Hydraulic Fracturing Effect on Filtration Resistance in Gas Drainage Hole Area in Coal

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. V. Serdyukov ◽  
M. V. Kurlenya ◽  
L. A. Rybalkin ◽  
T. V. Shilova
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Youxin Zhao ◽  
Qingjie Qi ◽  
Xinlei Jia

To accurately and reliably predict the time of spontaneous combustion of fractured coal around a borehole induced by gas drainage along the seam, this study performed an orthogonal test taking the No. 10 Coal Mine of Pingdingshan as the research object, in terms of the suction negative pressure and coal seam buried depth. COMSOL Multiphysics was used to model the orthogonal test results, and a multielement statistical analysis of four factors and their relationships with the spontaneous combustion of coal around the borehole and a single-factor analysis in line with the site conditions were performed on the modeling results through multiple regression. The results showed a nonlinear regression relationship between the sealing hole length, sealing hole depth, negative pressure, and coal seam depth and the spontaneous combustion of the coal around the gas drainage borehole; the prediction regression model is significant. Taking the field gas drainage in the No. 10 Coal Mine of Pingdingshan as an example, the relationship between the time of spontaneous combustion of gas drainage and the drainage pressure follows a power of two. When the drainage negative pressure is less than 45 kPa, the coal around the borehole is more likely to undergo spontaneous combustion with increasing pressure, and the sealing hole length has a positive linear correlation with the time of spontaneous combustion of the coal around the borehole. When the sealing hole length is 23 m, the time of spontaneous combustion of the coal around the gas drainage hole is >500 days, and the coal around the borehole does not easily undergo spontaneous combustion. When the sealing depth is 15 m, the time of spontaneous combustion of the coal around the gas drainage hole is 76 days, which is most likely to cause spontaneous combustion.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhigang Yuan ◽  
Yaohua Shao

The mechanism of how hydraulic fracturing influences gas drainage in coal-rock mass is still not clear due to its complex mechanism. In this work, statistical distributions are firstly introduced to describe heterogeneity of coal-rock mass; a novel simultaneously coupled mathematical model, which can describe the fully coupled process including seepage-damage coupling during hydraulic fracturing process and subsequent gas flow during gas drainage process, is established; its numerical implementation procedure is coded into a Matlab program to calculate the damage variables, and it partly uses COMSOL solver to obtain numerical solutions of governing equations with damage-flow coupling; the mathematical model and its implementation are validated for initial damage pressure and mode of a single solid model without considering flow-damage coupling, as well as fracture initiation pressure and influence of heterogeneity on damage evolution of hydraulic fracturing considering flow-damage coupling; and finally, based on an engineering practice of hydraulic fracturing with two boreholes, the mechanism of how hydraulic fracturing influences gas drainage is investigated, numerical simulation results indicate that coal-rock mass pore-fissure structure has been improved, and there would exist a gas migration channel with characteristics of higher porosity and lower stresses, which demonstrates significant effects and mechanism of hydraulic fracturing on improving coal-rock permeability and enhancing gas drainage. The research results provide a guide for operation of hydraulic fracturing and optimal layout of gas drainage boreholes.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey Slastunov ◽  
Konstantin Kolikov ◽  
Andrian Batugin ◽  
Anatoly Sadov ◽  
Adam Khautiev

Abstract The Kirova mine with its 3 Mt production in 2019 is one of the coal mining leaders in Russia. The available mining equipment has the potential to significantly increase the output, however, gas is a limiting factor on the way to this. The customary approaches to coal seam degassing have already been petered out. The miners and mine science are facing a challenge to validate and test an alternative technology to ensure effective in-seam gas drainage prior to vigorous mining. This article gives an account of the improvement track record of the in-seam gas drainage technology used to pre-treat coal seam for intensive and safe extraction. This technology suggests, at the first stage, hydraulic slotting of the target coal seam through wells drilled from the surface (SHS), then hydraulic fracturing of the coal seam through the boreholes drilled from underground development headings, followed by methane extraction from the created high-permeability coal-gas reservoir through standard in-seam gas dranage underground wells. Presented in this paper are the results of field testing of improved SHS technique. Findings are presented on the effective parameters of the hydraulic fracturing technology. Methodological recommendations are offered for selecting viable in-seam gas drainage technology.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Leslie Johnson ◽  
Honja Miharisoa Ramanandraibe ◽  
Ayrton Ribeiro ◽  
Matthew Ramsay ◽  
Kaa Tipene ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenrui He ◽  
Fulian He ◽  
Kun Zhang ◽  
Yongqiang Zhao ◽  
Hengzhong Zhu

The low permeability of coal seams makes gas drainage difficult in lots of coal mines. This study presents a low-temperature, safe, and efficient liquid carbon dioxide phase transition explosive technology (LCDPTET) to increase the permeability of coal, thereby improving the efficiency of gas drainage and eliminating the dangers of coal and gas outburst. Meanwhile, an integrated approach for experimental determination, numerical simulation, and field testing was applied to study the damage ranges of coal and to determine a reasonable spacing between the gas drainage hole and blast hole. A numerical simulation model of liquid carbon dioxide phase transition explosion (LCDPTE) was built, and the damage index M was introduced to analyze the degree and range of coal damage after explosion at different spacings between the blast hole and the gas drainage hole. Furthermore, another aim was the assessment of the permeability changes and comparison of the gas drainage effects of different borehole spacings. The results showed that as the borehole spacing became smaller, the degree of coal damage around the gas drainage hole increased, and the gas drainage effect improved. However, to avoid the collapse of the gas drainage hole, the gas drainage holes should not be located in the crushing zone caused by LCDPTE. Based on the numerical analysis conducted to guide the borehole arrangement of the field test, the latter was carried out to study the increasing ranges of permeability of coal and the drainage effect after explosion. The results indicated that LCDPTET could greatly improve the permeability of the coal seam and gas drainage efficiency. In addition, this new technology could not only improve the safety and efficiency of mine production but could also turn carbon dioxide into an effective energy source worthy of popularization and application.


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