Dual poroelastic response of coal seam to CO2 injection

43rd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium and 4th U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wu, Yu ^a,b   Liu, Jishan ^b   Chen, Zhongwei ^b   Elsworth, Derek ^c   Connell, Luke ^d   Pan, Zhejun ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL MATRIX; COAL SEAMS; DYNAMIC INTERACTION; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FE MODEL; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; FULLY-COUPLED; GAS FLOWS; GAS SORPTION; GAS TRANSPORT; INJECTIVITY; INSITU STRESS; MATRIX SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; PERMEABILITY MODEL; POROELASTIC; POROELASTIC MODEL; RESULTANT DEFORMATION; SIMULATION RESULT; STRESS CONDITION; VOLUME CHANGE;

CAPILLARITY; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; MODEL STRUCTURES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SIMULATORS; SORPTION;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

EID: 70450201124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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