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P.B.Saik*, orcid.org/0000-0001-7758-1083, Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, Ukraine, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

M.H.Berdnyk, orcid.org/0000-0003-4894-8995, Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, Ukraine, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Naukovyi Visnyk Natsionalnoho Hirnychoho Universytetu. 2024, (5): 019 - 024

https://doi.org/10.33271/nvngu/2024-5/019

Abstract:

Purpose. To develop a mathematical model of the “coal-gas” medium heat transfer during underground coal gasification to predict the combustion face advance velocity and the duration of gasification column mining.

Methodology. To detect the temperature fields in the coal seam and gas, depending on the displacement length of the phase transition boundary, a boundary-value problem of mathematical physics has been developed. To solve this boundary-value problem, Boltzmann transformations, as well as methods for solving ordinary differential equations, are used. Newton-Raphson method, which has quadratic convergence, is used to find the roots of the transcendental equation.

Findings. Tendencies in the formation of mathematical models when studying temperature fields around an underground gasifier have been analyzed, with highlighting their disadvantages. A mathematical model of heat transfer during underground gasification has been developed, taking into account the phase transition boundaries of the “coal-gas” medium. A computational experiment was conducted to determine the temperature of the phase transition boundary based on the length of the gasification column and the duration of the process.

Originality. A mathematical model for heat transfer during coal gasification in the form of a boundary-value problem of mathematical physics, which consists of parabolic heat-transfer equations, the Stefan condition at the phase transition boundary, and the Dirichlet boundary conditions, has been constructed. As a result of solving the boundary-value problem, a self-similar solution has been obtained for the distribution of the coal seam and gas temperature fields, as well as the position of the phase transition boundary depending on the gasification duration and on the medium density, thermal conductivity coefficients, specific heat capacity of gas and coal, specific calorific value and temperature of coal combustion, initial coal temperature and constant temperature of the gasification process. The conducted analysis of numerical calculations provides a deeper understanding of the dynamics of underground coal gasification process and makes necessary corrections to achieve the maximum process efficiency.

Practical value. A methodology for determining the displacement length of the phase transition boundary of the “coal-gas” medium has been developed, taking into account the change in the combustion face temperature along the gasification zone length depending on the duration of this process. Application of the methodology makes it possible to predict the time of mining the gasified coal column for drawing up a calendar plan for mining operations.

Keywords: underground gasification, mathematical model, coal, gas, phase transition, Stefan conditions

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