High Pressure Strength of Spherical Coal Groups
High pressure strength of spherical coal groups is an important factor in the study of coal combustion and energy restoration. As coal and hook relationship, with the increase of pressure, the coal group increases significantly until the pressure reaches a certain threshold, then the coal group strength sharply. This article discusses the mechanism of the strength of spherical coal groups under the high pressure and the related experimental results.
The strength of the spherical coal group under high pressure is mainly composed of three parts: internal attraction force between coal molecules, external force generated by external pressure, and microscopic structural characteristics of coal. The strength of the coal group under normal pressure can be simplified as the sum of the three components.
Under high pressure, due to the decrease of molecular space between coal molecules, the attraction force between coal molecules is greatly enhanced, forming a strong coal molecular lattice. However, the increase of pressure will squeeze the coal molecules and block the access of oxygen molecules, so that the carbon-oxygen connection will be obliterated or broken, which results in the decrease of coal strength under high pressure. In addition, external pressure can cause plastic deformation of spherical coal groups and increase the coal strength.
Microscopic characteristics, such as coal macroporous structure and mesoporous structure, can form additional internal space for coal, thereby providing additional mechanical strength for the spherical coal group under high pressure.
Experimental results have confirmed that the strength of spherical coal groups increases with the increase of coal pressure. At the same temperature, when the increasing pressure reaches a certain value (the strength threshold value), the increase of strength stops and even decreases, accompanied by a large number of cracks on the surface of spherical coal groups.
In summary, under high pressure, the strength of spherical coal groups is the result of the combination of external force, attraction force between coal molecules, and microscopic structural characteristics. The experimental results have shown that the increase of coal pressure can improve the strength of spherical coal groups to some extent, but there is a limit of strength threshold value. After the threshold strength, the strength of spherical coal groups will decrease and even crack.