Experimental study on geometric parameters of pore structure and quantitative evaluation of complexity of pulverized coal with different metamorphic degrees

In order to quantify pore structure complexity of coal, the low pressure argon adsorption method (LP-ArGA) was used to study geometric parameters of pore structure and quantitative evaluation of complexity of pulverized coal. The results showed that the geometric parameters of pore structure of most single-particle coals showed an obvious downward trend with the decrease of particle size, indicating that the pore structure became simpler in the pulverization process. The weight value of equivalent matrix scale is the largest, which is 0.4871, indicating that it has the greatest influence on pore structure complexity. With the decrease of particle size, the composite evaluation index of complexity of 1#, 2#, 3#, 4#, 5# and 6# samples decreased by 52.4%, 61.1%, 86.3%, 42.1%, 74.6% and 39.9%, respectively. It indicated that particle size has an extremely influence on pore complexity characteristics of single-particle coal. With the decrease of particle size, the pore complexity characteristics of coal samples tended to be simple, on the contrary, they showed medium or complex characteristics. The model has important guiding significance for evaluating the same coal sample with different particle sizes, but there are still some deficiencies for different coal samples.