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Effect of liquid carbon dioxide phase change fracturing technology on gas drainage

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Coal mine researchers have been studying the subject of improving the effect of gas drainage to control gas accident. This paper focuses on a new permeability-improvement technology, liquid carbon dioxide phase change fracturing technology. This technology can be classified as physical blasting by using the phase energy of liquid carbon dioxide in the drilling underground coal mine. According to the results of field tests, by applying the liquid carbon dioxide phase change fracturing technology, the radius of the damaged area in the coal body around the drilling reached 5 m. Also, compared with the original coal body, the permeability of the damaged area increased approximately six times. In addition, based on the permeability of the damaged area, the influence of the liquid carbon dioxide phase change fracturing technology on the gas drainage radius was analyzed by numerical calculation. It can be observed from the numerical results that the effect of gas drainage was improved greatly by the liquid carbon dioxide phase change fracturing operation. Research results of this paper can contribute to safe and efficient mining of coal mines.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Science and Technology Research Project of Henan Province (172102310640), the State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for Gas Geology and Gas Control of Henan Province (WS2017B13, Henan Polytechnic University), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2014M561989), the Ph.D. Foundation of Henan Polytechnic University (B2014-001), the Support Program on Science and Technology Innovation of University in Henan Province (17IRTSTHN030), the Key Scientific Research Projects of Colleges of Henan Province (16A440005), and the National Foundation for the Youth of China (No. 51504084).

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  1. MOE Engineering Center of Mine Disaster Prevention and Rescue, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, Henan, 454000, People’s Republic of China

    Hai-dong Chen, Zhao-feng Wang, Ling-ling Qi & Feng-hua An

  2. State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base for Gas Geology and Gas Control, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, Henan, 454000, People’s Republic of China

    Hai-dong Chen

  3. Collaborative Innovation Center of Coal Safety Production of Henan Province, Jiaozuo, Henan, 454000, People’s Republic of China

    Hai-dong Chen & Zhao-feng Wang

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Chen, Hd., Wang, Zf., Qi, Ll. et al. Effect of liquid carbon dioxide phase change fracturing technology on gas drainage. Arab J Geosci 10, 314 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-017-3103-0

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