Study on the Quantitative Characterization and Seepage Evolution Characteristics of Pores of Loaded Coal Based on NMR

[Image: see text] Quantitative characterization of the pore structure and gas seepage characteristics of loaded coal is of great significance to the study of high-efficiency gas drainage in coal seams. Aiming at the problem of imperfect characterizations of coal seepage characteristics based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), a calculation method for the pore permeability of coal with different pore diameters is proposed. The pore structure and seepage characteristics of coal have been quantitatively studied using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system. The results show that with increasing external load, the proportion of the pore volume of the coal sample in the range of 0.01–0.52 μm gradually decreases, while that in the range of 5.11–352.97 μm increases. In this process, the porosity increases from 0.9967 to 1.0103%, the connectivity increases from 0.1718 to 0.2391, and the permeability increases from 2.64 × 10(–6) to 8.20 × 10(–6) μm(2). The calculation of the coal sample connectivity and permeability using the improved NMR permeability component proves that 94.37–352.97 μm pores are the main channel of fluid flow. When the axial pressure increases, the coal body permeability in the aperture range of 94.37–352.97 μm rapidly increases. The improved permeability component calculation model can better reflect the variation law of pore permeability of the loaded coal body.