Journal
ENERGY
Volume 237, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.121450
Keywords
Coal reservoir; Microwave heating; Coalbed methane (CBM); Temperature; Microwave antenna
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Funding
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [20CX02307A]
- Opening Fund of National Engineering Laboratory of Offshore Geophysical and Exploration Equipment
- National Science and Technology Major Project of China [2016ZX05042004]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1762104]
- Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, China [2018BEE016]
- Shandong Key RD Program [2019GHZ001]
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This paper presents a new microwave heating technology for coalbed methane (CBM) and designs optimized structure of microwave antenna for heating. Numerical simulations and experimental verification show that the technology can efficiently raise the temperature of coal reservoir and enhance the CBM production.
Microwave heating is an efficient thermal stimulation approach in developing coalbed methane (CBM). In this paper, a new microwave heating technology for CBM is proposed and two structure schemes of waveguide antennas for heating are designed. After characterizing the mathematical model of the microwave coaxial antenna radiation, the numerical model of coal reservoir heated by microwave is established, which couples both the electromagnetic field and the heat transfer. The electromagnetic field distribution and the temperature changing law in coal reservoir during microwave heating process are solved numerically and verified by the designed experiment. A parametric study on heating effect yields an optimized structure of the microwave antenna, which is SD 6 x R8 and alpha = 15 degrees. After irradiated by the optimal antenna for 120 min, the average temperature rises to 62 degrees C (from 20 degrees C) and the energy efficiency reaches 85%. In different coal reservoirs, the maximum temperature ranges from 169 degrees C to 1586 degrees C and the maximum temperature gradient ranges from 2.52 degrees C/mm to 37.19 degrees C/mm, which are beneficial to the crack propagation. The microwave heating technology can provide fast and sufficient energy to raise the temperature of coal reservoir and is feasible for enhancing the CBM recovery. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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