Study on law of raw coal seepage during loading process at different gas pressures

In order to reveal the law of raw coal seepage at different gas pressures, the gravity constant load seepage experimental system was developed and used. The law of raw coal seepage at different gas pressures with He, N-2 and CO2 was investigated. The results show that, in a given state of stress during the experiment, with the increase of gas pressure, the permeability of raw coal sample prone to outburst exhibits a significantly decrease, and then exhibits an increasing trend when reaching the extreme point. The law of Klingberg coefficient related to the stress state and the gas adsorption properties was also obtained. Under the same experimental conditions, the Klingberg coefficient of He is greater than that of N-2; and the Klingberg coefficient of CO2 has minimum value; so the stronger the gas adsorption is, the smaller the Klingberg coefficient of gas goes. Klinkenberg coefficient decreases with the increase of effective stress. Under the same conditions, the permeability of He is greater than that of N-2; the permeability of CO2 has minimum value; so the stronger the gas adsorption is, the lower the permeability of the coal sample goes. The results have important significance in revealing the mechanism of gas seepage, predicting coal mine gas disaster, and gas drainage and safety production. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of China University of Mining & Technology.