Study on Change Rules of Factors Affecting Gas Loss during Coalbed Air Reverse Circulation Sampling
Open Access
- 20 April 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Advances in Civil Engineering
- Vol. 2021, 1-15
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5550726
Abstract
The gas loss in sampling is the root of coalbed gas content measurement error. The pressure and particle size have a significant impact on the gas loss. Using the self-developed coal particle pneumatic pipeline transportation experimental system, this study investigated the pressure and particle size changes in the sampling pipeline. It is found that the sampling process can be divided into four stages: no flow field stage, sample outburst stage, stable conveying stage, and tail purging stage. The extreme pressure in the sampling pipeline appears at the sample outburst stage; and the pressure in the pipeline has levelled off after sharp decrease in the stable conveying stage. It is also found that the extreme pressure increases first and then decreases with the increase of particle size. The duration of outburst stage is negatively correlated with particle size, and that of stable conveying stage is positively correlated with particle size. In addition, the results show that the loss rate of 13mm particles is the smallest after the test but that particles less than 1mm increase by about two times and particles greater than 3mm decrease by more than three times. The study also shows that the particle size distribution of coal samples is a single peak with left skew distribution, and the gas reverse circulation sampling test does not change the location of the peak but makes it higher and sharper. The single size coal sample is more likely to collide than the mixture. This study can help to advance the understanding of impact factors on gas loss during reverse circulation sampling.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Key Research and Development Plan of China (2016ZX05045-006-001, 2020-TD-QN014, 2018YFC0808001)
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