Thermal-mechanical modelling around the cavities of underground coal gasification

Yang, Dongmin, Sarhosis, Vasilis and Sheng, Yong 2014. Thermal-mechanical modelling around the cavities of underground coal gasification. Journal of the Energy Institute 87 (4) , pp. 321-329. 10.1016/j.joei.2014.03.029

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Abstract

Underground coal gasification (UCG) is an efficient method for the conversion of the deep coal resources into energy. This paper is concerned with a feasibility study of the potential of deeply lying coal seams (>1200 m) for the application of UCG combined with subsequent storage of CO2 for a site located in Bulgaria. A thermal–mechanical coupled model was developed using the ABAQUS software package to predict the heat transfer, the stress distributions around the UCG and the consequent surface subsidence. Material properties of rocks and coal were obtained from existing literature and geomechanical tests which were carried out on samples derived from the demonstration site in Bulgaria. Three days of gasification has been simulated by assigning a moving heat flux on a cell of 2 m × 2 m × 2 m at a velocity of 2 m/day. Results of temperature and stress distribution showed that the developed numerical model was able to simulate the heat propagation and the stress distribution around cavities under a thermal–mechanical coupled loading during the UCG process. Also, the surface subsidence was found to be 0.08 mm after three days of gasification for the case studied. It is anticipated that the results of this paper can be used for the prediction and optimization of the UCG process in deep coal seams.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1743-9671
Last Modified:	21 Feb 2019 10:54
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/58768

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