The invention relates to a method for calculating gas loss according to a relation between an accumulated desoprtion value and the time. A large quantity of experiments show that the
relational equation between the accumulated
desorption value in the initial stage after pressure of
coal cuttings is released is V=A(t / T)<n>, but the
power exponent n is not a constant, is related to the
gas pressure and is changed along with the time; accurate determination of the
power exponent n of the accumulated
desorption value is a key for calculation of the gas loss. In order to accurately calculate the gas loss, the method comprises the steps of 1, firstly evaluating the
gas pressure of a
coal seam through on-site measurement; 2, recording the
observation time t, the accumulated
desorption value Vt with the time t, the total
desorption time T and the loss time t0 during the on-site measurement of the gas content; 3, measuring the value of n in a lab under a condition of the
gas pressure of the
coal seam to be measured: obtaining a unitary regression
relational equation between lnVt and ln[(t+t0)n-t0n] through Excel by a least square method, wherein an intercept is ln(A / Tn), and substituting the n value and the T value to obtain an A value; and 4, substituting the A value, the T value the n value into V=A(t0 / T)<n> to obtain the gas loss V.