Testing Study on the Effects of Water Content on Permeability for Coal

Abstract:

To obtain the effects of water content on the permeability of coal, briquette specimen were obtained from Wulong Mine, Liaoning Province. The permeability of the air drying, bounding water and saturating specimens were tested with self-made equipment respectively, and the effects of water content on permeability for coal were studied. The results showed that: (1)The permeability of specimens decreases with confining pressure increasing, and the air drying and bounding water specimens take on obvious slippage effect. However the saturated specimens never take on slippage effects. It is because the channels of saturated coal sample are occupied by water. When the gas goes through specimens, gas never is absorbed. Collision between gas and the channel wall decreases, and the slippage effect disappears. (2) With water content increasing, the permeability of specimens decreases. (3)The permeability of specimens increases when pore pressure increases.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 580-583)
• Pages: 201-204
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.580-583.201
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Chun Hui Zhang, Xiao Pan Xu*
• Keywords: CoAl, Permeability, Slippage Effects, Water Content

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