Abstract

During underground coal gasification (UCG), whereby coal is converted to syngas in situ, a cavity is formed in the coal seam. The cavity growth rate (CGR) or the moving rate of the gasification face is affected by controllable (operation pressure, gasification time, geometry of UCG panel) and uncontrollable (coal seam properties) factors. The CGR is usually predicted by mathematical models and laboratory experiments, which are time consuming, cumbersome and expensive. In this paper, a new simple model for CGR is developed using non-linear regression analysis, based on data from 11 UCG field trials. The empirical model compares satisfactorily with Perkins model and can reliably predict CGR.

Details

Title
Prediction of cavity growth rate during underground coal gasification using multiple regression analysis
Author
Najafi Mehdi 1 ; Jalali Seyed Mohammad Esmaiel 2 ; KhaloKakaie Reza 2 ; Forouhandeh Farrokh 3 

 Yazd University, Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Yazd, Iran (GRID:grid.413021.5) (ISNI:0000000406128240) 
 Shahrood University, Faculty of Mining Engineering, Petroleum and Geophysics, Shahrud, Iran (GRID:grid.440804.c) 
 Shahrood University, Department of Mathematics, Shahrud, Iran (GRID:grid.440804.c) 
Pages
318-324
Publication year
2015
Publication date
Dec 2015
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
20958293
e-ISSN
21987823
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2413794157
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2015. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.