煤层注热CO2驱替CH4特性实验研究*

为研究注CO2增产煤层气过程中注气温度对煤层渗透特性变化的影响,利用自主研发的CO2置换驱替CH4实验系统,在注气温度为40,50,60 ℃条件下进行CO2置换驱替CH4实验,定量分析置换驱替过程中出口气体流量、孔隙压力以及煤层渗透率等变化规律。研究结果表明:在实验测试的40~60 ℃范围内,提高CO2注入温度有助于产出更多的CH4及封存CO2,CO2注入温度越高,出口混合气体流量和CH4气体流量越大,呈现出先升高后降低并趋于稳定的变化趋势,实验结束时置换体积比分别为2.704,2.741和2.595,注气温度为60 ℃时驱替效果较好,每产出单位体积的CH4注入的CO2量最少;煤层孔隙压力随注气时间呈现先逐渐上升后趋于平稳的变化趋势,逐渐趋近注气压力0.8 MPa;注CO2置换驱替CH4及提高CO2注入温度会降低煤层的渗透性,注气温度恒定时,渗透率随注气时间增加呈现先逐渐降低后趋于平稳的变化规律,注气温度由40 ℃升至60 ℃时,渗透率从0.017 1×10-15 m2下降至0.009 8×10-15 m2,降低幅度为34.50%~42.69%。     

高瓦斯低透气性煤层水力压裂数值模拟研究

针对高瓦斯低透气性煤层,采用RFPA2D-Flow软件,对水力压裂进行了数值模拟研究,再现了水力压裂过程中压裂孔周围裂纹的生成和扩展、渗透性和应力的变化。模拟结果表明：压裂过程中,裂纹规模和剪应力随着注水压力的不断增加而增大,并且剪应力的增加随着钻孔周围裂纹的扩展不断远离压裂孔,压裂孔周围的渗透性有了很大程度的提高,最大主应力和最小主应力随着注水压力的增加而减小。水力压裂的模拟结果对煤矿高瓦斯低透气性煤层的瓦斯抽采工作具有很重要的指导意义。     

Two-Phase Transport Model for the Pyrolysis Process of a Vertical Wood Cylinder,Including the Surrounding Flow Field

This paper describes a mathematical model for the pyrolysis of a small dry pine wood cylinder. The computational domain is axisymmetric and involves the heating chamber, with the wood cylinder vertically situated in the centre of the chamber. The model simulates the laminar flow around the particle and the laminar flow inside the wood/char matrix by applying a two-phase transport model where the solid wood/char matrix acts as one phase and the various gases produced from the pyrolysis process is assembled in the other phase.

Convective, conductive and thermal radiation transfer modes are included in the model. A two-step pyrolysis reaction scheme is used for the modelling of the conversion from wood to tar and gas. Both the thermal conductivity and the permeability of the wood/char matrix are modelled anisotropically in order to capture the directional differences in heat and mass transport, existing in real wood.

Results from simulations are compared with measurements from literature for the centre core solid temperature and the conversion from wood to char, tar and pyrolysis gas in the particle during heating. The results show very good agreement with the measured temperature profile. The simulated conversion profile shows an overall good agreement with the measurements, however with discrepancies in the early stage of the process. Besides the successful validation with the experimental data, it provides us with all the details of the distribution of the migrating pyrolysis gas and tar, the temperature, the velocity flow field and pressure in the wood/char cylinder.     

顶板水力挠动强制卸压煤层瓦斯抽采工程实践*

对塑性松软煤体进行水力挠动较难取得理想的瓦斯增浓提效效果,为克服该措施的局限性,使松软煤层有效卸压增透,可将挠动对象转移至煤层顶板砂岩。基于对顶板砂岩水力挠动裂隙发育、延展及煤层卸压增透机理分析,在试验矿井的松软煤层及顶板砂岩中分别施工钻孔进行水力挠动试验,同时采用多级指标对措施后的瓦斯抽采效果进行考察。结果表明:水力挠动作用下砂岩体内部形成有利于下部煤层瓦斯流动的裂隙网络,抽采流量、浓度及累计抽采纯量大幅提高;但由于高压水作用下松软煤体内部发生塑性变形、裂隙堵塞、瓦斯流动性弱化,导致抽采流量、浓度及累计抽采纯量不升反降。研究结果可为松软煤层实施水力挠动提供参考,以期实现较理想的瓦斯治理效果。     

Bedded Sediment Conditions and Macroinvertebrate Responses in New Mexico Streams: A First Step in Establishing Sediment Criteria

Excess fine sediments in streambeds are among the most pervasive causes of degradation in streams of the United States. Simple criteria for acceptable streambed fines are elusive because streambed fines and biotic tolerances vary widely in the absence of human disturbances. In response to the need for sediment benchmarks that are protective of minimum aquatic life uses under the Clean Water Act, we undertook a case study using surveys of sediment, physical habitat, and macroinvertebrates from New Mexico streams. Our approach uses weight of evidence to develop suggested benchmarks for protective levels of surficial bedded sediments <0.06 mm (silt and finer) and <2.0 mm (sand and finer). We grouped streams into three ecoregions that were expected to produce similar naturally occurring streambed textures and patterns of response to human disturbances. Within ecoregions, we employed stressor response models to estimate fine sediment percentages and bed stability that are tolerated by resident macroinvertebrates. We then compared individual stream sediment data with distributions among least‐disturbed reference sites to determine deviation from natural conditions, accounting for natural variability across ecoregion, gradient, and drainage area. This approach for developing benchmark values could be applied more widely to provide a solid basis for developing bedded sediment criteria and other protective management strategies in other regions.     

Long-term trends in the Real real prices of primary commodities: Inflation bias and the Prebisch–Singer hypothesis

In his recent article on measuring the long-term trends in the real prices of primary commodities, Cuddington (2010) extends in several important respects our earlier efforts (Svedberg and Tilton, 2006) to correct real commodity price trends for biases in the Consumer Price Index and other deflators. First, he argues for a log-linear relationship between prices and time. Second, he proposes a simple and quick method for obtaining corrected price trends from the published but uncorrected estimates. Finally, he illustrates, for the case of copper and presumably for many other commodities as well, the difficulties of obtaining real price trends significantly different from zero when the log values of the price data contain a unit root, requiring the use of difference stationary models.We welcome these insights, which should improve and make easier efforts to estimate correctly real commodity price trends over the long run. We would stress, however, that it is still important to correct for the biases in inflation indices, notwithstanding the failure of difference stationary models to obtain long-run real price trends (both corrected and uncorrected) significantly different from zero.