Multi-field coupling effect on coalbed methane seepage characteristics and numerical simulation

This paper studies the seepage of coal samples under the influence of each single factor, the axial stress, confining pressure, gas pressure, and temperature by experiments. It uses Ansys12.0 to numerically simulate the law of coalbed methane seepage, coal deformation, pore pressure, the distribution of flow field under the influence of each single field and multi-field coupled. The numerical simulation show that the result of numerical simulation of gas seepage law in the coal under each single fields is basically the same as the experimental result. The curve of gas seepage and average effective stress under the condition of multi-field coupled is negative exponential relationship. Stress influenced the deformation of the specimen is greater than the seepage field. The axial stress on the deformation of the specimen is greater than confining presses The influence on the flow field by confining pressure is greater than axial stress, the influence of axial stress on the pore pressure is greater than confining pressure, pore-pressure under the action of multi-field is bigger than pro-pressure under each single field. To study the seepage law of coalbed methane, it should consider the influence of gas-solid-heat at the same time.