The invention provides an underground gasification method for generating
methane through reaction of
hydrogen and an underground
coal seam and application, and relates to the technical field of underground in-situ
methane production of
coal. According to the method,
hydrogen is injected into the underground
coal seam and reacts in the presence of a catalyst under the heating and pressurizing conditions,
methane-rich gas is directly generated, the methane content is 95% mol-98.5% mol, the H2 content is 0.1% mol-3% mol, and CO2 is smaller than or equal to 0.1% mol. The underground gasification method does not involve tedious steps of
oxygen oxidation,
carbon dioxide reduction and the like, coal is directly converted into methane, and simple production of methane is achieved; according to the method, the traditional
coal mining process is changed fundamentally, the deep underground methane direct mining is really realized, the direct
coal mining is converted into the direct gasification
methane production, and the technical blank of generating the methane through the in-situ reaction of the
hydrogen and the underground coal seam is filled.