Abstract
The study of isothermal adsorption models for coal and methane under supercritical conditions helps us to understand the gas content distribution in coal seams and improve gas management in coal mines. Coal samples from the Hebi mine and Longshan coal mine were selected for this research. Using the weight method, isothermal adsorption curves of supercritical methane at temperatures of 308, 313, and 318 K were measured. The adsorption phase density of supercritical methane was obtained by using the intercept method and model fitting, and the absolute adsorption capacity of methane was calculated. Simultaneously, the pore volume and specific surface area of the coal samples were tested, and the isothermal adsorption model for supercritical methane was studied and optimized. The results indicate that using mercury intrusion, low-temperature N2, and low-temperature CO2 adsorption methods for testing coal sample pore structures allows for multiscale characterization of the coal pore structure. Based on the Gibbs excess adsorption theory, the phase density of methane obtained from the intercept method and model fitting effectively represent the isothermal adsorption curve of supercritical methane. By combination of the specific surface area and pore volume distribution of the coal with the absolute adsorption capacity of methane, the number of methane adsorption layers on the coal surface was calculated to be between 1.11 and 1.3 layers. This suggests that the isothermal adsorption model for supercritical methane on coal is not solely micropore filling or single molecular layer adsorption but primarily single molecular layer adsorption with concurrent micropore filling adsorption. Based on this adsorption mechanism, an L-DA isothermal adsorption model for supercritical methane on coal was established. The L-DA isothermal model shows good fitting results and effectively explains the adsorption characteristics of supercritical methane on coal.
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