Influencing factors and experimental study on electrothermal high temperature field of the outburst coal in China

Abstract

In this study, we proposed a method to solve the problems of low permeability of the outburst coal seams and gas extraction in China. We used heating cables to heat outburst coal seams and increase the gas desorption capacity of coal seams to prevent outbursts. An experimental cement tank was constructed to investigate the influence of the heating temperature, cable layout and thermal insulation conditions in the cement tank on the electrothermal high-temperature field characteristics of the outburst coal sample. The following results were obtained: The effective heating radius of the heating cable was 800 mm ≤ R < 1,000 mm. As the heating time increased, the temperature of the coal sample in the cement tank first increased rapidly and then became stabilized. The same heating time, The coal sample temperature of the cement tank in the third experimental scheme is the highest When the heating temperature was 300°C, the maximum coal sample temperature was 107°C. The stable temperature of the coal sample in the cement tank was considerably higher under thermal insulation conditions than under no-thermal insulation conditions.