Research Article

Numerical Simulation of Coupled Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical-Chemical Processes in the Spontaneous Combustion of Underground Coal Seams

Table 1

Parameters for the numerical simulation.

ParameterValueUnit

Young’s modulus, 3
Poisson’s ratio, 0.301
Matrix porosity, 0.01
Fracture porosity, 0.03
The density of matrix, 2300
Specific heat of matrix, 1250
Specific heat of gas, 2160
Thermal expansion coefficient, K-1
Langmuir pressure constant, 2.7MPa
Gas dynamic viscosity, Pa·s
Isosteric heat of adsorption, 15000J/mol
Langmuir strain constant, 0.005
Langmuir volume constant, 0.045m3/kg
Attenuation coefficient,
Initial permeability, m/s
Initial temperature, 300K
Thermal conductivity of coal, 0.2W/(m·K)