废弃矿井热能存储系统热流固耦合机制与敏感性分析

Thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling mechanisms and sensitivity analysis of abandoned mine thermal energy storage systems

  • 摘要: 我国拥有丰富的废弃矿井资源,通过充分利用废弃矿井闲置的地下空间和地热资源,可以将其改造为高效的废弃矿井热能存储系统. 合理利用深部废弃矿井的地热环境,实现夏季富余风能、太阳能及工业余热的热水存储,并在冬季提取热量用于供暖服务,从而实现能源消耗的显著节约与利用效率的提升. 本文以多孔介质弹性力学理论为基础,构建了考虑水流与围岩的热传导与热对流效应、忽略岩石中的渗流传热作用的废弃矿井储热系统多物理场耦合力学模型. 通过数值模拟分析了废弃矿井储热系统运行10年内的热传递过程与巷道围岩应力变化规律. 结果表明,废弃矿井储热系统能充分利用地热环境实现热能的高效存储,第1年存余温度能达到35.5 ℃,留存率44.4%,热存储效果逐年提高. 第10年的供暖温度对比第1年提高了10.3 ℃,整个冬季供暖期的产出温度仅有6~7 ℃波动. 当废弃矿井热能存储系统稳定后,产出温度能达到52~58 ℃. 废弃矿井热能存储系统热回收效率两年内提升了10%,并在第10年达到55%. 应力分析结果进一步表明,热能存储系统的应用不会破坏巷道稳定,确保了废弃矿井储热系统运行的可行性和安全性. 采用基于距离的广义敏感性分析方法,通过计算随机样本差距,对模型的响应进行分类,然后对废弃矿井热能存储系统参数敏感性进行量化分析. 敏感性分析结果显示,夏季注入温度对系统热回收效率影响最显著,其次是巷道温度和注入率. 研究成果对废弃矿井储热系统的现场试验和规模化工程应用提供了重要的理论支撑和指导意义.

     

    Abstract: Given the extensive abandonment of mines in China, the abundant non-mineral resources exposed in derelict mine workings pose challenges in addressing idle mine risks while also presenting opportunities for improving energy infrastructure. By fully utilizing the underground spaces and geothermal resources of abandoned mines, they can be transformed into efficient abandoned mine thermal energy storage (MTES) systems. Through the rational exploitation of deep mine geothermal environments, this approach enables seasonal storage of surplus thermal energy from wind/solar power and industrial waste heat during summer. Subsequently, it enables heat extraction for winter heating services, thereby achieving significant energy conservation and enhanced utilization efficiency. Mine water thermal resources are attracting strong academic interest due to their abundant natural reservoirs and favorable geothermal environments. Globally, the geothermal potential of mine water has gained widespread recognition. The formation of artificial pseudo-aquifers through mine void networks allows contained hydrothermal resources to demonstrate substantial heat supply potential to surrounding areas. Thermal energy recovery from mine water can yield several times more energy than the electrical power required for pumping operations. Consequently, numerous thermal utilization projects focusing on abandoned mine water have entered research phases, particularly in European countries facing energy crises that urgently require improved energy efficiency or novel energy sources, to optimize existing supply structures. Compared with direct utilization of mine water thermal resources, seasonal thermal energy storage utilizing mine environments appears more attractive. In this study, a multiphysics coupled mechanical model is established for MTES systems based on porous media elastic mechanics theory, incorporating thermal conduction and convection effects in water–rock interactions while neglecting seepage heat transfer in rock masses. Numerical simulations and evaluations are conducted to assess the long-term operational performance of this system. Furthermore, the Distance-based Generalized Sensitivity Analysis (DGSA) method is employed to thoroughly investigate parameter sensitivity in the MTES model. A three-dimensional thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) coupled numerical model is developed to calculate the coupled effects over a decade of system operation and analyze heat transfer processes along with stress variation patterns in the roadway’s surrounding rock. Results indicate that the MTES system effectively utilizes geothermal environments for high-efficiency storage of waste heat, achieving a residual temperature of 35.5 °C (44.4% retention rate) during the first year following the injection of 80 °C water, with winter extraction temperatures progressively increasing annually. The tenth-year output temperature shows an increase of 10.3 °C compared to the first year, maintaining only 6–7 °C fluctuations throughout winter heating periods. Once the MTES system stabilizes, output temperatures range from 52 °C to 58 °C, with operational efficiency continuously optimizing over time, ensuring long-term performance sustainability. With increasing operational cycles, the system's thermal recovery efficiency gradually rises, while annual growth rates decrease with accumulated cycles, showing a 10% improvement within two years. By the fifth cycle, MTES achieves 50.4% thermal recovery efficiency, with the third cycle reaching 46.5%. Stress analysis further demonstrates that thermal storage operations maintain roadway stability, confirming the feasibility and safety of MTES implementation. Using the DGSA methodology, sensitivity quantification is performed by classifying model responses calculated from stochastic sample deviations. Sensitivity results identify summer injection temperature and injection rate as the most critical parameters affecting system efficiency, followed by roadway temperature characteristics. This research provides crucial theoretical support and practical guidance for field testing and large-scale engineering applications of abandoned mine thermal storage systems, offering scientifically reliable technical recommendations for practical testing and engineering implementation. The findings substantially contribute to addressing energy structure optimization challenges through the sustainable repurposing of abandoned mine resources.

     

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