Numerical simulation study on gas drainage by interval hydraulic flushing in coal seam working face

• Published in: Energy exploration & exploitation Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 1123 - 1142
• Main Authors: Xie, Shengrong, Cui, Junqi, Chen, Dongdong, Chen, Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01-07-2021; Sage Publications Ltd; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Boreholes; Coal mines; Coal mining; Drainage; Drainage effects; Drilling; Flushing; Gas pressure; Hydraulics; Modules; Pressure reduction; Simulation; Work face; drilling spacing; effective extraction radius; Interval hydraulic flushing; coal flushing quantity; flushing distance
• ISSN: 0144-5987; 2048-4054
• DOI: 10.1177/01445987211010274

In order to solve the problem of difficult gas extraction in coal mine, a method of gas extraction from coal seam by interval hydraulic flushing is put forward. Based on the coal seam gas occurrence conditions of 7609 working face in Wuyang Coal Mine, the numerical simulation research on gas drainage by ordinary drilling and hydraulic flushing drilling was carried out by using COMSOL numerical simulation software. The results show that with the increase of hydraulic flushing coal quantity, the effective gas drainage radius also increases. The effective extraction radius of ordinary drilling is 0.5 m, and the effective extraction radius is 1.0 m, 1.2 m and 1.3 m respectively when the coal flushing quantity is 0.5t/m, 1.0t/m and 1.5t/m. As multiple boreholes are drained at the same time, the boreholes will affect each other, which will reduce the gas pressure and increase the effective drainage radius, the spacing between boreholes can be greater than twice the effective drainage radius of a single borehole when arranging boreholes. And the smaller the flushing interval, the more uniform the gas pressure reduction area. According to the numerical simulation results, the ordinary drilling and 1.0t/m interval hydraulic flushing test were carried out in the field. Through observation and analysis, the gas concentration of the interval hydraulic flushing drilling module was increased by 31.2% and the drainage purity was increased by 5.77 times compared with the ordinary drilling module. It shows that the interval hydraulic flushing drilling can effectively improve the gas drainage effect.