scholarly journals Recovery Technology of Bottom Coal in the Gob-Side Entry of Thick Coal Seam Based on Floor Heave Induced by Narrow Coal Pillar

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 3368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Wang ◽  
Yanli Huang ◽  
Huadong Gao ◽  
Wen Zhai ◽  
Yongfeng Qiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Resource Recovery ◽  
Complex Stress ◽  
Pillar Width ◽  
Coal Seams ◽  
Thick Coal Seam ◽  
Working Face ◽  
Floor Heave ◽  
Mining Face ◽  
Failure Depth

To improve the resource recovery efficiency of mining face in thick coal seams, the correlation between deformation failure of bottom coal in the gob-side entry and coal pillar width was analyzed by theoretical analysis, numerical calculation, and similar simulation experiments. The results showed that, when the coal pillar was strong, with the decrease of pillar width, the failure depth of the bottom coal in the gob-side entry and floor heave increased. The deformation failure depth of the bottom coal in the entry was inversely related to the width of the coal pillar. The bottom coal was further fractured and dispersed under the action of tension, shear, and extrusion in the process of floor heave. Based on the floor heave induced by the narrow coal pillar, a recovery technique of the bottom coal with thick coal seams in the gob-side entry was developed. The width of the narrow pillar to be reserved was obtained by theoretical calculation and revised by numerical simulation; ultimately, the reasonable width was determined. Under the complex stress of the narrow pillar, the bottom coal in the gob-side entry was fully heaved, cracked, and separated. To realize the comprehensive mechanization and resource recovery of bottom coal, a matching mining excavator loader, transfer conveyor, and retractable belt conveyor were selected to transport the crushed bottom coal in the entry. This method has been successfully applied to the return airway of working face 8407 in the No. 5 Coal Mine of Yangquan Coal Group with remarkable economic and social benefits.

Research on Stability of Overburden Structure around Longwall Mining Face in Steeply Dipping Seam Group

2015 ◽  
Vol 724 ◽  
pp. 100-110
Author(s):  
Shi Guang Ren ◽  
Yong Ping Wu ◽  
Jian Hui Yin
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Longwall Mining ◽  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Beam Theory ◽  
Coal Seams ◽  
Working Face ◽  
Rock Structure ◽  
Longitudinal Bending ◽  
Mining Face ◽  
The Stability

The steeply dipping seam group is defined by the two or more coal seams ,a pitch between 35°~55°. Using masonry beam theory, longitudinal bending theory and “R-S-F” dynamics control theory built a lower area overburden structure mode. Analysed the stability of low position coal seam. The balance requirement and the strength of the structure which is affected by the caving rock and lower coal roof were given. It easily generates two lower position steps rock structure in inclination along working face. Regular breaking of the second structure is the main reason leads to the imbalance of the structure between upper coal pillar and upper coal mining face.The interaction among multiple coal seam panels and overburden structures is the main reason that causes the rock disaster, the unbalance of the lower area may lead to pushing accident, the imbalance of the upper area can generate shock pressure.

scholarly journals Study on the Mine Pressure Law and the Pressure Frame Mechanism of an Overlying Goaf in a Shallow Coal Seam

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Haifeng Zhou ◽  
Qingxiang Huang ◽  
Yingjie Liu ◽  
Yanpeng He
Keyword(s):  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Coal Extraction ◽  
Mine Pressure ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Overburden Pressure ◽  
Load Pressure ◽  
Working Face ◽  
Coal Wall ◽  
Numerical Simulation Methods ◽  
Mining Face

To study the problems of dynamic load pressure and frame pressure caused by the concentration of stress by coal extraction pillars during the mechanized short-distance mining of goaves in shallow coal seams, a frame pressure accident, in the Shendong Shigetai Coal Mine, during the overlying of a fully mechanized mining goaf is taken as a research example. By applying the field measurement, theoretical analysis, and numerical simulation methods, we throughly analysed the working face coal pillar, got the regular pattern of fully mechanized overburden pressure, summarized a pillar of fully mechanized working face in the overburden strata movement regularity and development characteristics, analyzed the reason and mechanism of broken coal pillar, and put forward the corresponding prevention measures and management method. The results show that when the fully mechanized mining face enters the goaf by about 3 m, the pressure arches of the lower coal face and the upper goaf arising from the extracted coal overlap. When the vertical stress is greater than the supporting force of the hydraulic support and the coal wall, a roof ejection accident may occur.

scholarly journals Control of Gob-Side Roadway with Large Mining Height in Inclined Thick Coal Seam: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Xie Fuxing
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Mine Pressure ◽  
Thick Coal Seam ◽  
Working Face ◽  
Rock Structure ◽  
Large Mining Height ◽  
Mining Height

The gob-side roadway of 130205, a large-mining-height working face in the Yangchangwan coal mine, was investigated in terms of the mine pressure law and support technology for large mining heights and narrow coal pillars for mining roadways. The research included field investigations, theoretical analysis, numerical simulation, field tests, and other methods. This paper analyzes the form of movement for overlying rock structure in a gob-side entry with a large mining height and summarizes the stress state and deformation failure characteristics of the surrounding rock. The failure mechanism of the surrounding rock of the gob-side roadway and controllable engineering factors causing deformation were analyzed. FLAC3D numerical simulation software was used to explore the influence law of coal pillar width, working face mining height, and mining intensity on the stability of the surrounding rock of the gob-side roadway. Ensuring the integrity of the coal pillar, improving the coordination of the system, and using asymmetric support structures as the core support concept are proposed. A reasonably designed support scheme for the gob-side roadway of the working face for 130205 was conducted, and a desirable engineering effect was obtained through field practice verification.

scholarly journals A physical model study of surrounding rock failure near a fault under the influence of footwall coal mining

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shukun Zhang ◽  
Lu Lu ◽  
Ziming Wang ◽  
Shuda Wang
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Physical Model ◽  
Hanging Wall ◽  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Vertical Displacement ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Pillar Width ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Working Face ◽  
Coal Pillars

AbstractA study of the deformation of the surrounding rock and coal pillars near a fault under the influence of mining is conducted on a physical model for the design of coal pillars to support and maintain the roofs of adjacent fault roadways. This research is based on the 15101 mining face in the Baiyangling Coal Mine, Shanxi, China, and uses simulation tests similar to digital speckle test technology to analyse the displacement, strain and vertical stress fields of surrounding rocks near faults to determine the influence of the coal pillar width. The results are as follows. The surrounding rock of the roadway roof fails to form a balance hinge for the massive rock mass. The vertical displacement, vertical strain and other deformation of the surrounding rock near the fault increase steeply as the coal pillar width decreases. The steep increase in deformation corresponds to a coal pillar width of 10 m. When the coal pillar width is 7.5 m, the pressure on the surrounding rock near the footwall of the fault suddenly increases, while the pressure on the hanging wall near the fault increases by only 0.35 MPa. The stress of the rock mass of the hanging wall is not completely shielded by the fault, and part of the load disturbance is still transmitted to the hanging wall via friction. The width of the fault coal pillars at the 15101 working face is determined to be 7.5 m, and the monitoring data verify the rationality of the fault coal pillars.

scholarly journals Study on Reasonable Coal Pillar Width of Goaf-side Roadway Driving in Deep Island Working Face with Fully Mechanized Caving Mining

2021 ◽  
Vol 861 (5) ◽  
pp. 052053
Author(s):  
Sujian Wang ◽  
Deyu Qian ◽  
Qi Cui ◽  
Jinping Deng ◽  
Wenjing Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Pillar Width ◽  
Working Face

scholarly journals Floor failure depth of upper coal seam during close coal seams mining and its novel detection method

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 1265-1278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Dongsheng Zhang ◽  
Dahong Qi ◽  
Wenmin Hu ◽  
Ziming He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stress Distribution ◽  
Coal Seam ◽  
Mechanical Model ◽  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Coal Seams ◽  
Geological Conditions ◽  
Floor Failure ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Failure Depth ◽  
Close Coal Seams

The primary problem needed to be solved in mining close coal seams is to understand quantitatively the floor failure depth of the upper coal seam. In this study, according to the mining and geological conditions of close coal seams (#10 and #11 coal seams) in the Second Mining Zone of Caocun Coal Mine, the mechanical model of floor failure of the upper coal seam was built. Calculation results show that the advanced abutment pressure caused by the mining of the upper coal seam, resulted in the floor failure depth with a maximum of 26.1 m, which is 2.8 times of the distance between two coal seams. On this basis, the mechanical model of the remaining protective coal pillar was established and the stress distribution status under the remaining protective coal pillar in the 10# coal seam was then theoretically analysed. Analysis results show that stress distribution under the remaining protective coal pillar was significantly heterogeneous. It was also determined that the interior staggering distance should be at least 4.6 m to arrange the gateways of the #209 island coalface in the lower coal seam. Taken into account a certain safety coefficient (1.6–1.7), as well as reducing the loss of coal resources, the reasonable interior staggering distance was finally determined as 7.5 m. Finally, a novel method using radon was initially proposed to detect the floor failure depth of the upper coal seam in mining close coal seams, which could overcome deficiencies of current research methods.

scholarly journals Simulation Analysis and Engineering Application of Retaining Width of Waterproof Coal Pillar in Island Working Face

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Zheng ◽  
Zheng Gao
Keyword(s):  
Service Life ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Engineering Application ◽  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Simulation Research ◽  
Working Face ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Mining Face ◽  
Coal Pillars

The old mining area in Pingdingshan coalfield has the following problems: long mining service life, many remaining coal pillars, and great difficulty in mining; to extend the service life of the mine, realize cost saving and efficiency increasing, it is urgent to recover the remaining coal pillars, but the mining of isolated island face faces the problem of reasonable retention of waterproof coal pillars, if the protection is not good, it is easy to cause mine water damage and increase the mining cost. Therefore, in view of the practical engineering problems faced by the field, aiming at eliminating or reducing the goaf water disaster, this paper adopts numerical simulation research methods to optimize the original design scheme and carry out comparative analysis, dynamically reappear the surrounding rock stress field, displacement field and plastic failure law under multi face mining and roadway mining, and carry out engineering practice application. The results show that there is a certain thickness of elastic core area before and after mining with 25m coal pillar width. The deformation of surrounding rock is small, which is conducive to roadway maintenance, without obvious stress concentration. It can meet the actual needs of the project. The mining face has achieved safe mining, without water inrush accident in the goaf, and the coal resources have been recovered to the maximum extent. The research results are left over to similar mining areas in China The safe recovery of coal pillar can be used for reference.

scholarly journals Field and simulation study of the rational coal pillar width in extra‐thick coal seams

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 627-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenrui He ◽  
Fulian He ◽  
Yongqiang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Study ◽  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Pillar Width ◽  
Coal Seams

Microseismic Monitoring and Numerical Simulation Research of Floor Failure Depth in Extra-Thick Coal Seam

2014 ◽  
Vol 881-883 ◽  
pp. 1799-1804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ai Ping Cheng ◽  
Yong Tao Gao ◽  
Chao Liu ◽  
Jin Fei Chai
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
Microseismic Monitoring ◽  
Floor Rock ◽  
Thick Coal Seam ◽  
Floor Failure ◽  
Mining Disturbance ◽  
Microseismic Events ◽  
Mining Face ◽  
Failure Depth

Based on the condition of fully mechanized caving face in one mine, two methods of microseismic monitoring and numerical analysis were combined to study the evolution characteristics and development law of floor failure depth in extra-thick coal seam. Microseismic monitoring results show that the number of microseismic events partly reflects the influence of mining disturbance in the roof and floor rock mass. The distribution of microseismic events are intensive near the coal mining face, which show the floor rock mass is seriously damaged during the coal mining. The greatest floor failure depth estimated from mine microseismic monitoring is 31 meters. Numerical analysis indicate that the rock stress around the mine stope is redistributed during the coal mining, due to the effect of mining disturbance. The abutment pressure increases in front of the coal mining face and the stress reduces in the mined areas. The concentration and release of the stress makes contribution to the destroy of the floor rock. The maximum floor failure depth is up to 28 meters calculated from numerical simulation. The consistency of microseismic monitoring results and numerical analysis improve that it is effective and reliable to obtain floor failure depth and considerably possible to predict the water inrush using microseismic monitoring technology with its inherent ability to remotely monitor the progressive failure caused by mining. The research results have great popularization and application values for the similar mine.

scholarly journals Stability Analysis of Roadway Groups under Multi-Mining Disturbances

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 7953
Author(s):  
Yuantian Sun ◽  
Ruiyang Bi ◽  
Qingliang Chang ◽  
Reza Taherdangkoo ◽  
Junfei Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Stability Control ◽  
Surrounding Rock ◽  
Key Strata ◽  
Working Face ◽  
Roadway Stability ◽  
Mining Disturbance ◽  
Mining Face ◽  
The Stability

The roadway stability has been regarded as the main challenging issue for safety and productivity of deep underground coal mines, particularly where roadways are affected by coal mining activities. This study investigates the −740 m main roadway in the Jining No. 2 Coal Mine to provide a theoretical basis for the stability control of the main deep roadway affected by disturbances of adjacent working activities. Field surveys, theoretical analyses, and numerical simulations are used to reveal mechanisms of the coal mining disturbance. The field survey shows that the deformation of roadway increases when the work face advances near the roadway group. Long working face mining causes the key strata to collapse based on the key strata theory and then disturbs the adjacent roadway group. When the working face is 100 m away from the stop-mining line, the roadway group is affected by the mining face, and the width roadway protection coal pillar is determined to be about 100 m. Flac3D simulations prove the accuracy of the theoretical result. Through reinforcement and support measures for the main roadway, the overall strength of the surrounding rock is enhanced, the stability of the surrounding rock of the roadway is guaranteed, and the safe production of the mine is maintained.

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