Research Article

Effects of Injection Pressure and Duration on Alternate High-Pressure Water-Gas Sequestration of Coalbed Methane

Table 1

Coal seam parameters.

SymbolParameterValueUnit

Coal density1250Kg/m3
Initial porosity0.031
Initial permeability3.8e-16m2
Methane standard density0.7Kg/m3
Air density1.293Kg/m3
Water density0.9814Kg/m3
Methane viscosity1.84e-5Pa·s
Air viscosity1.79e-5Pa·s
Water viscosity0.96e-3Pa·s
Injection pressure15MPa
Boundary pressure2MPa
Initial seam pressure2MPa
Reference temperature20°C
Initial water saturation0.11
Initial air saturation0.051
Initial methane volume fraction0.851