Review Article

Review of the Hydrogeological Controls on Coalbed Methane (CBM) and Development Trends

Table 5

Distribution of gas content in different hydrochemical zones of the No. 11 coal seam in the Hancheng mining area [44].

Hydrochemical zoneHCO3-−Na+ zoneHCO3-−Cl-−Na+ zoneSO42-−Cl-−Ca2+−Na+ zoneCl-−Na+ zone

Number of samples51055
Current gas content (m3/t)4~66~98~1312~15
Current average gas content (m3/t)5.58.311.614.1
Original gas content (m3/t)11~1510~159~1610~16
Original average gas content (m3/t)13.91414.114.3