Coal-bed methane (CBM) is a new type of clean energy, which is abundant in China. Rational development and use of CBM can\nnot only reduce the occurrence of mine disasters but also alleviate energy shortages. However, the â??high storage capacity and lowpermeabilityâ?\ncharacteristics of Chinaâ??s CBM have hindered the realization of industrialized CBM production. To study the effect\nof microwave radiation on the permeability of coal reservoirs, a seepage experiment under different stress and microwave\nradiation conditions was carried out by using the seepage experiment system of gas-bearing coal under microwave radiation\ndeveloped by the authors. The relationship among different microwave powers, different irradiation times, different energy inputs,\nand coal permeability was explored. The results show that the microwave power effect and the temperature effect promote coal\npermeability. Under microwave radiation, the relationship between permeability and effective stress followed a negative exponential\nfunction, and all R-squared values were greater than 0.97. The permeability increased monotonically with increasing\nmicrowave power and irradiation time, and the linear fitting slope of the rate of increase in the low-effective-stress area was greater\nthan in the high-effective-stress area. Under the same energy input, permeability increased with rising microwave power. Thepeak\ntemperature of the coal sample also increased with increasing power. When the microwave power increased to a certain range, the\npermeability growth of the coal sample was the greatest, and the temperature gradient of the coal-sample temperature field was the\nsteepest. The coal sample experienced the optimum microwave radiation power under the action of microwaves to achieve the\npermeability enhancement effect of microwaves on the coal sample. The experimental results provide a theoretical reference for\napplying microwave radiation technology in coal-bed methane extraction.
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