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Aromatic biomarker from brown coal, Sangatta coalfield, East Borneo of middle miocene to late miocene age
Yulfi Zetra1, Imam B. Sosrowidjojo2, Perry Burhan, R.Y3.
A section of the Sangatta coalfield in the Balikpapan formation located in Kutai
Basin, East Borneo, Indonesia, is the Inul area, located North of Pinang Dome. This
section of the coalmine has coals with low calories (ca. 4379 cal/g), which is why
they cannot be used optimally yet. The reasons of using low calorie coals are
besides from being used as a mixing ingredient for the blending process of high
calorie coals, they are also used to diversify the coals through the process of coal
liquefaction (coal to liquid). In order for the coal liquefaction to be processed
correctly, there needs to be a study on the geochemistry organics through coal
biomarker analysis, particularly on the hydrocarbon aromatic fractions, so that the
origins of the coal organic compounds could be known. Biomarker analysis on the
aromatic hydrocarbon fraction shows the existence of naphthalene compound
groups with sesquiterpenoids skeleton, phenanthrene with diterpenoids,
sesterpenoids skeleton and triterpenoids aromatic pentacyclic. The existence of
cadalene compound, triterpene pentacyclic monoaromatic, -triaromatic, -
tetraaromatic, -pentaaromatic and triterpenoid C-ring cleaved hydrocarbon with
oleanane, ursane and lupane skeletons indicated that the source of coal organic
compounds were derived from -amyrin which were produced by Angiospermae
plants. The coal biomarkers distribution, particularly the high abundance of
triterpenoid pentacyclic triaromatic compound, confirmed the low maturity of the
coals which is predicted to profit from the process of liquefaction due to the high
contents of their aromatic fractions.
Affiliation:
- Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia
- Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia
- LEMIGAS - Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Teknologi Minyak dan Gas Bumi, Indonesia
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