Phenomenon of methane driven caused by hydraulic fracturing in methane-bearing coal seams |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Key Laboratory of Deep Coal Resource Mining, Ministry of Education of China, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China;2. School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China;1. School of Mechanics and Architecture Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing 100083, China;2. State Key Laboratory for Geomechnics & Deep Underground Engineering, Beijing 100083, China;1. State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics & Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China;2. School of Mechanics & Civil Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China |
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| Abstract: | The methane concentration of the return current will always be enhanced to a certain degree when hydraulic fracturing with bedding drilling is implemented to a gassy coal seam in an underground coal mine. The methane in coal seam is driven out by hydraulic fracturing. Thus, the phenomenon is named as methane driven effect of hydraulic fracturing. After deep-hole hydraulic fracturing at the tunneling face of the gassy coal seam, the coal methane content exhibits a “low-high-low” distribution along excavation direction in the following advancing process, verifying the existence of methane driven caused by hydraulic fracturing in methane-bearing coal seam. Hydraulic fracturing causes the change of pore-water and methane pressure in surrounding coal. The uneven distribution of the pore pressure forms a pore pressure gradient. The free methane migrates from the position of high pore (methane) pressure to the position of low pore (methane) pressure. The methane pressure gradient is the fundamental driving force for methane-driven coal seam hydraulic fracturing. The uneven hydraulic crack propagation and the effect of time (as some processes need time to complete and are not completed instantaneously) will result in uneven methane driven. Therefore, an even hydraulic fracturing technique should be used to avoid the negative effects of methane driven; on the other hand, by taking fully advantage of methane driven, two technologies are presented. |
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| Keywords: | Methane-bearing coal seam Hydraulic fracturing Pore pressure gradient Methane driven |
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