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Comparison of Gravimetric Determination of Methane Sorption Capacities of Coals for Using Their Results in Assessing Outbursts in Mines

Dariusz Obracaj (obracaj@agh.edu.pl), Marek Korzec (mkorzec@agh.edu.pl) and Marcin Dreger
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Dariusz Obracaj: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management, AGH University of Krakow, Mickiewicza 30 Av., 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Marek Korzec: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management, AGH University of Krakow, Mickiewicza 30 Av., 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Marcin Dreger: CLP-B Laboratory, Rybnicka 6, 44-335 Jastrzebie-Zdroj, Poland

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 17, 1-14

Abstract: The gravimetric method for determining coal gas sorption has many advantages and limitations. The article presents the influence of various factors on the results of methane sorption on coal. In mining practice, in addition to sorption properties of coal, knowledge of methane sorption capacity and effective diffusion coefficient determined when assuming a unipore sorption/desorption model are crucial for predicting sudden releases of methane from coal seams to a mine ventilation environment. In Poland, determining sorption capacities of coals for methane is mandatory when starting mining operations in new parts of coal deposits threatened by outbursts. Traditionally, gravimetric microbalances, such as intelligent gravimetric analysis (IGA), are used to determine adsorption capacity and desorption rate. Recently, newer microbalances XEMIS have been introduced to the market. Two gas laboratories, AGH in Krakow and CLP-B in Jastrzebie-Zdroj, respectively, compared experimental adsorption isotherms using XEMIS microbalances with mutually exchanged coal samples. Both sorption capacity at the pressure of 1 bar ( a 1 b a r ) and effective diffusion coefficient ( D e ) were independently determined for the coal samples tested. The results obtained are comparable despite the use of different microbalance XEMIS models. The conducted studies and comparative evaluation of the results allowed for assessing procedures for determining sorption properties using XEMIS microbalances. The exchange of laboratory experiences also allowed for the identification of methodology factors crucial for the development of a uniform procedure for conducting similar studies with XEMIS microbalance. The proposed factors for testing the sorption behavior of methane in coal structures may be helpful in mining practice.

Keywords: gas disaster prevention and control; gas and coal outburst; sorption properties of coal; sorption isotherm; sorption capacity; effective diffusion coefficient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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