Research Article

Effects of Borehole Arrangement on Methane Migration and Implications for High Efficiency Extraction in Intact and Tectonic Combined Coal Seams

Table 1

Constant parameters used in the simulation model.

ParametersValue

Porosity of coal, 0.06
Density of intact coal sublayers, 1449 kg/m3
Langmuir volume constant of intact coal sublayers, 14.665 cm3/g
Langmuir pressure constant of intact coal sublayers, 1.115 MPa
Young’s modulus of intact coal sublayers, 3380 MPa
Poisson’s ratio of intact coal sublayers, 0.33
Density of tectonic coal, 1407 kg/m3
Langmuir volume constant of tectonic coal, 9.41 cm3/g
Langmuir pressure constant of tectonic coal, 0.861 MPa
Young’s modulus of tectonic coal, 1500 MPa
Poisson’s ratio of tectonic coal, 0.31
Extraction pressure, 88 kPa
Initial gas pressure, 2 MPa
Gas density at standard conditions, 0.707 kg/m3
Molar mass of gas, 16 g/mol
Universal gas constant, 8.314 J/(molK)
Thermodynamic temperature, 293 K
Dynamic viscosity of gas,
Module of pore bulk, 307 MPa
Maximum sorption-induced volume strain, 0.025