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Geoscience ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (02): 273-280.DOI: 10.19657/j.geoscience.1000-8527.2019.016

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Pore and Fracture Structure of Coal Reservoir Constrained by Coal Metamorphism

FAN Qizhang1,2(), CAI Yidong1,2(), BEI Jinhan1,2, WANG Weihao1,2, ZHANG Xueying3   

  1. 1. School of Energy Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    2. Coal Reservoir Laboratory of National Engineering Research Center of Coalbed Methane Development & Utilization, Beijing 100083, China
    3. Huabei Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Renqiu,Hebei 062552, China
  • Received:2018-04-03 Revised:2019-10-20 Online:2020-05-25 Published:2020-05-25
  • Contact: CAI Yidong

Abstract:

To study the effects of coal metamorphism on the structure of pores and fractures, mercury intrusion porosimetry, low temperature nitrogen adsorption/desorption, vitrinite reflectance test, scanning electron microscopic (SEM) analysis, and fluorescence microscopy observation, were conducted to investigate the influence of coal metamorphic degree on porosity, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area, Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) total pore volume and fracture structure and density. The results indicate that with increasing coal metamorphism, the coal porosity increases first and then decreases, and finally increases slightly. Micropore volume (<10 nm) shows a U-shaped change with the increase of vitrinite reflectance, and small pores show an inverted U-shaped trend. The BET specific surface area, BJH total pore volume, and fracture density (fracture type B, C, and D) of medium- to high-grade metamorphosed coal have the same U-shaped trend. However, for type B, C, and D facture density of medium- to high-grade metamorphosed coal, the minimum values occur near Ro,m=1.1%, and the fracture density reduction of type D fractures is highest when the fracture density decreases. Integrated with the results of vitrinite reflectance, the pore and fracture development are closely related to the four abrupt changes of the coal metamorphism.

Key words: coal, metamorphic degree, pore, microscopic fracture

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