Prospect analysis of high temperature air combustion technology for low calorific value coalbed methane in Liupanshui area of Guizhou province

Abstract

China’s coalbed methane resource is abundant, which ranks third in the world. The total amount of coalbed methane resources in Guizhou Province accounts for about 10% of China, which ranks second in the country. However, the utilization rate of coalbed methane in Guizhou Province is not only low, but also relatively single, especially the low calorific value coalbed methane extracted from underground mines which has a methane concentration of only 10-30%. And the main method to deal with low calorific value coalbed methane is discharging directly, which caused a huge waste of energy. High temperature air combustion technology (HTAC), which expands the utilization range of low calorific value fuels, has attracted wide attention due to its characteristics of extreme recovery of waste heat and ultra-low NOx emission. In this paper, the characteristics of high temperature air combustion of low calorific value coalbed methane are analyzed by theoretical and numerical calculation based on combustion theory and CFD method.