Global economic development and the associated increase in consumption increase the demand for plastics. The result of these changes is the increase in the share of this group of used plastics in the structure of household waste. An innovative way of managing plastic waste is to use it as a component of a high-energy material. According to the conceptual assumptions, some plastics introduced into the structure of an explosive (Ex) in appropriate amounts can improve the energy parameters of a high-energy material. Modification of the composition of the explosive causes a change in its explosive and operational parameters. It also becomes necessary to develop a method of introducing an additional component. Computer programs for thermodynamic calculations are a tool for modeling the predicted energy parameters of an explosive. The performed simulations and modeling allow for the selection of appropriate compositions for laboratory and “in situ” tests. This reduces the number of field tests performed. This enables the more effective design of new explosive compositions. The use of waste plastics as a corrector of explosive properties may also be pro-environmental in nature through the use of a detonation method of their disposal and will reduce the cost of manufacturing the product. The conducted analyses showed that for three ANFO-type explosives containing 2% polyethylene—PE 2.0, 1% polypropylene—PP 1.0 and 1% polyurethane—PU 1.0, obtained energy parameters similar to ANFO and qualitatively and quantitatively similar structure of post-detonation gases.
Ocena dynamiki spalania propelantów w środowisku węgla kamiennego Artykuł opracowano na podstawie wyników badań zrealizowanego projektu szczelinowania gazowego próbek węgla kamiennego z wykorzystaniem materiałów wysokoenergetycznych-propelantów, w skali laboratoryjnej. Założeniem projektu było sprawdzenie, czy metoda stymulacji przepływu mediów ze złoża do odwiertu, znana z zastosowań w przemyśle naftowym przy konwencjonalnych złożach węglowodorów, może zostać wykorzystana w przypadku złóż metanu z pokładów węgla kamiennego (CBM). Metoda szczelinowania gazowego z zastosowaniem materiałów wysokoenergetycznych opiera się na niedetonacyjnym wykonaniu kilku radialnych szczelin w strefie przyotworowej, poprzez oddziaływanie ciśnienia gazów prochowych, powstałych w wyniku inicjacji propelantów. Zakres pracy obejmował serię testów szczelinowania gazowego w warunkach poligonowych na próbkach węgla kamiennego, które zostały zeskanowane tomografem komputerowym, przed i po próbach ciśnieniowych z wykorzystaniem materiałów wysokoenergetycznych. Zabieg szczelinowania wykonano w laboratoryjnym silniku rakietowym (LSR), odpowiednio dostosowanym do badań na próbkach węgli. Uzyskane obrazy spękań poddano analizie porównawczej z obrazami pierwotnej sieci spękań w węglach oraz opisano występujące pomiędzy nimi różnice. Dodatkowo przeanalizowano wykresy ciśnienia w komorze silnika laboratoryjnego, powstałe w trakcie badań.
STRESZCZENIE: Celem pracy był bezpośredni pomiar temperatury spalania próbek paliw prochowych (propelantów) mogących znaleźć zastosowanie w pracach szczelinowania gazowego gazonośnych pokładów węgla kamiennego. Eksperymenty prowadzono na specjalnie zaprojektowanym strzałowym stanowisku badawczym. Zaproponowany układ pozwalał na wykonanie rejestracji ciśnień podczas spalania próbek paliw inicjowanych za pomocą zapłonników pirotechnicznych. Na podstawie uzyskanych charakterystyk zmian ciśnienia w czasie p(t) wyznaczone zostały podstawowe parametry użytkowe, tj. temperatura gazów prochowych i maksymalne ciśnienie. Testy polegały na zapłonie wyselekcjonowanych paliw wysokoenergetycznych w warunkach zawodnionych oraz na bezpośrednim pomiarze temperatury i ciśnienia spalania. Wykonano dziewięć pozytywnych prób spalania paliwa wysokoenergetycznego o różnej masie. Głównym wyzwaniem w pracy była próba odpowiedzenia na pytanie czy metoda stymulacji przypływu płynu do odwiertu dobrze sprawdzona w otworach ropnych i gazowych może znaleźć zastosowanie w pracach ułatwiających przepływ metanu w formacjach węglowych. Metoda oparta na szczelinowaniu gazowym z wykorzystaniem materiałów wysokoenergetycznych polega na niedetonacyjnym indukowaniu radialnej siatki szczelin w strefie przyotworowej. Zakres badań obejmuje dziewięć testów strzałowych na poligonie doświadczalnym realizowanych z użyciem różnych paliw prochowych spalanych w warunkach zawodnionych -z tzw. przybitką w postaci cieczy. Stalowe modele strzałowe zostały przygotowane tak, aby imitować warunki typowe dla tych, które dominują w stymulowanej warstwie węgla. Wstępne badania przeprowadzone w INiG -PIB wykazują, iż bezpośrednie przełożenie technologii szczelinowania z użyciem propelantów (znanej z przemysłu naftowego) na zabiegi szczelinowania pokładów węgla kamiennego wydaje się być niemożliwe. Adaptacji do warunków fizycznych zalegania węgla kamiennego wymaga przede wszystkim paliwo propelantowe. Głównym problemem postawionym w artykule jest wybór propelantu, którego temperatura spalania nie przekroczy 580°C, przy której następuje samozapłon metanu. Weryfikacja paliw prochowych (propelantów) mogących znaleźć zastosowanie w procesie szczelinowania gazowego złóż niekonwencjonalnych, a zwłaszcza gazonośnych pokładów węgla będzie realizowana na drodze badań poligonowych z wykorzystaniem komory strzałowej. Słowa kluczowe: szczelinowanie gazowe, paliwa prochowe, testy poligonowe, metan z pokładów węgla.
The stimulation of deposits using high-energetic materials (propellants) may prove to be an effective method of acquiring methane in the coal basins of Poland. The propellants are a type of explosives which during combustion generate huge volumes of combustion gases at high pressure and temperature, and are able to impact rock structure, thus creating migration paths for methane. Until now, in the Department of Shooting Engineering of the Oil and Gas Institute-National Research Institute, a number of gas fracturing tests have been completed in laboratory scale. The experiments confirmed the ability of high-energy materials to influence the structure of hard coal. However, the setup of the laboratory rocket engine used in experiments forced the combustion products of high-energy materials to influence hard coal samples only from the front, which resulted in creating rather channels, and no model fractures in effect of the gas fracturing process. Therefore, we decided to develop an experimental setup, in which combustion products of high-energy materials would impact the rock in various directions, and create model fractures-not channels. The gas fracturing task was completed within the work on five selected coal samples that have been cored from bigger coal blocks, acquired from the KWK Zofiówka coal mine, operating on methane saturated coal beds, located in the Upper-Silesian Coal Basin in Poland. The series of experiments were performed on experimental fireground, managed by the Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry, Krupski Młyn Branch. 100-gram charges of inhibited MPH propellant (MPH = low-diameter, heterogeneous) were used in the experiments. During the attempts of initiating propellants, pressure in the testing stand was recorded by means of a 100 MPa pressure sensor. In order to determine the secondary fracturing grid, the hard coal samples were scanned using the CT (computer tomography) method prior to and following the tests on the experimental fireground. Next, the original and secondary fracture grid in the samples were reconstructed using specialized computer software. The analysis of the obtained results confirmed that high-energy materials are able to impact hard coal structure, causing the creation of fractures. Furthermore, the research showed that the orientation and original amount of fractures present in rocks have a very high impact on the creation of fractures in hard coal samples.
The article was written as a continuation of the research on degassing wells in terms of their gas productivity in a landfill. Waste is one of the most serious threats to the environment. The term ‘waste’ means ‘any substance or object which the holder discards, he intends to get rid of, or which he has been required to get rid of’. The European Union, with the aim of ensuring a high quality of life and health of people through effective environmental protection, imposes on Poland very restrictive guidelines in the field of waste management. These guidelines include: waste prevention, preparation for re-use, recycling, other recovery methods, disposal. The waste goes to landfills, where it is collected. Landfills pose a very high threat to the natural environment because they emit pollutants into the atmosphere. The greatest threat is related to the organic matter contained in municipal waste, which during decomposition emits greenhouse gases such as CO2 and CH4. The amount of emitted gas can be reduced by equipping the landfill with a special installation for the production of landfill gas (biogas). Biogas is one of the alternative energy sources that can be used to produce electricity and heat. However, the installation itself is not enough, and the landfill must also be rationally managed to support biogas production. Within the mass of waste, optimal conditions should be created for the methanogenesis process to take place. Compacting or pouring waste into layers of earth may serve as examples. Both of these processes reduce the oxygen content in the stored material. However, the content of the organic fraction in the deposited waste has the most pronounced influence on the production of biogas. The article presents the results of research on the efficiency of degassing wells carried out in one of the active municipal landfills which was established in 2009. Five degassing wells located in different parts of the dump’s canopy were subjected to our measurements.
The fireground tests are the best method for verifying the operation effectiveness of the entire shooting device or its component parts in real conditions. The purpose of the fireground tests presented herein was the physical verification of linear shaped charge (LSC) ability to perforate multi-layered target, reflecting the material and geometrical conditions of a borehole. The series of shooting tests included tests of three types of linear shaped charges selected for use in perfo-fracturing devices. The following shaped charges were tested: LSC in lead enclosure, having φ = 40 mm circular cross-section with shaped recess; LSC with copper liner in 20/30 mm steel trapezoid enclosure; LSC with liner made of solid copper, in 20/40 mm steel trapezoidal enclosure.During testing, the cumulative jet velocity was recorded using voltage type probes, arranged between the individual layers of a target composed of steel and concrete materials. The research method adapted for the project purposes was aimed at verification of the following thesis: whether the proposed shaped charges fulfil the technical and performance conditions for their effective application in the oil industry. The criterion adopted was the ability – or lack of ability – to perforate the multi-layered barrier in the form of two steel plates and concrete casting. The testing stand, single-use by its nature, was each time composed of concrete block having 400 mm ´ 250 mm ´ 150 mm dimensions and 20 MPa static compressive strength, on which two steel plates were placed parallel to each other with 20 mm spacing. The thickness of the plates was 5 mm and 10 mm respectively. The tested shaped charge was placed on the top steel plate at a distance of one calibre – that is the distance equal to the opening of the trapezoidal shaped charge and full diameter of circular cross-section charge. Furthermore, within media interface planes (steel/air, air/steel; steel/concrete), the set of voltage-type measuring probes was installed, in the form of single electric wires (φ = 0.25 mm). At an instant when they break (circuit break) as a result of cumulative jet operation, voltage drop in the subsequent measuring probes will act as a logical gate of start-stop type, or in other words the zero-one (0–1) type gate. The readings of individual probes breakage times allowed in addition to determine the velocity of the cumulative jet and to estimate its braking dynamics while passing through the subsequent elements of multi-layered target.
The paper presents the issue of gas fracturing technology in gas mining, which is being used increasingly to boosting oil and gas extraction. The topic is related to the implementation of the NCBIR project under the Applied Research Program No. PBS3 / B2 / 20/2015. The results of the final phase of the project implementation are presented - functionality tests of the perfogenerator models under fail conditions, in the cladding pipe of the borehole in the concrete block, on the IPO blasting target in the Krupski Młyn. The positive results from these tests endorsed the performance of the experimental parts of the fuel elements, for EU-type certification tests. The IPO obtained the certificate and permits for use for practical forms of perfogenerator fuels. The borehole tests with the use of the new structure of the PERFOGENERATOR PRFG-114 (2.4 m), as part of the final industrial phase of the project, were made on several wells in the Przemyśl region (Q3 2017).
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