FRACTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT-SCALE STRUCTURES IN WATER INJECTION COAL AND THEIR CONTROL MECHANISM ON DYNAMIC WATER MIGRATION

Zhen Liu, Zehan Yu, He Yang, Muyao Zhu, Shuyang Sun, Meiru Yao, Shuai Dong and Zheng Li
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Zhen Liu: College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, 579 Qianwangang Road, Huangdao District, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China2State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster, Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China
Zehan Yu: College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, 579 Qianwangang Road, Huangdao District, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China2State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster, Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China
He Yang: College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, 579 Qianwangang Road, Huangdao District, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China2State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster, Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China
Muyao Zhu: College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, 579 Qianwangang Road, Huangdao District, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China2State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster, Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China
Shuyang Sun: College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, 579 Qianwangang Road, Huangdao District, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China2State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster, Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China
Meiru Yao: College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, 579 Qianwangang Road, Huangdao District, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China2State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster, Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China
Shuai Dong: College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, 579 Qianwangang Road, Huangdao District, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China2State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster, Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China
Zheng Li: College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, 579 Qianwangang Road, Huangdao District, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China2State Key Laboratory of Mining Disaster, Prevention and Control Co-founded by Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, P. R. China

FRACTALS (fractals), 2023, vol. 31, issue 09, 1-18

Abstract: Clarifying the control mechanism of structures in water injection coal on dynamic water transport is fundamental for improving the effect of pre-wetting and dust reduction. Using nuclear magnetic resonance experimental system, we simulated realistic water injection coal seam conditions. We obtained the real mechanical environment of water injection coal seam, the T2 spectrum curves of the pore structure at different scales, realized a fine measurement of liquid permeability, proposed a method for calculating the fractal dimension of the specific surface area which combined a tortuosity fractal dimension algorithm, delineated micro-holes and medium–large holes, clarified the quantitative relationships between the structural porosity, the specific surface area, tortuosity, and permeability, and investigated the control mechanism of structural characteristics on the dynamic water transport process. The results showed that, under different mechanical environments, the fractal dimension of the specific surface area of micro–small pores was close to 2, while that of medium–large pores was close to 3. The former fractal dimension increased more obviously, indicating that medium–large pores are more easily compressed than micro–small ones. Under such conditions, the complexity of pore size distribution increased. Additionally, the fractal dimension increase of tortuosity was higher for medium–large pores than for micro–small pores, indicating that the hydraulic reconstruction process was more obvious at a large scale. According to the quantitative relationship between structural porosity, the specific surface area, tortuosity, and permeability, medium–large pores control most of the dynamic water migration in the coal bodies of Daliuta Coal Mine, while the whole pore size range has an important influence on dynamic water migration in the coal bodies of Luling Coal Mine. Our findings provide a solid scientific basis for the development of hydraulic permeability technologies for difficult-to-penetrate coal seams.

Keywords: Coal Seam Water Injection; Coal Mass Structure; Seepage Characteristics; Fractal Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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