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The main factor affecting the gas content in a coal seam is the geological structure, and different types of geological structure have different effects on the gas content in a coal seam. To explore the main controlling factors of gas content in coal seam No. 3 in the Changping minefield, and the effect of different geological structures on gas control in a coal seam, this study analyzes the types and quantities of geological structures in the Changping minefield. Further, geological boreholes are used to sample and analyze coal seams near different geological structures and at different burial depths. The results show that the main controlling factor of gas content in a coal seam is the burial depth of the coal seam, and the gas content tends to increase with the increasing depth. A geological structure has an effect on the occurrence of coal seam gas in a local area, and the gas content in the coal seam near a fault is 1.6 times that in the normal areas at the same depth. The gas content in the upper wall of a normal fault is 21.6% higher than that in the lower wall. The syncline and anticline axes are prone to form gas accumulation areas, where the gas content is 30%‐60% higher than the normal level. Gas accumulation is prone to occur around a collapse column, and the gas content there is 2.47 times higher than that in a normal area at the same burial depth. Combining the formation mechanism and structural characteristics of different geological structures, this study analyzes the effect of geological structures on coal seam gas quantitatively and provides a theoretical basis for the prevention and control of gas disasters in the Changping minefield.

The unconventional gas is the most available alternative fossil resource in China and coal bed methane is big part of it. The main characteristics of coal reservoirs are low permeability, thin formation and strong stress sensitivity. The multi-branch horizontal well is emerging technique for developing CMB and applied successfully in FanZhuang block etc. But a lot of problems need to be solved during production and drainage. Such as coal bed can easily collapse when formation pressure fall fast and strong sensitivity leads cheats system closing. In this paper the operation of CBM wells is discussed and optimized project of production drainage is presented to maximum the productivity of multi-branch horizontal well.

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The technology of internet of things (IOT) can be utilizated to realize the monitoring the variation of geothermal field effectively and accurately in true time. Monitoring data shows that the influence range of underground heat exchangers is less than 3 m in certain hydro-geological conditions, and has no heat breakthrough in center hole of the whole area. The imbalance of heat collection and extraction don’t cause the temperature rise in geothermal field in summer and winter. Figures show that the regional shallow geothermal resources supply the heat-exchange area by the means of heat convection of underground water and heat transfer of rock and soil.