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Design And Construction Of A Seismic Physical Model Of Room-Pillar Goafs In Shallow Coal Seams, Wang Pan, Zhu Shujie, Jia Qian, Jian Benqi, Lian Miaomiao, Dong Ruijing

Coal Geology & Exploration

In view of the problem of low detection accuracy of room-pillar goafs in shallow coal seams in northern Shaanxi, the seismic physical model is designed for physical simulation according to the principle of similarity ratio of geometry size and wave impedance. Through a large number of ratio tests of similar materials, the ratio of epoxy resin and silicone rubber is determined as 1 : 1.2 for similar materials of low velocity loess layer, 1 : 0.2 : 0.6 for epoxy resin, silicone rubber and talc for mudstone, 1 : 0.4 for epoxy resin and silicone rubber for coal seams, 1 …

Discussion On The Recommended Models For Resource Reuse Of Closed Coal Mines In Main Mining Areas Of Hebei Province, Yin Quanzeng, Chen Zhongshan, Feng Qiyan, Geng Lijuan, Lian Lixun, Li Fang, Liu Ning

Coal Geology & Exploration

The evaluation and the utilization of the resources of the closed coal mines have dual benefits of resources and environment, and can provide a transformation and development path for coal mining enterprises. Based on the investigation of the resources of the closed coal mines in the main mining areas of Hebei Province, through the summary of the typical cases of the resources reuse of the closed coal mines at home and abroad and in Hebei Province, this paper sums up 7 types and 19 kinds of recommended modes of the resources reuse of the closed coal mines in Hebei Province, …

Deformation Characteristics Of Coal Measures And Gas Occurrence Law Of Coal Mines In North China, Wang Wei, Wei Yanzhao, Jia Tianrang, Yan Jiangwei

Coal Geology & Exploration

Gas is not only one of the important disaster-causing factors in coal mines, but also an important clean energy. Understanding the deformation characteristics of coal measures and the occurrence of gas is the basis for coal mine gas disaster prevention and coalbed methane development. Taking the North China coal measures as the research object, taking the tectonic evolution and control as the main line, using the theory of plate tectonics, tectonic evolution and step by step control of gas-occurring structures, the deformation characteristics of the North China coal-measures and the law of coal mine gas occurrence were systematically studied. The …

Plastic Deformation-Based Constitutive Relation Of Coal Damage And Permeability Model, Wu Xuehai, Li Bobo, Wang Xin, Gao Zheng, Li Jianhua, Xu Jiang

Coal Geology & Exploration

Coal and gas outburst induced by mining disturbance is one of the main gas dynamic disasters in coal mine production. In order to systematically explore the evolution characteristics of coal damage and the law of gas seepage under mining disturbance, the whole stress strain–seepage experiment under different gas pressures was carried out. The generalized Hooke's law was modified by considering the effects of gas adsorption and thermal expansion, the plastic deformation-based constitutive relation of coal damage was established, and the piecewise permeability model considering the damage was further constructed. The results shown that the coal permeability can be divided into …

New Method And Optimization Research On Water Sealing Outside Casing Based On Water-Swelling Rubber For Stratified Pumping, Zheng Xianghua, Yuan Wei, Luo Yunxiang, Cheng Cong

Coal Geology & Exploration

Stratified pumping test is a key technique for hydrogeological exploration. To solve the problems of low efficiency and poor reliability and controllability of the traditional water-sealing methods outside casing for stratified pumping, a water-swelling rubber was developed based on high water absorption of the sodium polyacrylate resin, and a new approach based on water-swelling rubber was proposed and optimized by the response surface methodology in this paper. With the water swelling ratio of the rubber as response index, a surrogate model was constructed by the Box-Behnken experimental design to study the influence of different process parameters, working condition parameters, and …

Discussion On The Water-Preserved Coal Mining By Dewatering-Reflooding Water Curtain In Open-Pit Coal Mines, Li Ying, Yang Zhuo, Wu Tong

Coal Geology & Exploration

To suppress the attenuation of groundwater resources caused by drainage and control the influence range of coal mining on groundwater resources, the coal mining technology with water curtain was adopted. Taking an open-pit coal mine as the background, this paper established a sand trough recharge platform to carry out physical experiments, and used a numerical method to simulate the irrigation area, so as to analyze the formation and variation of the dewatering-reflooding water curtain. Physical experiments were carried out to observe the formation of a fixed head boundary by water injection curtain which prevented the expansion of funnel, the influence …

Interfacial Shear Behavior Of Gabion Reinforced Coal Gangue And Stability Of Embankment Slope, Yang Guolin, Chen Zi'ang, Duan Junyi, Zhang Yu, Zhang Zhen

Coal Geology & Exploration

In order to make full use of coal gangue generated in coal mining and support the carbon neutral policy, the road section K128+573–K128+740 of Anshao Highway (Anhua-shaoyang, Hunan Province)was filled by coal gangue, and the embankment slope was enhanced by gabion net. The basic characteristics of coal gangue were obtained by its chemical composition and gradation, and shear characteristics of gabion reinforced coal gangue were tested by large-scale direct shearing instrument. Finally, the influence of reinforcement and its method on the stability of reinforced coal gangue embankment was found out by finite difference method. The experimental results show that after …

Prediction Model Of Water Inrush From Coal Floor Based On Ga-Bp Neural Network Optimized By Ssa And Its Application, Yin Huiyong, Zhou Xinlong, Lang Ning, Zhang Lifeng, Wang Mingli, Wu Tao, Li Xin

Coal Geology & Exploration

With the increase of coal mining depth, coal production process is faced with complex water inrush mechanism and variable water inrush main control factors, and the uncertainties among the factors make the prediction of floor water inrush more difficult. In order to accurately predict the risk of floor water inrush, aiming at the small sample and non-linear problem of floor water inrush, firstly, genetic Algorithm is used to optimize the initial weights and thresholds of network random assignment, and then Sparrow Search Algorithm with strong search ability and good stability is selected to optimize the weights and thresholds for the …

Study On The Microscopic Mechanism Of The Loess Improved By Quicklime, Xie Xiao, Wang Luyao, Deng Lejuan, Zhang Guowei

Coal Geology & Exploration

To investigate the influence of lime content on loess strength and its microscopic mechanism, different proportions of lime were used to improve loess. Through direct shear test, mercury intrusion porosimetry and scanning electron microscopy, the strength characteristics and microstructure changes of compacted loess and modified loess with different lime contents were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively, and the microscopic mechanism of lime-improved loess was analyzed in depth. The results show that the shear strength parameters of lime-improved loess increases first and then decreases with the increase of lime contents. The cohesive force and internal friction angle reach the maximum when the …

Application Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle In Surface Soil Characterization And Geological Disaster Monitoring In Mining Areas, Long Linli, Liu Ying, Zhang Xuyang, Su Yongdong, Chen Xiaoyang

Coal Geology & Exploration

With the emergence and development of UAVs and the improvement of the miniaturization and intelligence of various sensor, UAVs equipped with sensors have become an efficient tool for obtaining spatial data. Because UAVs are low cost, short revisit period, fast and efficient, light and flexible, simple operation, and high temporal and spatial accuracy of image acquisition, it is widely used in mining land damage monitoring. Using "UAV, Inversion, Soil Monitoring, Surface Collapse, Ground Fissure" as keywords, this paper summarizes the academic papers of the search system in the web of science, CNKI, and Google Scholar from January 2010 to May …

The Development Law Of Surface Cracks In Shallow Coal Seam Mining Through Double Gullies Terrain, Sun Xueyang, Zhang Huixuan, Lu Mingjiao, Li Cheng, Miao Lintian

Coal Geology & Exploration

In order to protect the ecological environment of the mining area in the Yellow River Basin, the mining-induced surface crack development law was summarized from the parameters of surface crack development location and development morphology during mining of the working face passing through the double gullies terrain by using a combination of numerical simulation experiments, similar material simulation experiments and theoretical analysis in the context of the working face 125203 of Anshan Coal Mine in Miaohagu Mining Area of Fugu County. Through theoretical analysis, the relative position function T of surface cracks in shallow coal seam mining through double gullies …

Numerical Analysis Of The Effect Of Different Soil Types And Water Content On Heat Transfer Performance Of Horizontal Buried Pipes, Zou Hang, Pei Peng, Hao Dingyi, Wang Chen

Coal Geology & Exploration

In order to reveal the heat transfer performance of the horizontal buried pipe heat exchanger in the ground source heat pump system in different soil types, this paper, based on the theoretical knowledge of soil capillary water, combined with the means of numerical simulation, discusses the influence of the difference of three-phase composition in different types of energy storage soil on the heat transfer characteristics of the horizontal buried pipe heat exchanger. The results show that under the cooling condition of 308.15 K, the outlet water temperature of the horizontal pipe in the loam soil decreases to 303.3 K and …

Evolution Law Of The Phreatic Aquifer Water Table In The Water Intake Area Of South-To-North Water Diversion Central Line In Henan Province, Jing Zhaokai, Yan Qing, Xiao Hang, Wang Panpan, Wang Huan, Li Yang

Coal Geology & Exploration

The water supply of the South-to-North Water Diversion has presented a significant impact on the phreatic aquifer water table and the water consumption structure in the intake area of Henan Province. This paper firstly reviews the previous changes of groundwater level burial depth in the plain area of Henan Province, and by collecting and counting the monitoring results of shallow groundwater level in the receiving area of Henan Province from 2008 to 2018, we quantified and partitioned the changes of shallow groundwater level in the receiving area of Henan Province before and after the water supply of the South-to-North Water …

Case Study On The Effects Of Seismic Exploration Beneath The Goafs Of Different Ages, Zhang Zhao, Yin Quanzeng

Coal Geology & Exploration

With the continuous development of coal resources, the upper group of coal in some coal mines has been mined out, and it is urgent to solve the detection problem of the lower group of coal. Affected by the goaf formed by the upper group of coal, the seismic energy absorption and scattering attenuation of the lower group of coal are significant, and the signal-to-noise ratio of the data is low. The detection of the lower group of coal under the goaf by 3D seismic exploration is still in the exploration stage. In this paper, the 3D seismic exploration project of …

Factors Affecting The Attitude Accuracy Of Wireless Electromagnetic Wave Mwd System, Wang Xiaobo

Coal Geology & Exploration

In broken soft coal seams of coal mine where hydraulic driving directional drilling is used, hole collapse and hole wall instability are easy to occur. Electromagnetic wave measurement while drilling system is suitable for gas driving drilling, so it is widely used in broken soft coal seams. The accuracy of drilling trajectory is the key to gas drainage effect in broken soft coal seams. In the use of electromagnetic wave measurement while drilling system, the phenomenon of insufficient accuracy and large error of trajectory measurement appears irregularly. In order to solve this problem, this paper analyzes all the factors that …

Mechanism And Effect Analysis Of Enhanced Gas Drainage With Large Diameter Double Boreholes, Zhang Chunhua, Zhang Zijian, Nian Jun, Jiao Dengming

Coal Geology & Exploration

To study the mechanism of enhanced gas drainage with large diameter double boreholes, numerical models of single holes with different diameters and double ø350 mm holes were established by using the RFPA^2D-Gas software in working face 30110 of Shiquan Coal Mine, Shanxi Province. Stress distribution, damage and fracture, gas permeability evolution and gas migration law of the coal around the hole were analyzed, and then the extraction effect of double ø350 mm holes was investigated. Simulation results show that the pressure relief radii of the ø100 mm, ø250 mm, ø350 mm and double ø350 mm holes are 0.25 …

Continental Magmatism And Uplift As The Primary Driver For First-Order Oceanic 87sr/86sr Variability With Implications For Global Climate And Atmospheric Oxygenation, Timothy Paulsen, Chad Deering, Jakub Sliwinski, Snehamoy Chatterjee, Olivier Bachman

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Oceans cover 70% of Earth's surface, setting it apart from the other terrestrial planets in the solar system, but the mechanisms driving oceanic chemical evolution through time remain an important unresolved problem. Imbalance in the strontium cycle, introduced, for example, by increases in continental weathering associated with mountain building, has been inferred from shifts in marine carbonate 87Sr/86Sr ratios. There are, however, uncertainties about the spatial and temporal patterns of crustal evolution in Earth's past, particularly for the period leading up to the Cambrian explosion of life. Here we show that U-Pb age and trace element data from a global …

Managing And Utilizing Big Data In Atmospheric Monitoring Systems For Underground Coal Mines, Juan Diaz, Zach Agioutantis, Dionissios T. Hristopulos, Steven Schafrik

Mining Engineering Faculty Publications

Underground coal mining Atmospheric Monitoring Systems (AMS) have been implemented for real-time or near real-time monitoring and evaluation of the mine atmosphere and related parameters such as gas concentration (e.g., CH₄, CO, O₂), fan performance (e.g., power, speed), barometric pressure, ambient temperature, humidity, etc. Depending on the sampling frequency, AMS can collect and manage a tremendous amount of data, which mine operators typically consult for everyday operations as well as long-term planning and more effective management of ventilation systems. The raw data collected by AMS need considerable pre-processing and filtering before they can be used for …

Evaluating And Enhancing Iron Removal Via Filterable Iron Precipitates Formation During Coal-Waste Bioleaching, Prasenjit Podder, Zongliang Zhang, Rick Q. Honaker, Michael L. Free, Prashant K. Sarswat

Mining Engineering Faculty Publications

Iron removal via jarosite precipitate formation is a commonly used technique in various hydrometallurgical processes. Excess iron removal often becomes essential to an overall metal recovery circuit. This is particularly important to processes involving iron-bearing minerals. A technique, which involved the use of pyrite to generate acid for leaching, for iron removal is critical to enabling the process. Iron removal using CaO or similar reagents is expensive and often results in lost product. In the present study, various compounds that facilitate jarosite formation, namely Na₂SO₄, NH₄OH, KCl, and KOH, were utilized and their effect …

Comprehensive Report On Extraterrestrial Resource Extraction, Robinson Raphael

Student Works

The prospect of asteroid mining provides a plethora of riches that include metals and water. As the number of discovered asteroids continues to grow, opportunities arise to commercialize these resources within Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs). With urgent applications on Earth and in space, NEAs allow for a surge in sales. Planning forward, Astroider Aerospace Systems follows a mission split into four phases. Phase 1 develops a series of spacecraft using existing technologies, titled as Near-Earth Asteroid Miners and Near-Earth Asteroid Surveyors. Phase 2 first launches the surveyors to candidate NEAs, prospecting them for ores. To identify potential celestial bodies for this …

Coal Moisture Variations In Response To Rainfall Events In Mine And Coal-Fired Power Plant Stockpiles—Part 2: Evaporation, Quentin Peter Campbell, Marco Le Roux, Fardis Nakhaei

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Additional moisture added in coal stockpiles due to rain and other climatic processes causes a significant problem worldwide, which leads to not only decrease in the heating value of the coal but also creates an extra efficiency penalty. Therefore, it is important to make some predictions for control of coal moisture within stockpiles after the rainfall. When the rain falls on the stockpile, it either runs off the surface or infiltrates the stockpile. The infiltrated water may evaporate from the surface, drain or stay within the stockpile. The aims of this study (parts 1 and 2) are to describe and …

Coal Moisture Variations In Response To Rainfall Event In Mines And Coal-Fired Power Plant Stockpiles—Part 1: Runoff, Infiltration, And Drainage, Quentin Peter Campbell, Marco Le Roux, Fardis Nakhaei

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Excessive coal moisture leads to a lower heating value and power plant efficiency, and increased transportation costs. Therefore, coal stockpile management and moisture control are particularly important in regions with heavy precipitation. This paper and Part 2 address factors influencing moisture retention and migration in coal stockpiles. Part 1 of this paper series simulates phenomena of runoff, infiltration, and drainage in a stockpile after a rainfall event. Part 2 reports the effect of coal particle size and climate conditions on the rate and depth of moisture evaporation process within a coal stockpile. To perform this study, two coal samples were …

A Comparison Of Multiple Machine Learning Algorithms To Predict Whole-Body Vibration Exposure Of Dumper Operators In Iron Ore Mines In India, Rahul Upadhyay, Amrites Senapati, Ashis Bhattacherjee, Aditya Kumar Patra, Snehamoy Chatterjee

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Background: This study deals with some factors that influence the exposure of whole-body vibration (WBV) of dumper operators in surface mines. The study also highlights the approach to improve the multivariate linear analysis outcomes when collinearity exists between certain factor pairs.

Material and Methods: A total number of 130 vibration readings was taken from two adjacent surface iron ore mines. The frequency-weighted RMS acceleration was used for the WBV exposure assessment of the dumper operators. The factors considered in this study are age, weight, seat backrest height, awkward posture, the machine age, load tonnage, dumper speed and haul …

Study On Adsorption Characteristics Of Sulfonate Gemini Surfactant On Lignite Surface, Xuanlai Chen, Guochao Yan, Xianglin Yang, Guang Xu

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In order to explore the adsorption characteristics of sulfonate gemini surfactants on the surface of lignite, the molecular dynamics simulation method was used, and A kind of sulfonic acid bis sodium salt (S2) and the sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) were selected. A binary model of surfactant/lignite adsorption system and a ternary model of water/surfactant/lignite system were constructed, and a series of properties such as adsorption configuration, interaction energy, order parameters, relative concentration distribution, number of hydrogen bonds, etc., were analyzed. The results showed that the adsorption strength of S2 on the surface of lignite was higher than that of SDS. …

Experimental Modal Analysis Of Distinguishing Microstructural Variations In Carbon Steel Sa516 By Applied Heat Treatments, Natural Frequencies, And Damping Coefficients, Mohammadreza Ahmadpar, Siamak Hoseinzadeh, Fardis Nakhaei, Saim Memon

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The life assessment of materials that structurally shifts, creating mechanical corrosion and damage, during the operation at high temperatures is one of the most critical areas in the gas turbine power plants. This study investigates the widely used carbon steel grade 55 SA516 in the gas turbine blades at metallographic microscopic level and relating it to natural frequency and damping coefficients. In which heat treatments (aging tests) were applied and compared between multiple samples. The results show pearlite is broken up and converted into the ferrite and spherical carbides at grain boundaries. With an increase in microstructural variations in samples …

Investigating Anisotropic Blast Wave Parameters Near The Explosive-Air Boundary Using Computer Simulation And Experimental Techniques With Varying Charge Geometry, Kelly Williams, Catherine E. Johnson

Mining Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The prediction of blast wave overpressure using scaled distance calculations use the charge mass and radial distance variables and assumes that the blast wave is isotropic. Simulations and empirical studies demonstrate that altering the charge geometry results in a significant deviation in overpressure vs orientation. While this effect has been measured for cylinders, truncated cones, and cubes, the mechanisms driving geometric blast wave product anisotropy have not been well defined. Velocity vectors plotted from computer simulations in this study show an isotropic radial flow from the cylindrical charges, while the prismatic charges with rectangle, triangle, and five-point star cross sections …

Gravity Field Changes During Deep Exploitation Of The Coal Longwall And Their Relation To Stress Distribution And Seismic Activity, Łukasz Kortas

Journal of Sustainable Mining

Mining operations cause volumetric deformations within the rock mass and changes in its density, to which the gravimetric method is sensitive. These changes are particularly well seen in periodic measurements of the local gravity field. The paper analyses the relationship between the movement of a longwall in a coal seam and the change in the distribution of the gravity field in time and space observed on the ground surface. Relative gravimetric measurements were carried out in six series between 2018 and 2020; before the start of coal extraction, with the progress of the longwall and after the cessation of mining. …

Study Of The Relationship Of Tidal Changes In Gravity With The Time Of Mining Tremors In The Area Of The Mining Longwall In A Coal Mine – Case Study In Uscb, Poland, Sławomir Siwek

Journal of Sustainable Mining

Deep mining of coal deposits in Upper Silesia Coal Basin in Poland over several hundred years has led to disturbances in the natural state of equilibrium. As a result of changes in stress distribution, mass distribution (changes in gravity forces) and deformation of the rock mass, seismic tremors with energy reaching up to 10E+09J are generated. In this paper, the time of mining tremors occurrence is linked with changes in the gravitational load of the rock mass caused by litosphere tides, which are considered to be one of the factors leading to occurrence of natural seismic tremors. The analysis used …

Decarbonisation – Origins And Evolution Of The Process On The European Level, Sylwia Jarosławska-Sobór

Journal of Sustainable Mining

Decarbonisation of the european economy is one of the most important megatrends that will shape economic and social development in the coming years. This paper discusses the basic concepts of decarbonisation in terms of climate change, the history of this idea development and the legal basis introduced in the European Union, including key European documents and tools influencing the process, like ETS or CO2 emission allowances. Background on decarbonisation has been presented as a European roadmap to achieve a low-carbon economy in Europe. In the article the main assumptions of the EU strategy papers like Clean Energy for All Europeans …

Parametric Analysis Of Rib Pillar Stability In A Longitudinal Sublevel Open Stoping Operation In An Underground Copper Mine In Southern Africa, Kostas Kaklis, Zacharias Agioutantis, Munyindei Masialeti, Jerome Yendaw, Thierry Bineli Betsi

Mining Engineering Faculty Publications

The pillar stability factor (PSF) is calculated in three different mining stages for a sublevel open stoping mining project located in northern Botswana. Several three-dimensional finite element models were developed by varying the stope span. Pillar strength was estimated using the Lunder and Pakalnis equation and pillar stress was obtained from the numerical models. As mining progresses, both the first and second mining stages meet the rib pillar stability factor requirement for safe extraction. Geometrical improvements are suggested in the mining layout for the third mining stage to achieve the required PSF, which is based on international practices.