Research Article

Numerical Analysis on the Storage of Nuclear Waste in Gas-Saturated Deep Coal Seam

Table 1

Parameters for numerical simulation.

ParameterValue used

Elasticity for coal (, MPa)2713
Poisson’s ratio ()0.339
Coal density (, kg/m3)
Coefficient for sorption deformation (, kg/m3)0.0156
Initial permeability of coal matrix (, mD)0.002
Initial permeability of coal fracture system (, mD)1
Initial porosity of coal matrix ()0.05
Methane dynamic viscosity (, Pa·s)
Langmuir volume constant (, m3/kg)0.048
Langmuir pressure constant (, MPa)1.57
Pressure coefficient (, MPa-1)0.07
Temperature coefficient (, K-1)0.02
Pressure at standard condition (, MPa)0.103
Thermal expansion coefficient for solid coal matrix (, K-1)
Specific heat capacity of gas (, kJ/(kg·K))1.25
Specific heat capacity of coal (, kJ/(kg·K))1.62
Thermal conductivity of coal (, J/(m·s·K))0.2