Abstract:
The binary gas flooding technology (CO
2/N
2-ECBM) has become an important means of increasing the production of coalbed methane(CBM). It is of great significance to clarify the CO
2/N
2 competitive adsorption law in coal seams and its influence on the physical properties of coal seams. The molecular simulation software Materials Studio was used to establish a coal molecular model according to the actual temperature and pressure of the CBM block in Yanchuannan. On the basis of the Grand Canonical Monte Carlo(GCMC) method, the influence of each injection stage in the technology of CO
2/N
2 alternate displacement of CBM on the adsorption of CH
4 was studied, and the law of the influence of CO
2 and N
2 on the porosity and permeability of coal seams was clarified. The results show that during the CO
2 injection stage, the methane in the coal seam is rapidly desorbed, and due to the increase of the total amount of gas adsorbed in the coal seam, the coal matrix swelling effect enhances, which leads to a reduction in the pore volume of the coal. During the N
2 injection, the adsorption of CH
4 and CO
2 shows different degrees of reduction due to the partial pressure of N
2. The total adsorption amount of gas in coal molecules decreases rapidly when
ωN2/
ωCO2≤0.6, while it remains stable after the saturated adsorption of N
2. With the total amount of gas adsorption, the porosity and permeability of the coal seam show a rapid increase and then tend to be flat. In addition, the N
2 adsorption rate decreases rapidly after the
ωN2/
ωCO2>0.6, which makes the purity of the CH
4 lower in the produced gas, resulting in a large increase in the cost of later purification. Therefore, when
ωN2/
ωCO2=0.6, the amount of CH
4 desorption is the maximum and the coal porosity is relatively high, which is most conducive to CBM development.