As energy demand increases,the depth of mining is increasing,and methane disasters grow more serious,efficient extraction of methane is the ultimate method of preventing and controlling methane disasters.The objective...As energy demand increases,the depth of mining is increasing,and methane disasters grow more serious,efficient extraction of methane is the ultimate method of preventing and controlling methane disasters.The objectives for this research are to explore the efficiency of N_(2) injection to enhance gas extraction from coal seams(N_(2)-ECGE)and its impact on coal seam permeability.By developing a fluid-solid coupling model and using COMSOL Multiphysics to perform numerical simulations,the changes in gas pressure,methane content,gas production,output rate and permeability of coal seams were comparatively analyzed under the two methods of direct extraction and N_(2)-ECGE.The research results show that N_(2)-ECGE can significantly improve the coal seam gas pressure and reduce the coal seam CH_(4) content,and the larger the N_(2) injection pressure the more significant the reduction effect.Meanwhile,N_(2)-ECGE can significantly increase the CH_(4) extraction and output rate,and the increase of N_(2) pressure further improves the extraction efficiency.In addition,the pressure of nitrogen injection has a remarkable effect on coal seam permeability,high pressure of nitrogen injection can increase the permeability in the time of no disturbance,but the rate of permeability decreases more quickly after disturbed.The effect of strain due to adsorption desorption on coal seam permeability dominates.Despite model construction limitations,this research offers essential theoretical and practical direction for N_(2) injection to enhance the permeability evolution law of coal seam gas extraction process.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52374249,52130409,52121003)the National Key R&D Program(2023YFC3009003)+1 种基金the Basic Research Business Fees for Central Universities(2024JCCXAQ01)Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control(2011DA105287-FW202303).
文摘As energy demand increases,the depth of mining is increasing,and methane disasters grow more serious,efficient extraction of methane is the ultimate method of preventing and controlling methane disasters.The objectives for this research are to explore the efficiency of N_(2) injection to enhance gas extraction from coal seams(N_(2)-ECGE)and its impact on coal seam permeability.By developing a fluid-solid coupling model and using COMSOL Multiphysics to perform numerical simulations,the changes in gas pressure,methane content,gas production,output rate and permeability of coal seams were comparatively analyzed under the two methods of direct extraction and N_(2)-ECGE.The research results show that N_(2)-ECGE can significantly improve the coal seam gas pressure and reduce the coal seam CH_(4) content,and the larger the N_(2) injection pressure the more significant the reduction effect.Meanwhile,N_(2)-ECGE can significantly increase the CH_(4) extraction and output rate,and the increase of N_(2) pressure further improves the extraction efficiency.In addition,the pressure of nitrogen injection has a remarkable effect on coal seam permeability,high pressure of nitrogen injection can increase the permeability in the time of no disturbance,but the rate of permeability decreases more quickly after disturbed.The effect of strain due to adsorption desorption on coal seam permeability dominates.Despite model construction limitations,this research offers essential theoretical and practical direction for N_(2) injection to enhance the permeability evolution law of coal seam gas extraction process.
