Research Article

Study on Borehole Arrangement Methods for Gas Extraction by Hydraulic Slotting in Long-Distance Through-Coal Seam Tunnel

Table 1

Main parameters for numerical simulation.

Model parameterParameter value

Model size (m)
Simulated buried depth (m)200 m
Young’s modulus of coal (MPa)1900
Young’s modulus of coal matrix (MPa)8469
Poisson’s ratio of coal 0.23
Apparent density of coal (kg/m3)1400
CH4 Langmuir volume constant (m3/t)17.1
CH4 Langmuir pressure constant (MPa)1.729
CH4 dynamic viscosity (Pa·s)
Borehole temperature (k)293.15
Initial coal mass fissure permeability (m2)
Initial coal matrix permeability (m3)
Initial matrix porosity 0.07
Initial coal seam temperature (K)303
Maximum adsorption deformation of coal 0.025
Coefficient of thermal expansion of coal matrix (K-1)
Specific heat capacity of coal (J/kg·K)
Specific heat capacity of gas (J/kg·K)
Coefficient of heat conduction (J/kg·K)0.2