生物产气对煤层气可采性指标的影响

煤层气开发受多种因素的影响,为了研究生物甲烷代谢对煤层气开采指标的影响,选择不同煤阶的煤样进行了生物代谢模拟实验。通过生物产气数据、代谢前后煤样等温吸附和孔隙结构等参数测试,计算煤层气的采收率、含气饱和度、临储比等开采性指标并分析其变化规律。结果表明:1煤层生物产气能提高煤层气资源量,但随着煤变质程度的增加,生物产气量逐渐下降,同时煤的亲甲烷能力也降低;2生物产气对煤储层孔隙结构有明显的改善,其大孔数量和总孔容两个指标显著增加,从而提高了煤储层的孔渗性;3生物产气后煤储层的临界解吸压力、含气饱和度与采收率等开采指标也都有不同程度的提高,河南义马千秋矿和山西柳林沙曲矿煤样的含气饱和度提高的幅度较大,山西西山官地矿煤样的变化幅度次之,但总体的变化趋势具有一致性。结论认为,煤层生物产气不但能增加煤层气资源量,而且还有助于提高煤层的可采性。该研究成果可以为我国煤层气生物工程现场实施提供参考。

Influence of biogenic gas production on coalbed methane recoverability parameters

In investigating the effect of biogenic gas production on the recovery of coalbed methane (CBM), coal samples spanning different ranks were applied in the microbial-functioned simulation experiments for biogenic methane production. Based on the biogenic methane yield, testing of pore structures, and the isothermal adsorption data of coals used before and after the simulation experiments, several key parameters related to the recovery of CBM, including recovery rate, gas saturation and critical/original reservoir pressure ratio, etc., were calculated and the corresponding variations were further analyzed. The results show that one of the significant functions of microbial communities on coal is possibly to weaken its affinity for methane gas, especially with the advance of coal ranks; and that by enhancing the pore system of coal, which can be evidenced by the increase of porosity and permeability, the samples collected from Qianqiu (Yima in Henan) and Shaqu (Liulin in Shanxi) coal mines all see a notable increase in the critical desorption pressure, gas saturation and recovery rate, as compared to the moderate changes of that of Guandi (Xishan in Shanxi) coal sample. It is concluded that the significance of enhanced biogenic gas is not only in the increase of CBM resources and the improvement of CBM recoverability, but in serving as an engineering reference for domestic coalbed biogenic gas production.