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Methane concentration in the emulsion phase
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Methane concentration (mol m
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The authors would like to say thanks for the nancial support of
the Natural Science Foundation of China with Project no.
51206200, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central
Universities with Project no. CDJZR12140031, and the Visiting
Scholar Foundation of Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy
Utilization Technologies and System, MOE of China in
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Dimensionless minimum uidized velocity
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