Experimental research on surface potential induced by gas sorption process in coal.

In order to study the surface electric potential signals during the coal adsorbing gas, designed the experiment system of the coal adsorbing gas and tested the electric potential signal generated during the coal adsorbing gas under different gas pressure. Experiment results show that surface potential signals can be generated in the process of adsorbing gas, and they increases gradually along with the growth of adsorption time. For the same coal samples, different gas pressure from the coal surface potential signal to the first adsorption gas pressure of coal potential signal has a memory effect in the process of absorption. When the adsorption gas pressure is higher than the first adsorption gas pressure, the coal induces stronger surface potential signals. And when the adsorption gas pressure is lower than the first adsorption gas pressure, the coal induce weaker surface potential signals. The main reasons why surface potential signals can be generated from coal adsorbing gas are that the gas seepage in coal pores produces flow potential and free charge is generated when the gas damages micro cracks and crack of coal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]