Abstract:
Using self-made experimental system, experiments were performed on coal samples to study supercritical CO
2 seepage, adsorption and CH
4 displacement by supercritical CO
2. Experimental results show that permeability and adsorption of supercritical CO
2 in coal increase with CO
2 pressures. Pressures and temperatures of CO
2 influence the values of displaced CH
4. Values of displaced CH
4 increase by average 0.076 cm
3/g and sweep efficiency rises by 17%-23% with the CO
2 pressure increasing from 8 MPa to 12 MPa, while displacement volume decreases linearly. With the temperature rising by 10℃, sweep efficiency increases by 8% while displacement volume declines by 0.5 on average.