Underground Storage and Supply of Energy "Clean energy
systems in the subsurface" will be invaluable to researchers,
scientists and experts in both academia and industry trying to find
a long lasting solution to the problems of global climate change,
energy security and sustainability.
Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, energy security and
sustainability are three of the greatest contemporary global
challenges today. This year the Sino-German Cooperation Group
"Underground Storage of CO2 and Energy", is meeting on the 21-23
May 2013 for the second time in Goslar, Germany, to convene its 3rd
Sino-German conference on the theme "Clean Energy Systems in the
Subsurface: Production, Storage and Conversion". This volume is a
collection of diverse quality scientific works from different
perspectives elucidating on the current developments in CO2
geologic sequestration research to reduce greenhouse emissions
including measures to monitor surface leakage, groundwater quality
and the integrity of caprock, while ensuring a sufficient supply of
clean energy. The contributions herein have been structured into 6
major thematic research themes: Integrated Energy and Environmental
Utilization of Geo-reservoirs: Law, Risk Management &
Monitoring CO2 for Enhanced Gas and Oil Recovery, Coal Bedded
Methane and Geothermal Systems Trapping Mechanisms and
Multi-Barrier Sealing Systems for Long-Term CO2 Storage Coupled
THMC-Processes and Numerical Modelling Rock Mechanical Behaviour
Considering Cyclic Loading, Dilatancy, Damage, Self-sealing and
Healing Underground Storage and Supply of Energy "Clean energy
systems in the subsurface" will be invaluable to researchers,
scientists and experts in both academia and industry trying to find
a long lasting solution to the problems of global climate change,
energy security and sustainability.
At present, deep earth resources remain poorly understood and
entirely under-utilised. There is a growing appreciation of the
important role deep earth will play in future sustainability,
particularly in opportunities for new and sustainable large-scale
energy alternatives, and extraction of resources through mining and
greenhouse mitigation. Deep Rock Mechanics: From Research to
Engineering is a collection of papers on the effective development
of deep earth resources, which were presented at the International
Conference on Geo-mechanics, Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources 2018
(Chengdu, P.R. China, 22-24 September 2018). The contributions aim
at breaking beyond existing patterns of discovery, to advance
research on geomechanical and geophysical processes in deep earth
resources and energy development, enhancing deep earth energy and
mineral extraction and mitigating harmful atmospheric emissions.
Deep Rock Mechanics: From Research to Engineering covers a wide
range of topics: 1. Deep rock mechanics and mining theory 2. Water
resources development and protection 3. Unconventional oil and gas
extractions 4. CO2 sequestrations technologies and nuclear waste
disposal 5. Geothermal energy 6. Mining engineering 7. Petroleum
engineering 8. Geo-environmental engineering 9. Civil geotechnical
engineering Deep Rock Mechanics: From Research to Engineering
promotes safer and greener ways for energy and resource production
at great depth, and will serve as a must-have reference for
academics and professionals involved or interested in
geo-mechanics, geo-energy, and geo-resources.
The 184 papers in this volume summarize recent developments in
mining science and technology worldwide. They also provide insights
in the future of mining and outline the main directions of its
development. A diversity of topics is covered, ranging from
challenges of reorganizing coal mining in Romania and reclamation
of mined out mines in Poland to most recent advances in the
American surface mining and advanced coal preparation techniques
developed in Japan. This book is recommended reading for those
involved in mining in general, and to those interested in Chinese
mining in particular.
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