Research Article

Numerical Simulation of Coal Spontaneous Combustion around a Borehole Induced by Negative Pressure Gas Drainage

Table 1

Model parameters.

ParametersMagnitude and unitParametersMagnitude and unit

Coal density1250 (kg/m3)Initial oxygen volume fraction9.375 (mol/m3)
Original coal permeability0.039 (m2)Heat transfer coefficient180 (W/(m2·K))
Methane heat capacity1625 (J/(kg·K))Gas viscosity (Pa·s)
Coal heat capacity1260 (J/(kg·K))Air viscosity (Pa·s)
Molar air mass0.029 (kg/mol)Oxygen consumption constant0.036 (mol/(m3·h))
Oxygen diffusion coefficient (m2/s)Thermal conductivity of coal0.26 (J/(m·s·K))
Oxidation heat of coal19744.37 (J/g)