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Fluid Factor Of Fracture And Seismic Velocity Response In Anisotropic Coal Beds, Li Qin, Ma Suibo, Zhao Bin

Coal Geology & Exploration

The storage and transport of gas and water in coal seam are related to the density, strike and filler of cracks. Research on the identification and prediction of coal seam cracks will be helpful to prevent and control disastrous accidents in coal mines, such as water inrush and gas outburst. It plays an important role in the safety evaluation of coal mining. Based on the theory of fracture equivalent model, the variation characteristics of fluid factor in coal seam crevices with different fillings and fracture weaknesses parameters(fracture density, aspect ratio, volume modulus, shear modulus, Lamé parameters) are analyzed by combining …

Influencing Factors Of Azimuth Electromagnetic Wave Roof And Floor Detection While Drilling Along Coal Seam, Chen Gang, Fan Yiren, Li Quanxin

Coal Geology & Exploration

Aiming at the problems of poor detection accuracy and low efficiency of roof and floor interface in horizontal well drilling in coal mine, the design idea of explosion-proof azimuth electromagnetic wave logging tool while drilling in coal mine is put forward. In order to suit the working environment of underground coal seam, the influence of instrument parameters such as source distance, transmitting frequency and coil installation angle on signal response was obtained by forward simulation. The results show that the received signal strength of the azimuth electromagnetic wave instrument while drilling increases with the increase of transmitting frequency, coil distance …

Csamt Phase Correction And Its Application In Detection Of Water-Accumulating Area Of Goaf In Coal Mine, Su Chao, Hou Yanwei, Wang Cheng, Li Dan

Coal Geology & Exploration

Magnetic field data of controlled source audio magnetotelluric method(CSAMT) is vulnerable to electromagnetic interference, and will lead to serious degradation of phase data quality. The affected phase data are corrected by referring to the high quality phase data of adjacent measuring points and combining the least squares fitting and interpolation method. Through forward simulation analysis, it is found that cubic polynomial interpolation is effective, not only can restore the variation characteristics of phase curve more accurately, but also involve the corrected phase data in the inversion calculation, so that the inversion results are more accurate and reliable. The method is …

Test Of Water Absorbent Resin For Disposal Of Waste Mud, Wei Meng, Qi Jinhui, Zhang Ningxin, Wen Jun

Coal Geology & Exploration

In the course of engineering construction, a lot of abandoned mud is produced. How to properly handle these mud has received extensive attention. In this paper, the application of absorbent resin in waste mud treatment is studied by series of experiments. Compared with the common flocculants, the flocculation effect of absorbent resin is better, and the separation speed of waste mud solid liquid can be accelerated obviously. The water absorption rate of absorbent resin in the mud reaches 46.33 g/g, which can be incorporated into the mud to greatly reduce the water content and fluidity of the mud within 30 …

Concealed Riprap Detection Technology In Pile Foundation Engineering, Li Junjie, Ge Longjin, Zhang Honggang, Li Jianmin, Zhu Honglei, Li Guanhao

Coal Geology & Exploration

It is often necessary to use pile foundation to deal with soft soil foundation for the newly built gate station near the seawall. If there is a concealed riprap layer in the construction area, it will affect the construction progress of pile foundation and increase the construction cost. Furthermore, the spatial distribution characteristics of riprap also play a decisive role in the selection of pile foundation construction technology. In view of the blindness problem in using the drilling method to investigate the irregular concealed riprap, we adopt the comprehensive investigation technology combining the ground penetrating radar with the high density …

Fault Identification Technology Of Ant Attribute Optimization, Li Hongwei, Bai Xuelian, Cui Jingbin, Wan Zhonghong, Yuan Shihong, Chu Wanchang

Coal Geology & Exploration

In the field of seismic geological exploration, the ant attributes is more and more widely used for rapid identification of fault system, and in the process of practical application, ant attributes based on 3D seismic data extraction are displayed either along strata slice(plan) or in section, the features of fault system and distribution characteristics of seismic events is not corresponding to the actual situation, the application effect is poorer, fault interpretation work is given priority to with manual interpretation backbone profile, unable to realize fault automatic tracking. In view of this widespread situation, this paper studies and analyzes the actual …

Analysis Of Factors Affecting The Automatic High-Frequency Induction Brazing Strength Of Pdc, Dai Yongbo

Coal Geology & Exploration

With the development of automation and intelligentization in manufacturing industry, the research on PDC bit brazing automation is one of the key development directions of bit production technology. In order to study the influencing factors and adaptation methods of welding strength in PDC automatic brazing process, PDC high frequency induction welding and shear strength comparison test were carried out by using PDC and alloy pillar as the base material through special tooling and test conditions. Combined with the shear strength experiment and the morphology of brazing surface of PDC high-frequency induction brazing, the effect of brazing filler alloys, fluxes, surface …

Combined Cbm Production Behavior And Development Strategy Of Multiple Coal Seams In Zhijin Block, Guo Tao, Gao Xiaokang, Meng Guixi, Xiao Cui

Coal Geology & Exploration

Aiming at the problems that the CBM layers are numerous and thin, it is difficult to develop it effectively in south China, on the basis of the actual production data of CBM wells in Zhijin block, the production characteristics and the influencing factors of gas production of the directional wells for co-extraction of different seams and the horizontal wells for thin seams were analyzed, and corresponding suggestions for CBM development were put forward. The analysis indicated that the gas production of co-extraction of different seams was quite different, was influenced by the liquid-supplying capacity of formation, the height of desorbing …

Application Of High Precision Gravity Survey In Detecting Mined-Out Areas Of Fushun Coal Mine, Huan Hengfei, Gao Tie, Zhao Haiqing, Zhao Weijun, Guo Canwen, Shi Bin

Coal Geology & Exploration

In order to find out the location, depth and distribution range of the mined-out areas in Fushun coal mine, and comprehensively considering the factors affecting the geophysical methods in the cities, the method of high-precision gravity survey was firstly used to study the mined-out areas in the area. Firstly, by analyzing the physical differences of the mined-out areas, a theoretical model was established for forward calculation and preliminarily studied on applicability of the gravity method. Then, a large-scale work of high-precision gravity survey was arranged in the study area, and through potential field separation,3D apparent density inversion and boundary identification …

Drainage Technology And Test Of Stratified Pressure Control With Four-Channels Of Cbm Well In Double Coal Seams, Pang Tao, Jiang Zaibing, Li Bingang, Du Xinfeng

Coal Geology & Exploration

Aiming at the problems of mutual interference between layers and serious damage in reservoirs in the production process of double-coal CBM wells, a four-channel stratified pressure control drainage technology was proposed, in the process of drainage, two coal seams were controlled in different pressure systems to achieve the purpose of stratified production and CBM well drainage device with four-channel packer, monitoring equipment, multi-channel tubing centralizer, roller sucker rod centralizer and auxiliary communication tube for double coal seams was developed. Field application test shows that the four-channel packer can achieve the isolation effect according to the needs, so that the two …

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Coal Geology & Exploration

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Research And Application Of Casing Milling And Fishing Technology In Floor Comb-Shaped Directional Borehole, Guan Qiangsheng, Wei Hongchao

Coal Geology & Exploration

In order to solve the problem that using the conventional strong-force rotary drawing process for borehole sticking accident in comb-shaped directional borehole in floor is not ideal, and using reverse thread drill pipe or strong twist cause big time and economic loss, through the calculation and analysis of the passing capacity of casing milling and fishing pipe in the curved hole, the technical parameters of casing milling and fishing, the sticking accident of floor comb-shaped directional borehole with the depth of 344 m in a coal mine in Henan Province was successfully solved. The application results show that the maximum …

Evaluation Of Coalbed Methane Drainage Effect For Multi-Target Seams In Jincheng Region, Yang Jianchao, Li Guihong, Liu Yuhui, Li Guofu, Wang Chaoshuai, Sun Tianyu

Coal Geology & Exploration

The study of the multi-target seams drainage effect on coalbed methane wells has great value, including coal safe mining, underground gas control, determination of development technical indicators, single well production, rational division of development layer, efficient development of coalbed methane, and development of medium and long-term coalbed methane development planning. Taking Chengzhuang mine of Jincheng as an example, the sampling data of the extraction effect in the middle and late stages of development are compared with the original gas content of the adjacent wells to evaluate the extraction effect, and the main control factors affecting the drainage effect are analyzed …

Supporting Technology Of Roadway Crossing Fractured Zone Of Fault Under Dynamic And Static Load, Song Weihua, Di Chunlei, Deng Zhaorui

Coal Geology & Exploration

The gateway 5303 encountered multiple normal faults during the driving in Changping mine of Jinmei Group. For the purpose that the gateway can pass through the faults safely and rapidly and ensure applicative methods and scope of supporting. So based on the principle of maximum principal stress and fracture damage mechanics of rock, the paper analyzes the crushing mechanism of the normal fault zone under dynamic and static load from macroscopic and microscopic perspectives. Then, the plastic failure model of fault zone was established, the normal fault sliding mechanism and supporting theory were combined to derive the expression of the …

Comprehensive Evaluation Technology And Application Of Grouting Reinforcement Effect For Broken Coal And Rock Mass, Wang Xiaolei, Ji Zhigang, Luo Wenqiang

Coal Geology & Exploration

Grouting reinforcement of broken coal and rock mass plays an important role in controlling the stability of surrounding rocks, and the grouting effect detection is an important link to ensure the grouting engineering to meet the requirements. The evaluation index was quantitatively analyzed by slurry filling rate method, mechanical parameter method, segmented water injection method, geological radar method, drilling television method and core inspection method. The comprehensive evaluation form of grouting effect was put forward, and the application research was carried out. The results show:The rate of filling slurry and coring was more than 90%; After grouting, the compressive strength …

Deformation Characteristics And Support Timing Of Deep High Stress Roadway, Geng Weile, Dong Ziwen, Guo Shengli, Pi Zikun

Coal Geology & Exploration

The rock occurrence environment and structural characteristics determine its strength criteria, and affects the mechanical and deformation characteristics of surrounding rock. This paper relies on the deep replacement project of a mine in Yunnan, based on the rock strength criteria, and analyzes the mechanics and deformation characteristics of surrounding rock and the reasonable secondary support time of roadway to decrease the influence of the roadway support effect because of the obvious rheological properties present under high ground stress. The results showed that the min-average simulated deviations mf was generalized H-B criterion which was aimed at the sum of deviation absolute …

Agronomic Or Contentious Land Change? A Longitudinal Analysis From The Eastern Brazilian Amazon, Stephen Aldrich, Cynthia S. Simmons, Eugenio Arima, Robert T. Walker, Fernando Michelotti, Edna Castro

Department of Earth and Environmental Systems

Since 1984, nearly 1,000 people have been killed in the Brazilian Amazon due to land conflicts stemming from unequal distribution of land, land tenure insecurity, and lawlessness. During this same period, the region experienced almost complete deforestation (< 8% forest cover by 2010). Land conflict exacts a human toll, but it also affects agents’ decisions about land use, the subject of this article. Using a property-level panel dataset covering the period of redemocratization in Brazil (1984) until the privatization of long-term leases in the eastern Amazon (2010), we show that deforestation is affected by land conflict, particularly in cases of expropriation of property for agrarian reform settlement formation. Deforestation on these settlements is much greater when soils are poor for agriculture and when the land has been the object of past conflict. Deforestation and conflict are episodic, and both agronomic drivers and contentious drivers of land change are active in the region. Ultimately, the outcome of these processes of contentious and agronomic land change is substantial deforestation, regardless of who was in possession and control of the land.

Green Strategic Planning Approach For International Shipping Activities, Xiaofang Wu, Luoping Zhang, Huan Feng

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Sustainability is a long-term and ultimate goal for international shipping, although it is slowly making progress. The shipping perspective that moves away from “port-to-port” operations to “door-to-door” services also requires international shipping to take a long-term and holistic view instead of fragmented efforts. How to achieve the long-term sustainability goal becomes a key issue for door-to-door international shipping. Hence, green strategic planning for door-to-door international shipping was proposed with green development that puts forward the eco-centric point of view as its basic theory for sustainability. This study used a strategic decision-making approach, a so-called multi-dimensional decision-making (MDDM), coupled with the …

Student Sustainability Leadership Development At Portland State University: Developing Holistic Sustainability Leaders, Megan Suzanne Schneider

Dissertations and Theses

In order to address the myriad of social, economic, and environmental challenges the world is facing, we need to be able to engage in leadership that fosters collective action towards sustainable solutions. Higher education is an institution that can equip people with the abilities to engage in sustainability leadership. This master's thesis research explores how students develop sustainability leadership through their college experience. Nine students, who had been identified as sustainability leaders through their participation in the Student Sustainability Center (SSC), a co-curricular sustainability program at Portland State University, were selected to be part of this grounded theory research project. …

On The Frontlines - The Fishermen Of Ibrahim Hyderi, Muhammad Haris Aslam Khan

MSJ Capstone Projects

Climate change has become a matter of recent debate for much of the world. According to a report published by a German watch, a non-governmental organization, in 2019, Pakistan among the five countries at severe risk of climate change disasters.

During the last two decades, Pakistan saw more than 141 extreme climatic catastrophes. Only in 2016, more than 566 people died due to these conditions.

A report published by Asian Development Bank in 2017 indicates Pakistan’s climate change profile. It states that more than 1,600 people have lost their lives in the super flood of 2010 alone. A loss of …

How To Promote Education For Sustainable Development? Vision Of The Educational Situation And Its Contribution To Sustainable Development., Khalid Aada

Writing and Language Studies Faculty Publications

During the last decade, the importance of leaving a rational paradigm, debtor of functionalist and utilitarian models, towards another more congruent with the preservation of natural resources, and therefore of life, has been widely discussed. In the same way, different voices have been raised, pointing out the urgency of inserting these precepts into the educational field, hoping to achieve the true cultural transformation that is needed to consolidate the change. Multiple International Entities promote sustainability in Education as an initiative that should be ambitious, complex and reforming character, given the global scope of the social, economic and environmental situation affecting …

Plastic Fast, Maureen E. Schlangen

Roesch Library Staff Publications

In the era of Silent Spring, the first Earth Days and the “Keep America Beautiful” campaigns in the 1970s, littering was just the tip of the pollution iceberg. It still is. The bigger problems are demand and production. A June 2018 article in National Geographic found that worldwide, we produce almost 500 million tons of plastic every year — and about 40 percent is tossed after one use. According to the nonprofit Plastic Oceans, more than 8 million tons of plastic go into the oceans each year; production of plastic water bottles alone has grown from 3.8 billion in 1996 …

Rain Gardens: The Return Of Ecosystem Services, Katie Dehaan

Honors Theses

In the modern world impervious surfaces, especially in urban areas, abound. These include roads, highways, sidewalks, parking lots, and roofs that have replaced permeable surfaces, mainly open land, forests, and wetlands. Rainwater runs off of these surfaces collecting pollutants on its way to permeable areas. Rain gardens collect and process rainwater. Native plants with deep root systems process large volumes of rainwater and the microorganisms living in the soils and roots can process pollutants. The purpose of my research was to find out what variables affect species presence or absence in rain gardens. Species presence or absence at the time …

Turning Disaster Data Into Knowledge: Field Reconnaissance, Damage Assessment, And Lessons Learned From Hurricane Sandy, Harvey, And Michael, Jie Gong

Sustainability Seminar Series

The recent hurricanes in 2012, 2017, and 2018, and efforts of researchers to capture vast quantities of perishable data through support of the National Science Foundation and other agencies, have created enormous databases of hurricane impacts to coastal structures that can be used to extract fundamental knowledge as to why these structures perform as they do during hurricanes. But exploration of these large data sets, untangling the complex factors contributing to various hurricane damages, and forming a holistic understanding of damage mechanisms are challenging tasks, requiring convergent approaches in system modeling, data science, and cyberinfrastructure design. In this presentation, Dr. …

The Economics Of Residential Solar Panels: Comparing Tiered And Time Of Use Plans, Prashanth Nyer, Candace Ybarra, Jack B. Broughton

Business Faculty Articles and Research

This case study uses data from a Southern California Edison residential customer on a grandfathered tiered rate plan to investigate 1) whether it is economically beneficial for the customer to switch from a tiered-rate plan to a Time-of-Use (TOU) plan, 2) whether going solar now makes financial sense for new solar customers, 3) what level of usage offset (the percentage of the customer’s annual electricity consumption that is provided by the solar panels) would result in the maximum financial benefit for the customer under each of the many TOU plans, and 4) whether solar customers on TOU plans can save …

Umphlett Qci Dec 2019, Natalie A. Umphlett

High Plains Regional Climate Center: Staff Publications

Highlights for the Basin

Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies

Soil Moisture Conditions

Agriculture

Energy

Infrastructure

Temperature

Precipitation

Small Ruminant Health Intervention Calendar In Ethiopia, Mesfin Mekonnen, Ayalew Assefa, Tesfalem Nane, Firdawok Ayele, Asrat Arke, Belay Elias, Barbara Wieland

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute: Faculty Publications

Contents

1 Background................................................................................................... 3
2 Developing the health intervention calendar............................................................ 4
The treatment calendar ......................................................... 4 Applying the calendar..................................................................... 5 4 References................................................................... 8

Mammal Species Inventory Using Various Trapping Methods In Zone 4 Of Billy Barquedier National Park, Belize During Rainy Season, Mersady Redding

Animal Science Undergraduate Honors Theses

Belize is a small country, but it is extremely ecologically diverse. Based on the few studies conducted in Belize, the abundance of mammals is low but diversity is high. Particular findings note the number and identity of species differed between four sites in the Maya Mountains of Belize, indicating that a data set from a single site is not representative of the Neotropical region. Insufficient data is available to estimate current species richness of many areas in Belize, including Billy Barquedier National Park (BBNP). The objective of this study was to explore trapping and documentation methods of terrestrial mammals in …

6th Annual Sustainability Report, Saint Mary's College Of California

Sustainability Report

Highlights from the past year include reviving the Sustainability Living Learning Community in South Claeys (formerly called the “Green LLC”) with double the anticipated enrollment, representing Saint Mary's at Al Gore's Climate Reality Leadership Training in Minneapolis, and launching several new paid Sustainability Student Leadership positions.

Cost Effectiveness Of Greenhouse Gas Reductions Through Afforestation Of Agricultural Land In The Arkansas Delta, Karli A. Moore

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Sequestration of atmospheric carbon in forested lands offsets carbon emissions from other industries. Conversion of private lands, particularly agricultural tracts in marginal areas, to forests can bolster carbon abatement. The United States government agencies administer some voluntary, incentive-based programs to encourage landowners to adopt production practices with positive environmental outcomes. This policy stream can be used to increase transition of marginal agricultural land to forests, thereby creating new carbon sinks. We analyze an eleven-county study area in the Arkansas Delta to determine feasibility for a subsidy focused on carbon abatement through afforestation. This study area is significant for two reasons: …