Research Article

Numerical Optimization of Drilling Parameters for Gas Predrainage and Excavating-Drainage Collaboration on Roadway Head

Table 1

Numerical simulation parameters.

ParameterValueParameterValue

Initial CH4 pressure (, MPa)0.80Gas sorption time CH4 (, )4.34
Young’s modulus of coal seam (, MPa)3500Coal density (, kg·m-3)1380
Young’s modulus of skeleton (, MPa)8469Klinkenberg factor (, MPa)0.62
Poisson’s ratio of coal ()0.30Original temperature (, )289.15
Langmuir volume constant of CH4 (, m3·kg-1)0.0323Matrix initial porosity ()0.04
Langmuir pressure constant of CH4 (, MPa)2.0833Initial porosity of fracture ()0.018
Initial permeability (, m2)Residual gas saturation ()0.15
Dynamic viscosity of water (, Pa·s)Initial water saturation ()0.6
Dynamic viscosity of CH4 (, Pa·s)Irreducible water saturation ()0.42