煤层吸附气密度模型及气体吸附行为再认识

Adsorbed gas density model and re-understanding of gas adsorption behavior in coal seam

  • 摘要: 明确煤层吸附气密度是研究煤层气吸附特征及煤层气真实含气量的基础,而现有吸附气密度计算方法未体现温度、压力的影响。鉴于此,采用气体分子间、气固分子间相互作用势能理论,构建了近壁面处气体密度非均匀分布模型,进而获得了吸附厚度与吸附层数计算方程,推导了吸附气密度计算模型,从而建立了吸附量计算模型。所建模型的可靠性通过了分子动力学模拟结果以及吸附物理实验结果的验证。通过模型分析可知,吸附气密度受气固相互作用强度、温度、压力的影响:煤体对气体吸附能力越强,气固相互作用强度越大,近壁面处气体密度越大,吸附气密度越大,吸附层数越大;距壁面1个分子层区域内为强吸附区域,强吸附区域内吸附行为主控因素是气固相互作用;距离孔隙壁面大于1个分子层吸附区域为弱吸附区域,强吸附区域内吸附行为主控因素是外压作用。随着压力升高,近壁面处气体密度增加,且气体吸附过程为优先填充强吸附区域,后填充弱吸附区域。吸附气密度与游离气密度均随压力升高而增大,但吸附层数减小。过剩吸附量在吸附气密度与吸附层厚度的综合作用下随压力升高呈现下降或稳定趋势。吸附气密度与游离气密度、吸附层数、吸附量均随温度升高而呈现降低趋势。降压和增温能够有效解吸距壁面大于0.2 nm范围内的吸附气,然而距壁面小于0.2 nm范围内气体吸附行为唯一控制因素是气固相互作用,通过减弱气固相互作用强度能够进一步增加气体解吸量。此外,温度升高和压力增大引起气体吸附层数下降是深部煤层吸附气占比下降的原因。

     

    Abstract: Clarifying the adsorbed gas density of coal seam is the basis of studying the adsorption characteristics and the real gas content of coalbed methane, but the existing calculation methods of adsorbed gas density do not reflect the influence of temperature and pressure. Based on the analysis of the potential energy of gas intermolecular interaction and gas-solid molecular interaction, a non-uniform distribution model of gas density near the wall was constructed, and then the calculation equations of adsorption thickness and adsorption layer number were obtained. Then the calculation model of adsorbed gas density was derived, and corresponding adsorption model was established. The reliabilities of the proposed models have been verified by molecular dynamic simulation results and adsorption experimental results. The analysis results show that the adsorbed gas density is greatly affected by gas-solid interaction strength, pressure, and temperature. The stronger the gas adsorption capacity of coal, the greater the gas-solid interaction strength, the higher the gas density near the wall, the higher the adsorbed gas density, and the larger the adsorbed layer number. The region with 1 molecular layer thickness away from the wall is the strong adsorption region, and the main factor affecting the adsorption behavior in this region is gas-solid interaction; the region with more than 1 molecular layer thickness away from the wall is the weak adsorption region, and the main factor affecting the adsorption behavior in this region is external pressure. The gas density near the wall increases with the pressure ascending, and the gas adsorption process is to fill the strong adsorption region first and then to fill the weak adsorption region. Adsorbed gas density and free gas density both increase with the increase of pressure, but the adsorbed gas molecular layers’ number will decrease. The excess adsorption capacity shows a decreasing or stable trend with the ascent of pressure, as a result of the combined action of adsorbed gas density and molecular layers’ number. With the temperature increasing, adsorbed gas density, free gas density, adsorbed gas molecular layers’ number and thickness, and the absolute and excess adsorption capacity all show a downtrend, but the gas density in the range of 0.2 nm near the wall is less affected by temperature. Therefore, assisted by the desorption methods of reducing pressure and rising temperature, reducing the intensity of gas-solid interaction can further reduce the gas absolute adsorption capacity. In addition, the decrease in gas adsorption layers’ number caused by the effect of rising temperature and increased pressure is the reason for the decline in the proportion of adsorbed gas in deep coal seams.

     

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