Impact of CO2 injection and differential deformation on CO2 injectivity under in-situ stress conditions

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-108

  Chen, Zhongwei ^a   Liu, Jishan ^a   Elsworth, Derek ^b   Connell, Luke D ^c   Pan, Zhejun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

CO2 swelling; Coal permeability; Enhanced coalbed methane recovery; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

BINARY GAS; CO2 SWELLING; COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION; COMPLEX INTERACTION; CROSS-COUPLINGS; DIFFERENTIAL DEFORMATION; EFFECTIVE STRESS; ENHANCED COALBED METHANE RECOVERIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FE MODEL; FIELD SCALE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FULLY-COUPLED; GAS COMPOSITIONS; GAS FLOWS; GAS INTERACTION; GAS SORPTION; INJECTION RATES; INJECTIVITY; INSITU STRESS; MATRIX SWELLING; MECHANICAL BOUNDARIES; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; MODEL RESULTS; MULTI-PHYSICS; NET EFFECT; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PERMEABILITY INCREASE; POISSON'S RATIO; SORPTION PROPERTIES; SWELLING STRAIN; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; VARIABLE STRESS; VERTICAL STRESS; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ADSORPTION; CAPILLARITY; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL STORAGE; COAL TRANSPORTATION; COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLED CIRCUITS; DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FIREDAMP; GAS PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAL RECOVERY; METHANE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; POISSON RATIO; POROSITY; STRAIN; STRESSES; SWELLING;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COALBED METHANE; DIFFUSION; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAS FLOW; IN SITU STRESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PERMEABILITY; POISSON RATIO; POROSITY; SWELLING;

EID: 73449122585     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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