Research Article

Analysis of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Coupling of Coal and Gas with Absorption/Desorption Thermal Effect

Table 4

The parameters used for gas migration in coal seam.

VariableParameterValueUnit

Young’s modulus of coal2.56 × 103MPa
Poisson’s ratio of coal0.12
Density of coal1400kg·m−3
Universal gas constant8.3143J·mol−1 K−1
Gas molar volume22.4 × 10−3m3·mol−1
Initial porosity of coal0.0436
Initial permeability of coal1.77 × 10−18M2
Initial temperature292.4K
Initial gas pressure of coal1.3MPa
Methane dynamic viscosity1.087 × 10−5Pa·s
Density of gas at standard condition0.717kg·m−3
Pressure at standard condition0.101325MPa
Langmuir’s volume constant0.03476m3·kg−1
Langmuir’s pressure constant0.6521MPa
Temperature at standard condition273K
Volumetric thermal expansion of the solid matrix coefficient0.000116K−1
Thermal conductivity of coal particles0.443J·m−1·s−1 K−1
Specific heat capacity of gas2.16kJ·kg−1 K−1
Specific heat capacity of coal1.26kJ·kg−1 K−1