Quantitative study on the role of desorption gas on coal-gas outbursts: Energy contribution and dynamic characteristics

Abstract

Coal-gas outburst is a violent phenomenon of energy release and strong dynamics is generated in underground coal mining. Coal-gas outbursts are accompanied by strong coal pulverization, and the gas desorbed by pulverized coal will in turn promote the development and spread of outbursts. Quantitative study on the role desorption gas played can improve the disaster-causing mechanism of coal-gas outburst and guide the work of outburst prevention and disaster reduction. Based on established gas emission model, the gas desorption is combined with the outburst process and its dynamic characteristics in this paper. The energy contribution and outburst dynamics with desorption gas are quantitatively studied under various desorption conditions, verified by outburst experiments. The results indicate that the energy contribution of desorption gas is 15.49–58.59% for JG71 coal, 4.49–57.26% for JG82 coal. The coal pulverization in the JG82 coal seam has a great influence on the energy contribution of desorption gas. After correction of gas desorption, the energy contribution increases by ∼20%. The maximum energy release rate (MERR) of the outburst with 0.075–0.15 mm JG71 coal sample reaches is 2.87 times that of the 1–2.36 mm coal sample at 3 MPa, and even 5.72 times that of the JG82 coal sample. For the outburst experiments, the energy contribution of desorption gas is 31.97–40.06% with 1–2.36 mm coal, 50.29–52.76% with < 0.25 mm coal. This paper presents a novel quantitative study defining the role of gas desorption in outburst energy and dynamics, applicable to disaster risk assessment and an accurate method to derive the energy contribution of desorption gas in experiments is proposed.