PHYSICAL SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS OF METHANE TRANSPORT IN COAL SEAM

This paper studies the effect of ground stress, pore gas pressure and adsorbed methane on methane transport in coal seam. and researches into the applleability of Darey’s inw to methane transport. The additional expansion stress of coal induced by adsorbed methane is measured. The paper establishes the constitutive equation of methane transport, taking ground stress, pore gas pressure and Klinkenburg’s effects into consideration. The features of methane transport under the condition of given stress or strain have been analyzed.