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Research Progress Of Lifting Equipment For Large-Diameter Borehole Rescue, GU Hairong, SHAN Zenghai, WANG Longpeng, SHAO Tao, ZOU Zujie, GAO Ziyu 2022 School of Construction Machinery, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China

Research Progress Of Lifting Equipment For Large-Diameter Borehole Rescue, Gu Hairong, Shan Zenghai, Wang Longpeng, Shao Tao, Zou Zujie, Gao Ziyu

Coal Geology & Exploration

Rescue through large-diameter relief well is an efficient method of mine emergency rescue. The lifting equipment of large-diameter relief well is used to lift the trapped personnel safely and reliably to the surface through the large-diameter relief well. It is the key equipment in the rescue system of large-diameter relief well. With the rescue technology of large-diameter relief well gradually recognized in the industry, the lifting equipment of large-diameter relief well has developed considerably, forming the fixed and mobile types of lifting equipment and multiple technical routes. Besides, important progress has been made in the research on the lifting equipment …


Research On Key Technology Of Pipe Jacking Drilling Equipment For Large-Diameter Rescue Borehole Of Coal Mine, WANG Lei, ZHU Yuqin, ZHANG Weina, LIU Hao, ZHAO Wenbo, YANG Chuang, WANG Guanxiong 2022 China Coal Science and Industry Group Shenyang Research Institute Co., Ltd., Shenyang 113122, China

Research On Key Technology Of Pipe Jacking Drilling Equipment For Large-Diameter Rescue Borehole Of Coal Mine, Wang Lei, Zhu Yuqin, Zhang Weina, Liu Hao, Zhao Wenbo, Yang Chuang, Wang Guanxiong

Coal Geology & Exploration

In order to solve the rescue problem of collapsed roadways in coal mines and improve the drilling speed of large-diameter rescue boreholes, the construction method of large-diameter borehole with pipe jacking technology was proposed. Specifically, the collapsed rock mass was crushed and the slag was removed by pushing the connectable pipe joints and cutter heads with the main jacking equipment arranged in the chamber, so as to form a rescue channel composed of jacked pipes at last. A composite cutter head with large opening under the condition of collapsed rock mass was developed, which is composed of 10 cutters, 10 …


Research And Application Of Synchronous Self-Balancing Feed System For Rescue Truck-Mounted Drilling Rig, ZOU Zujie, TIAN Hongliang, LIU Qingxiu, CHANG Jianghua, LIU Qi, ZHU Guodong 2022 China Coal Research Institute, Beijing 100013, China; Xi’an Research Institute (Group) Co. Ltd., China Coal Technology and Engineering Group Corp., Xi’an 710077, China

Research And Application Of Synchronous Self-Balancing Feed System For Rescue Truck-Mounted Drilling Rig, Zou Zujie, Tian Hongliang, Liu Qingxiu, Chang Jianghua, Liu Qi, Zhu Guodong

Coal Geology & Exploration

Truck-mounted drilling rig is the core equipment of ground drilling rescue in mine accidents, and it has played an important role in all the successful rescues at home and abroad. However, the feed system, as the main actuator of the truck-mounted drilling rig, exposes the problems of restricted passability of the whole machine due to the long working stroke, difficult maintenance of the positioning wheel train, poor movement synchronization of the double cylinder, guide rail wearing caused by the partial load of power head, and the delay of pulling force displayed by the hydraulic gauge during its service. ZMK5550TZJF50/120 rescue …


Research And Application Of Multi-Source Information Detection Technology For Drilling Rescue Of Mine, ZHENG Xuezhao, SUN Ziyu, GUO Jun, ZHANG Duo, CHEN Gang, HE Qinjian 2022 College of Safety Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China; Xi’an Research Center of National Mine Rescue, Xi’an 710054, China

Research And Application Of Multi-Source Information Detection Technology For Drilling Rescue Of Mine, Zheng Xuezhao, Sun Ziyu, Guo Jun, Zhang Duo, Chen Gang, He Qinjian

Coal Geology & Exploration

Drilling rescue of mine is a new type of rescue technology. In order to quickly and accurately obtain the information on drilling channel, the location distance of the trapped person and the characteristics of the gas environment in the disaster area during rescue, as well as to realize the two-way video and audio communication between the trapped person underground and the rescue commander on the ground, theoretical research and technical development were conducted with the technical methods such as multi-source information fusion, dual-stream network video service, edge computing, intrinsically-safe circuit control, and ultra-wideband radar. Meanwhile, two key technologies were proposed: …


Distribution Characteristics Of Trace Elements In Different Density Fractions Of High-Germanium Coal From Wulantuga, Inner Mongolia, China, DUAN Piaopiao, WANG Wenfeng, MA Mengya 2022 Key Laboratory of Coalbed Methane Resources and Reservoir Formation Process of the Ministry of Education, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221008, China; School of Resources and Geosciences, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China

Distribution Characteristics Of Trace Elements In Different Density Fractions Of High-Germanium Coal From Wulantuga, Inner Mongolia, China, Duan Piaopiao, Wang Wenfeng, Ma Mengya

Coal Geology & Exploration

The exploitation and utilization of critical metals in coal measures is of great significance to alleviate the shortage of strategic mineral resources in China. In addition to the critical metal germanium (Ge), the low-rank coal from Wulantuga Coal Mine of Shengli Coalfield in Inner Mongolia, China is enriched with the toxic elements Be, F, As, Hg, Sb and W. Considering the extraction and utilization of key metals and environmental protection, the coal in the study area must be washed. As shown in the previous study, flotation is relatively good for the removal of As, Sb and W inWulantuga coal, but …


Main Influencing Factors For Regional Pre-Grouting Technology Of Water Hazard Treatment In Coal Seam Floor And Efficient Hole Arrangement, HU Weiyue, ZHAO Chunhu, LYU Hanjiang 2022 Xi’an Research Institute (Group) Co. Ltd., China Coal Technology and Engineering Group Corp., Xi’an 710077, China; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Preventing and Controlling Technology for Coal Mine Water Hazard, Xi’an 710077, China

Main Influencing Factors For Regional Pre-Grouting Technology Of Water Hazard Treatment In Coal Seam Floor And Efficient Hole Arrangement, Hu Weiyue, Zhao Chunhu, Lyu Hanjiang

Coal Geology & Exploration

Regional advance grouting transformation and reinforcement of water conducting formation and aquifer is the main technical means to prevent and control the karst water hazards in the coal seam floor of North China type coalfields. Herein, analysis was conducted for the general application mode of the regional advance grouting transformation and reinforcement for water hazard treatment in the thin and thick limestone layers in the coal seam floor based on the basic mine hydrogeological principle of the application of regional advance grouting transformation technology. In the analysis, consideration was given to the hydrogeological structure of the coal seam floor, the …


Key Pretreatment Technologies For Coalbed Gas Bioengineering And Review On Their Mechanism Of Action, BAO Yuan, CHANG Jianing, LIU Xiangrong, XIA Daping, WANG Yaya 2022 College of Geology and Environment, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China; Key Laboratory of Coal Resources Exploration and Comprehensive Utilization, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xi’an 710021, China

Key Pretreatment Technologies For Coalbed Gas Bioengineering And Review On Their Mechanism Of Action, Bao Yuan, Chang Jianing, Liu Xiangrong, Xia Daping, Wang Yaya

Coal Geology & Exploration

Coalbed gas bioengineering (CGB) is a new technology for the purpose of realizing the clean utilization of coal resources and the enhanced recovery of coalbed gas. To explore the key characteristics of the pretreatment technologies of CGB, hydrocarbon generation potential and its mechanism of action, conclusion and summary was made for various pretreatment technologies herein. Meanwhile, the pretreatment technologies were divided into three types according to the action mode of coal (organic matter) and bacteria (microorganism): microflora optimization and improvement, coal dissolution and oxidation, and biological stimulation and synergy. By comparing the capability of coal to generate methane through microbial …


Subgrade Subsurface Anomalous Body Full-Waveform Inversion Based On Ground-Penetrating Radar, HU Leilei, CHEN Kang, HUANG Dejun, YANG Rong 2022 Geophysical Survey Instituteof Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Liuzhou 545005, China

Subgrade Subsurface Anomalous Body Full-Waveform Inversion Based On Ground-Penetrating Radar, Hu Leilei, Chen Kang, Huang Dejun, Yang Rong

Coal Geology & Exploration

The hidden dangers of road collapse and underground voids are usually difficult to notice and easy to occur in sudden. They have caused huge losses in people's lives and properties. Therefore, the detection and analysis of road collapse and underground voids are crucial. The ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is the main method for detecting the hidden dangers of urban road collapse currently by virtue of its high accuracy, high efficiency, continuous non-destructiveness and real-time imaging. A convolution type objective function FWI algorithm was proposed to solve the problem of the lower inversion accuracy and practicability caused by the inaccurate estimation of …


Impact Of Voids And Backfill On Seismic Wave Velocity-Preliminary Results, Zarina Mukhamedyarova, Fidelis Suorineni, Temirlan Aldubay, Gylym Sapinov 2022 Nazarbayev University, School of Mining and Geosciences, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Impact Of Voids And Backfill On Seismic Wave Velocity-Preliminary Results, Zarina Mukhamedyarova, Fidelis Suorineni, Temirlan Aldubay, Gylym Sapinov

Journal of Sustainable Mining

In this study, laboratory experiments were conducted on discrete physical models that mimic mining effects to better understand the impact of continuous changes in mining environments on seismic wave velocities. The discrete physical models are represented by concrete and granite cubic samples of different sizes with holes of different diameters filled and unfilled with cemented sand backfill of different cement-sand content ratios. The hole diameters range from 0 to 150 mm in block sizes ranging from 150 mm to 450 mm in increments of 75 mm. The increasing hole size mimics increasing extraction in the mine with time. Cemented sand …


Predicting The Stability Of Open Stopes Using Machine Learning, Alicja Szmigiel, Derek B. Apel 2022 University of Alberta, School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R3, Canada.

Predicting The Stability Of Open Stopes Using Machine Learning, Alicja Szmigiel, Derek B. Apel

Journal of Sustainable Mining

The Mathews stability graph method was presented for the first time in 1980. This method was developed to assess the stability of open stopes in different underground conditions, and it has an impact on evaluating the safety of underground excavations. With the development of technology and growing experience in applying computer sciences in various research disciplines, mining engineering could significantly benefit by using Machine Learning. Applying those ML algorithms to predict the stability of open stopes in underground excavations is a new approach that could replace the original graph method and should be investigated. In this research, a Potvin database …


Quantifying The Influence Of Variations In Rock Mass Properties On Stope Stability, Shahé Shnorhokian, Hani Mitri 2022 McGill University, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Canada

Quantifying The Influence Of Variations In Rock Mass Properties On Stope Stability, Shahé Shnorhokian, Hani Mitri

Journal of Sustainable Mining

Variations in rock mass properties are well-established in rock mechanics and underground mining. The literature is replete with methods of assessing them and determining values that are used in design or numerical analysis. In this paper, a simplified 3D model is constructed for a tabular orebody in the Canadian Shield and instability is quantified using the ”brittle shear ratio” criterion to calculate the volume at risk. A 1-4-7 stope pillar sequence is implemented on four active levels, and three variations in the properties of the host formation are assessed. It is observed that the locations of ore at risk follow …


Prospects For Thiourea As A Leaching Agent In Colombian Gold Small-Scale Mining: A Comprehensive Review, Johana Borda, Robinson Torres 2022 Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Facultad de Ingeniería, Escuela de Ingeniería Metalúrgica, Tunja, Colombia

Prospects For Thiourea As A Leaching Agent In Colombian Gold Small-Scale Mining: A Comprehensive Review, Johana Borda, Robinson Torres

Journal of Sustainable Mining

Thiourea, as an alternative medium, is one of the most promising leaching agents for gold recovery by its commercial benefits and research challenges associated with performance and environmental impacts. This review article describes the operational conditions for the use of Thiourea vs cyanide, its chemistry, limitations, toxicity factors, environment, and recovery processes. Although thiourea gold extraction processes have not been applied on a large scale due to the instability of the reagent, its potential to overcome the limitations of cyanide is attractive to the process; with pH, potential, oxidant dosage, and temperature control, solubilized gold thiourea species are achieved. These …


Panel Destressing Strategies For Remnant Pillar Extraction, Isaac Vennes, Hani Mitri 2022 McGill University, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, 3450 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Panel Destressing Strategies For Remnant Pillar Extraction, Isaac Vennes, Hani Mitri

Journal of Sustainable Mining

Large-scale panel destressing is a rockburst mitigation technique employed in deep hard rock mines during remnant pillar extraction. Panels are choke blasted in the pillar footwall to cutoff the far-field major stress in the mining area and deviate them around the pillar. In this study, the effects of panel geometry and far-field stress magnitude are investigated. Destress blast performance is assessed by measuring change to the energy release rate (ERR) of all mining steps during the extraction of a simplified remnant pillar due to destressing. It is demonstrated that the energy release rate (ERR) of critical stopes is reduced by …


Seismic Activity And Flooding Of Hard Coal Mines In The Ostrava-Karvina Coalfield, Petr Konicek, Eva Jirankova, Vlastimil Kajzar, Jan Schreiber, Pavel Malucha, Kristyna Schuchova 2022 Institute of Geonics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

Seismic Activity And Flooding Of Hard Coal Mines In The Ostrava-Karvina Coalfield, Petr Konicek, Eva Jirankova, Vlastimil Kajzar, Jan Schreiber, Pavel Malucha, Kristyna Schuchova

Journal of Sustainable Mining

The termination of mining activities often results in post-mining problems and risks. One of these issues is the flooding of mines. Long-term mining in the Ostrava and Petrvald sub-basins in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin finished in 1994. Tens of coal seams were mined here, and the depth of mining reached more than 1000 m below the surface. Flooding of the Ostrava sub-basin started in 1994. The Ostrava and Petrvald sub-basins were flooded from one half only to prevent water from flooding into the Karvina sub-basin, where mining continued. The continual pumping of water has been carried out ever since. …


Numerical Modelling Of Destress Blasting – A State-Of-The-Art Review, Shuting Miao, Petr Konicek, Peng-Zhi Pan, Hani Mitri 2022 State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Numerical Modelling Of Destress Blasting – A State-Of-The-Art Review, Shuting Miao, Petr Konicek, Peng-Zhi Pan, Hani Mitri

Journal of Sustainable Mining

As a proactive mine safety measure against the occurrence of rockburst, destress blasting has been applied to numerous mining conditions to precondition highly stressed rock mass to mitigate the risk of rockburst occurrence in deep mines as well as in deep underground constructions. However, the application of destress blasting mostly depends on engineering experience, while its mechanism and efficiency have not been well understood. Rapid advances in computer technology have made numerical simulation an economical and effective method to study the rock blasting effect. Enormous research efforts have been made to numerically investigate the blasting fracture mechanism, optimize blasting design, …


Analysis Of The Application Of Methane-Bearing Capacity Test Methods In The Conditions Of Polish Mining, Marcin Karbownik 2022 Central Mining Institute, Department of Mining Aerology, Plac Gwarków 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland

Analysis Of The Application Of Methane-Bearing Capacity Test Methods In The Conditions Of Polish Mining, Marcin Karbownik

Journal of Sustainable Mining

The methane hazard is one of the natural hazards occurring in hard coal mining. The content of natural methane in hard coal seams, the so-called methane-bearing capacity, is one of the key parameters that allow for proper assessment of the methane hazard and the state of the threat of gas and rock outbursts. For safety purposes, there is a constant need to improve the methods for the determination of this parameter. In the conditions of Polish mining, the method used for methane-bearing capacity determination is the direct drill cuttings method. This paper contains a comparative study presenting three different methods …


Proposed Design Fire Scenarios For Underground Hard Rock Mines, Rickard Hansen 2022 The University of Queensland, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Australia

Proposed Design Fire Scenarios For Underground Hard Rock Mines, Rickard Hansen

Journal of Sustainable Mining

Given the complexity and uniqueness of underground hard rock mines, the application of the design fire scenario approach is recommended when evaluating fire safety in mines. Providing a full set of design fire scenarios – ensuring that several important life safety aspects are covered – for a mine can be challenging. The question is whether a catalogue of potential clusters of design fire scenarios could be developed, covering important aspects found underground? Given the general lack of research into design fires in the mining industry, this paper provides a unique analysis of design fire scenarios in underground hard rock mines. …


Effect Of Mining And Geology On Mining-Induced Seismicity – A Case Study, Heba Khalil, Tuo Chen, Yu-Hang Xu, Hani Mitri 2022 McGill University, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, Canada

Effect Of Mining And Geology On Mining-Induced Seismicity – A Case Study, Heba Khalil, Tuo Chen, Yu-Hang Xu, Hani Mitri

Journal of Sustainable Mining

Mining-induced seismicity is a commonly occurring phenomenon in underground mines. This poses a greater challenge to the safety of the mining operation. This paper presents a case study of the Young-Davidson mine in northern Ontario, Canada, where seismic events of magnitude Mn 2.0+ have been observed at mining depths of 600 to 800 m below the surface. The occurrence of large seismic events at such shallow depths is the key issue of this study. A comprehensive study of the microseismic database has been conducted to discern the root causes for the unusually strong seismic activities recorded at shallow depths. The …


Shaft Liquidation Method Adjusted For High Precipitation Associated With Climate Change Impact, Jan Szymała, Joanna Całus Moszko, Ewa Janson, Dagmara Sobczak, Stanisław Konsek 2022 Central Mining Institute (GIG), Department of Extraction Technologies, Rockburst and Risk Assessment, Katowice, Poland

Shaft Liquidation Method Adjusted For High Precipitation Associated With Climate Change Impact, Jan Szymała, Joanna Całus Moszko, Ewa Janson, Dagmara Sobczak, Stanisław Konsek

Journal of Sustainable Mining

In connection with the implementation of the international project TEXMIN within the framework of the RFCS fund, a project for the liquidation of the Głowacki Shaft in Rybnik (Poland) was undertaken, which takes into account the effects of climate change, i.e. evaluation of the increase of precipitation in the region. In addition to the standard research undertaken before liquidation activities, precipitation data recorded by the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management from 1995 to 2019 was collected and the precipitation variability was analysed. As a result, a method for liquidation of the shaft was selected consisting of constructing a permeable …


Prediction Of Sulfur Removal From Iron Concentrate Using Column Flotation Froth Features: Comparison Of K-Means Clustering, Regression, Backpropagation Neural Network, And Convolutional Neural Network, Fardis Nakhaei, Samira Rahimi, Mohammadbagher Fathi 2022 Missouri University of Science and Technology

Prediction Of Sulfur Removal From Iron Concentrate Using Column Flotation Froth Features: Comparison Of K-Means Clustering, Regression, Backpropagation Neural Network, And Convolutional Neural Network, Fardis Nakhaei, Samira Rahimi, Mohammadbagher Fathi

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Froth feature extraction plays a significant role in the monitoring and control of the flotation process. Image-based soft sensors have received a great deal of interest in the flotation process due to their low-cost and non-intrusive properties. This study proposes data-driven soft sensor models based on froth images to predict the key performance indicators of the flotation process. The ability of multiple linear regression (MLR), the backpropagation neural network (BPNN), the k-means clustering algorithm, and the convolutional neural network (CNN) to predict the amount of sulfur removal from iron ore concentrate in the column flotation process was examined. A total …


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