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CO2/N2驱替无烟煤中CH4效率的压力效应:分子模拟研究

Molecular simulation of pressure effects on the CH4 displacement efficiency by CO2/N2 injection on anthracite

  • 摘要: 煤层气强化开发(enhanced coalbed methane recovery, ECBM)在提高采收率与CO2地质封存方面潜力显著,但现场实践表明,仅靠提高注入压力难以获得理想增产效果。为了探究不同注气模式下煤层气驱替的微观机理,构建了无烟煤晶胞分子模型,综合运用巨正则蒙特卡洛(Grand Canonical Monte Carlo, GCMC)、分子动力学(Molecular Dynamics, MD)与密度泛函理论(Density Functional Theory, DFT)模拟方法,定量分析了CO2、CH4及N2三种气体在无烟煤中的吸附等温线、分子间相互作用能,并模拟了等压与高压注入条件下CO2/N2对吸附态CH4的驱替过程,以分子视角考察了气体扩散系数及驱替速率的变化规律。结果表明:三种气体在无烟煤模型中的吸附量从大到小依次为CO2、CH4、N2,其相互作用能主要来源于范德华力中的色散分量。驱替过程可分为两个主要阶段:注气初期,高压注入气体以压力驱动为主,促使游离态CH4迅速产出,此阶段驱替速率较高,约为等压扩散条件下的2.4~3.6倍,但随压力升高其衰减较快;随着系统趋于平衡,压力驱动逐渐退出主导,驱替机制转为以竞争吸附为主,吸附态CH4被置换解吸,对总产气量贡献显著。CH4的总驱替量受竞争吸附与CH4分压降低效应共同控制。等压注CO2时,CH4分压下降更为明显,其最终CH4驱替效果最优。此外,初始CH4吸附压力(储层压力)越高,系统平衡后CH4的驱替效率反而降低,降幅可达34%~54%,表明过高注入压力并不利于维持长期稳定的CH4产出。

     

    Abstract: Enhanced coalbed methane (ECBM) technology shows significant potential in improving methane recovery and enabling CO2 geological sequestration in deep coal seams. However, field practices indicate that merely increasing injection pressure fails to achieve ideal CH4 production enhancement, as the underlying microscopic displacement mechanisms remain unclear. To address this, a molecular model of an anthracite unit cell was constructed. Combining Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC), Molecular Dynamics (MD), and Density Functional Theory (DFT) simulations, the adsorption isotherms and the interaction energies of CO2, CH4, and N2 on coal were quantitatively analyzed, and the displacement processes of adsorbed CH4 by CO2/N2 were simulated under both isobaric and high pressure injection conditions. The variations in gas diffusion coefficients and displacement rates were investigated from a molecular perspective. The results reveal that the adsorption capacities of the three gases on the anthracite model follow the order (CO2 > CH4 > N2),and the interaction energies mainly arise from the dispersion component of van der Waals forces. The displacement process comprises two main stages: initially, high pressure injection is dominated by pressure-driven flow, rapidly producing free-state CH4 with a displacement rate 2.4 to 3.6 times higher than that under isobaric diffusion, although this rate decays rapidly with increasing pressure. As the system approaches diffusion equilibrium, the pressure-driven flow gradually ceases to dominate, and the displacement mechanism becomes dominated by competitive adsorption, where adsorbed CH4 is desorbed and contributes significantly to the total production. The overall CH4 displacement volume is co-controlled by the competitive adsorption effect and the reduction in CH4 partial pressure. During isobaric injection, CO2 yields the optimal CH4 displacement outcome due to its stronger competitive adsorption capacity and a more pronounced decrease in CH4 partial pressure. Furthermore, higher injection pressures lead to lower sustained CH4 displacement efficiency after system equilibrium, with displacement rates decreasing by approximately 34% to 54%, indicating that excessively high injection pressure is detrimental to maintaining long-term stable CH4 production.

     

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