煤
多孔性
磁导率
肿胀 的
煤层气
吸附
材料科学
煤矿开采
复合材料
化学
膜
生物化学
有机化学
作者
Yihuai Zhang,Maxim Lebedev,Mohammad Sarmadivaleh,Ahmed Barifcani,Taufiq Rahman,Stefan Iglauer
出处
期刊:Fuel
[Elsevier]
日期:2016-10-01
卷期号:182: 568-576
被引量:96
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.fuel.2016.06.026
摘要
Porosity and permeability of deep unmineable coal seams are key parameters in the context of (enhanced) coalbed methane recovery and CO2 geo-storage in coal beds as they determine productivity and injection rate. Porosity and permeability are again determined by the micro-structure of the coal, and the cleat network-coal matrix system. Furthermore, it is well established that swelling of the coal matrix due to water adsorption can significantly reduce permeability. However, the exact effect of swelling due to water adsorption on the coal micro-structure is only poorly understood, and how this microstructural change impacts on the permeability and porosity characteristics of the coal. We thus imaged dry coal plugs and swollen coal plugs (swollen due to brine adsorption) at high resolution (3.43 μm3) in 3D with an X-ray micro-computed tomograph (microCT). On the microCT images two types of cleats were identified; cleats in the coal matrix and cleats syngeneic with the mineral phase. Approximately 80% of the coal matrix cleats closed upon water adsorption, while the cleats in the mineral phase were not affected. This cleat closure by water adsorption dramatically reduced porosity and particularly permeability, consistent with dynamic permeability core-flood measurements.
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