软煤应变强度硬化冲击灾变

煤与瓦斯突出软煤层不具冲击倾向性,但在深部开采中却发生了软煤层冲击灾变动力现象.为探索软煤冲击灾变的成因,通过文献研究和工程案例实证分析,证明了软煤层冲击灾变现象的客观存在;通过煤样无侧限单轴压缩试验和冲击倾向性测定,得知试验煤样无冲击倾向性,极限载荷后单调应变强度软化;模拟工程背景现场与掘进工作面和采煤工作面中部相同的边界约束和加载条件,开展单自由度边界承压试验,考察灾变全程应力、应变、声发射特征,研究软煤冲击灾变机理.结果表明:单自由度边界条件下加载,3个煤样均出现应变强度软化-硬化-灾变过程,甚至反复软化-硬化;经应变强度硬化,灾变前煤样抗压强度均超过冲击倾向性的阈值条件;定义了应变强度软化、应变强度硬化系数,灾变前应变强度硬化系数分别为1. 26,1. 53,2. 25,应变强度硬化程度比较显著;软煤在单自由度约束条件下承压,应变硬化达到煤样冲击破坏强度条件时,可发生类似硬煤的冲击灾变,合理解释了现场软煤层冲击灾变的成因.深部高应力条件下,煤与瓦斯突出软煤掘进和开采,要对应变强度硬化导致煤层冲击灾变引起重视;工程上,这种冲击灾变的强度一般不高,但其可诱导煤与瓦斯突出或瓦斯异常涌出,危害性很高.     

Soft–strong supporting mechanism of gob-side entry retaining in deep coal seams threatened by rockburst

When gob-side entry retaining is implemented in deep coal seams threatened by rockburst, the cement-based supporting body beside roadway will bear greater roof pressure and strong impact load. Then the supporting body may easily deform and fail because of its low strength in the early stage. This paper established the roadside support mechanical model of gob-side entry retaining. Based on this model, we proposed and used the soft–strong supporting body as roadside support in the gob-side entry retaining. In the early stage of roof movement, the soft–strong supporting body has a better compressibility, which can not only relieve roof pressure and strong impact load, but also reduce the supporting resistance and prevent the supporting body from being crushed. In the later stage, with the increase of the strength of the supporting body, it can better support the overlying roof. The numerical simulation results and industrial test show that the soft–strong supporting body as roadside support can be better applied into the gob-side entry retaining in deep coal seams threatened by rockburst.     

“铁篦子”方案在岩爆区的应用

为减少岩爆控制的规模,采用“铁篦子或钢筋排”方案对其进行研究。利用隧道开挖后周围岩体的弹性能密度计算不同岩爆等级发生时的动能;根据前期对NJ—TBM隧洞地应力的反分析成果,结合工程区域采取应力释放孔等措施,确定不同岩爆区的最大岩块及其最大速度,且假定最大岩块以最大速度向钢板/钢筋进行冲击,从而建立“铁篦子或钢筋排”方案计算模型;基于该模型,将所提出的“铁篦子或钢筋排”方案分别应用到强岩爆区、中等岩爆区以及弱岩爆区。结果表明:在强岩爆区(钢拱架间距1.5 m,每延米30根Φ=20 mm“铁篦子”的方案)中岩爆区(钢拱架间距1.7 m,每延米20根Φ=22 mm“铁篦子”的方案)弱岩爆区(钢拱架间距2.0 m,每延米20根Φ=20 mm“铁篦子”的方案)均未使钢筋出现塑性区。因此,所提出的方案不会产生塑性区。     

A mathematical model of gas flow during coal outburst initiation

A proposed concept of outburst initiation examines the release of a large amount of gas from coal seams resulted from disintegrating thermodynamically unstable coal organic matter(COM). A coal microstructure is assumed to getting unstable due to shear component appearance triggered by mining operations and tectonic activities considered as the primary factor while COM disintegration under the impact of weak electric fields can be defined as a secondary one. The energy of elastic deformations stored in the coal microstructure activates chemical reactions to tilt the energy balance in a ‘‘coal–gas" system.Based on this concept a mathematical model of a gas flow in the coal where porosity and permeability are changed due to chemical reactions has been developed. Using this model we calculated gas pressure changes in the pores initiated by gas release near the working face till satisfying force and energy criteria of outburst. The simulation results demonstrated forming overpressure zone in the area of intensive gas release with enhanced porosity and permeability. The calculated outburst parameters are well combined with those evaluated by field measurements.     

Study on “fracturing-sealing” integration technology based on high-energy gas fracturing in single seam with high gas and low air permeability

To improve the gas extraction efficiency of single seam with high gas and low air permeability, we developed the “fracturing-sealing” integration technology, and carried out the engineering experiment in the 3305 Tunliu mine. In the experiment, coal seams can achieve the aim of antireflection effect through the following process: First, project main cracks with the high energy pulse jet. Second, break the coal body by delaying the propellant blasting. Next, destroy the dense structure of the hard coal body, and form loose slit rings around the holes. Finally, seal the boreholes with the “strong–weak–strong” pressurized sealing technology. The results are as follows: The average concentration of gas extraction increases from 8.3% to 39.5%. The average discharge of gas extraction increases from 0.02 to 0.10 m³/min. The tunneling speeds up from 49.5 to 130 m/month. And the permeability of coal seams improves nearly tenfold. Under the same conditions, the technology is much more efficient in depressurization and antireflection than common methods. In other words, it will provide a more effective way for the gas extraction of single seam with high gas and low air permeability.     

Reservoir reconstruction technologies for coalbed methane recovery in deep and multiple seams

Multiple coal seams widely develop in the deep Chinese coal-bearing strata. Ground in situ stress and coal seam gas pressure increase continuously with the increase of the mining depth, and coal and gas outburst disasters become increasingly severe. When the coal is very deep, the gas content and pressure will elevate and thus coal seams tends to outburst-prone seams. The safety and economics of exploited firstmined coal seams are tremendously restricted. Meanwhile, the multiple seams occurrence conditions resulted in different methane pressure systems in the coal-bearing strata, which made the reservoir reconstruction of coal difficult. Given the characteristics of low saturation, low permeability, strong anisotropy and soft coal of Chinese coal seams, a single hydraulic fracturing surface well for reservoir reconstruction to pre-drain the coalbed methane(CBM) of multiple seams concurrently under the different gas pressure systems has not yet gained any breakthroughs. Based on analyses of the main features of deep CBM reservoirs in China, current gas control methods and the existing challenges in deep and multiple seams, we proposed a new technology for deep CBM reservoir reconstruction to realize simultaneous high-efficiency coal mining and gas extraction. In particular, we determined the first-mined seam according to the principles of effectiveness and economics, and used hydraulic fracturing surface well to reconstruct the first-mined seam which enlarges the selection range of the first-mined seam. During the process of mining first-mined seam, adjacent coal seams could be reconstructed under the mining effect which promoted high-efficiency pressure relief gas extraction by using spatial and comprehensive gas drainage methods(combination of underground and ground CBM extraction methods). A typical integrated reservoir reconstruction technology, ‘‘One well for triple use", was detailed introduced and successfully applied in the Luling coal mine. The application showed that the proposed technology could effectively promote coal mining safety and simultaneously high-efficiency gas extraction.     

A causation mechanism for coal bursts during roadway development based on the major horizontal stress in coal: Very specific structural geology causing a localised loss of effective coal confinement and Newton's second law

In 2017, one of the international authorities on coal bursts, Mark Christopher, published a paper entitled‘‘Coal bursts that occur during development: A rock mechanics enigma", in which several relevant technical issues were identified. This paper outlines what is considered to be a credible, first-principles,mechanistic explanation for these three current development coal burst conundrums by reference to early published coal testing work examining the significance of a lack of ‘‘constraint" to coal stability and an understanding of how very specific structural geology and other geological features can logically cause this to occur in situ, albeit on a statistically very rare basis. This basic model is examined by reference to published information pertaining to the development coal-burst that occurred at the Austar Coal Mine in New South Wales, Australia, in 2014 and from the Sunnyside District in Utah, the United States.The ‘‘cause and effect" model for development of coal bursts presented also offers a meaningful explanation for the statistical improbability for what are nonetheless potentially highly-destructive events, being able to explain the statistical rarity being just as important to the credibility of the model as explaining the local conditions associated with burst events. The model could also form the basis for a robust, riskbased approach utilising a ‘‘hierarchy of controls", to the operational management of the development coal burst threat. Specifically, the use of pre-mining predictions for likely burst-prone and non-burstprone areas, the use of the mine layout to avoid or at least minimise mining within burst-prone areas if appropriate, and finally the development of an operational Trigger Action Response Plan(TARP) that reduces the likelihood of inadvertent roadway development into a burst-prone area without suitable safety controls already being in place.     

华亭煤田冲击地压定向解危技术

针对华亭煤田各煤矿冲击地压显现时底板鼓起严重的现象,采用横向(巷道横截面)卸压和纵向(沿巷道走向)卸压相结合的方式来消除冲击危险.在巷道两脚布置钻孔,水平应力在钻孔上分解后形成的静摩擦力会挤压底板使之向下运动,并通过两侧钻孔卸压爆破形成底板裂隙区来隔断底板深部传来的应力;同时在巷道中每隔一段距离设置一个破碎带,破碎带起到"弹簧体"的作用,吸收沿巷道走向方向水平应力所带来的能量.研究表明,经计算定向解危方法吸收能量(10~8J)远大于微震系统已经测得的矿区冲击危险源产生的能量级别(10~6J),对底板型的冲击地压现象能够起到很好的防治作用.现场实施情况良好,有效减轻了煤矿巷道底板鼓起的现象.     

新安煤田正村井田二叠系煤岩层对比

煤岩层对比工作对于煤田地质勘探、储量计算以及煤炭资源的开发利用都具有极其重要的意义,它是研究含煤地层层序、煤田地质构造、煤层厚度变化、煤层赋存规律的基础工作,是煤田地质勘探工作的主要任务之一.本文采用标志层法、层间距法、煤质特征分析法和测井响应,对本区的主要含煤层段二叠系山西组、上下石盒子组进行了系统的划分和对比,准确确定了主要可采煤层二1煤层和局部可采煤层二2煤层、七2煤层的层位,并对这些煤层的空间展布进行了对比,这一煤岩层对比方案已为煤田勘探和煤矿开采的揭露所证实.     

Technology and application of pressure relief and permeability increase by jointly drilling and slotting coal

Difficulties with soft coal seams having a high gas content and high stress levels can be addressed by a technology of pressure relief and permeability increase. Slotting the seam by auxiliary drilling with a water jet that breaks the coal and slots the coal seam during the process of retreat drilling achieves pressure relief and permeability increase. Improved efficiency of gas extraction from a field test, high gas coal seam was observed. Investigating the theory of pressure relief and permeability increase required analyzing the characteristics of the double power slotting process and the effects of coal pressure relief and permeability increase. The influence of confining pressure on coal physical properties was examined by using FLAC3D software code to simulate changes of coal stress within the tool destruction area. The double power joint drilling method was modeled. Field experiments were performed and the effects are analyzed. This research shows that there is an “islanding effect” in front of the joint double power drill and slotting equipment. The failure strength of the coal seam is substantially reduced within the tool destruction area. Drilling depths are increased by 72% and the diameter of the borehole is increased by 30%. The amount of powdered coal extracted from the drill head increases by 17 times when using the new method. A 30 day total flow measurement from the double power drilled and slotted bores showed that gas extraction increased by 1.3 times compared to the standard drilled bores. Gas concentrations increased from 30% to 60% and were more stable so the overall extraction efficiency increased by a factor of two times.     

极近距离煤层回采巷道合理位置确定

在曹村矿10#与11#极近距离煤层开采地质条件基础上,对上位10#煤开采后底板破坏深度及遗留煤柱下方应力分布情况进行了力学计算分析.计算结果表明,10#煤开采后引起的超前支承压力,对其底板最大破坏深度为26.1m,是两层煤间距的2.8倍;煤柱底板的应力分布具有显著的非均匀性.为了衡量煤柱下方底板内应力场的非均布情况,定义了应力场变化率系数ξ.考虑1.5倍的安全系数,并结合采用均布载荷计算得出的错距和底板破坏情况,确定11#煤209工作面回采巷道合理内错距为7.5m.现场应用表明,确定的内错7.5m布置较为合适,巷道支护效果较好,未出现强烈的矿压显现.     

厚煤层大采高采场煤壁的破坏规律与失稳机理

基于大采高采场煤壁稳定性控制需要,在现场实测基础上,采用数值模拟分析了煤层采动裂隙的发展演化规律,并用滑移线理论分析了煤壁失稳的力学过程.研究表明:仅含层理煤层的采动剪切破坏面由倾向相反的共轭面组成;含节理煤层中,硬煤的采动破坏面为剪切破坏面与节理张裂面组成的倾向相反的共轭面,软煤采动破坏面为倾向采空区的单向平面;超前塑性区内硬煤的后继剪切破坏面仍为倾向相反的共轭面,软煤内则为倾向煤壁的单向平面.采用塑性滑移线确定了煤壁片帮的危险范围,影响煤壁失稳的主要因素为端面距与砌体梁结构的回转变形压力.     

Assessment of rockburst hazard by quantifying the consequence with plastic strain work and released energy in numerical models

Quantifying the rockburst consequence is of critical importance to reduce the hazards with preventative measures in underground mines and deep tunnels. Contours of energy components within a pillar model are plotted at different rockmass damage stages, and plastic strain work and released energy are proposed as indicators of rockmass damage consequence. One pillar model under different loading stiffness is simulated to assess indicators of pillar burst and the resulting damages. The results show the rockmass damage under soft loading stiffness has larger magnitude of plastic strain work and released energy than that which is under stiff loading stiffness, indicating the rockburst consequence can be quantified with plastic strain work and released energy in numerical models. With the quantified rockburst consequence,preventative measures can be taken to avoid severe hazards to mine safety.     

Micro shape of coal particle and crushing energy

A large amount of energy is consumed in a coal and gas outburst since a mass of coal is pulverized and ejected, accompanying a great quantity of gas emitted, resulting in a major mining hazard in underground coal mining around the world. Understanding how potential energy stored in gassy coal seams dissipates in the process of outbursting may possibly be a key to clarify the mechanisms responsible for coal and gas outburst. The present study was aimed to evaluate energy for crushing coal to various size fractions in coal and gas outbursts through theoretical and experimental investigation into the shape of fine coal particles and their equivalent diameter. Theoretical analysis indicates that the shape of a particle has a significant impact both on its equivalent diameter and hence on its outer surface area.Microscopic observations demonstrate the particle fraction with diameters less than 0.075 mm, produced from crushing coal samples, mostly takes on a spherical or ellipsoidal shape, and experimental data also show this part of particles consists of 30%–50% surface area newly generated from crushing operation,though these fine coal accounts for only less than ten percentages by weight. Further, analysis of experimental data indicates that the total surface area of this particle size fraction varies exponentially with input crushing energy, and the specific area energy is not a constant but probably in association with physical properties and textures of material.     

Constitutive model for methane desorption and diffusion based on pore structure differences between soft and hard coal

This paper aims to improve the accuracy and applicability of gas diffusion mathematical models from coal particles. Firstly, a new constitutive model for gas diffusion from coal particles with tri-disperse pore structure is constructed by considering the difference in characteristics between soft coal and hard coal.The analytical solution is then derived, that is, the quantitative relationship between gas diffusion rate(Qt/Q_∞) and diffusion time(t), The pore structure parameters of soft coal and hard coal from Juji coal mine are determined. Gas diffusion rules are numerically calculated and investigated by physical simulation methods. Lastly, the applicability of this model is verified. The results show that the homogeneous model only applies to the gas diffusion process of hard coal during the initial 10 min. The calculation results from this model and the physical experimental results of soft coal and hard coal are nearly identical during the initial 30 min.     

Comprehensive evaluation of water-inrush risk from coal floors

Lower groups of coal seams are presently being mined in the Yanzhou coal mining area. We need to evaluate the risk from water-inrush from coal floors in order to have safe production in the lower groups of coal seams in mines, Based on a systematic collection of hydrogeological data and some data from mined working faces in these lower groups, we evaluated the factors affecting water-inrush from coal floors of the area by a method of dimensionless analysis. We obtained the order of the factors affecting water-inrush from coal floors and recalculated data on depths of destroyed floors by multiple linear regression analysis and obtained new empirical formulas. We also analyzed the water-inrush coefficient of mined working faces of the lower groups of coal seams and improved the evaluation standard of the water-inrush coefficient method. Finally, we made a comprehensive evaluation of water-inrush risks from coal floors by using the water-inrush coefficient method and a fuzzy clustering method. The evaluation results provide a solid foundation for preventing and controlling the damage caused by water of an Ordovician limestone aquifer in the lower group of coal seams in the mines of Yanzhou. It provides also important guidelines for lower groups of coal seams in other coal mines.     

Designing coal panels in the conditions of associated methane and spontaneous fire hazards

An increase in methane, spontaneous fire and bumping hazards in Polish hard coal mines, observed in the last two decades, led to the need to elaborate the tools allowing proper selection of a range of preventive measures to fight them at the stage of designing coal extraction. Designing the production of a coal seams in the conditions of associated methane and spontaneous fires hazards in Polish hard coal mines requires elaboration of the design standards for coal panels in gassy coal seams. This paper presents the guidelines on how to design production in the conditions of associated methane and spontaneous fire hazards.Presented tools and methodology since the very first research were many times verified by daily mining operations in the conditions of associated methane and spontaneous fire hazards, which confirms their significant contribution to the development of safe and economical mining operations.     

Sustainable development and upgrading mode of coal industry in China

It is an emerging realistic problem on how to promote a high level of technology in the coal industry, find new upgrading powers and create new competitive advantages, which are also the core problems to efficient transformation pattern of economic growth for coal industry in the “twelfth five-year” period, involving the key to China’s energy supply and energy security. Through field surveys and inductive analyses, analyzing of the content of upgrading the coal industry as an entry point, this paper analyzes the sustainable development mechanisms for the coal industry from the aspects of work force, power, methods, goals, and so on; and puts forward corresponding developmental modes according to the mechanisms which can improve resource recovery and mineral resources utilization rates by putting them into practice.     

Applicability of surface directional wells for upper Silesia Basin coal seams? drainage ahead of mining

Methods of exploitation drainage, which is presently applied in polish hard coal mines in Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland), are not effective enough, high risk of methane hazard can be observed, and production capacity of the mining plant is not fully used. Methane hazard, which may occur during planned coal exploitation, is presented in this paper. Following parameters are taken into consideration in the forecasts: coal extraction parameters, geological and mining conditions, deposit’s methane saturation degree and impact of coal exploitation on the degasification coefficient of the seams, which are under the influence of relaxation zone. This paper presents the results of the analysis aiming to verify applicability of drainage ahead of mining of the coal seams by using surface directional wells. Based on the collected data (coal seams’ structural maps, profiles of the exploratory wells, geological cross-sections), the lab tests of drilling cores and direct wells’ tests, static model of the deposit was constructed and suitable grid of directional wells from the surface was designed. Comparison of forecasted methane emission volume between the two methods is investigated. The results indicated the necessity of performing appropriate deposit’s stimulations in order to increase effectiveness of drainage ahead of mining.     

A study of fire propagation in coal seam with numerical simulation of heat transfer and chemical reaction rate in mining field

Spontaneous combustion of coal is a problem that affects the mining operation and generates environmental, economic, social and geotechnical impacts. This phenomenon has been divided into two processes: ignition and propagation. Fire propagation develops in coal seams because of a set of factors such as direction and wind speed, fracturing and temperature. In this work, heat transfer and chemical kinetics are studied from conservation equations of energy and species, respectively, using the software COMSOL Multiphysics to simulate the propagation of fires in coal seams. Two possible scenarios were analyzed that usually occur in the walls of the coal seams, such as fire focus and fire complete screens. It was found that the propagation kinetics of the fire changes depending on the temperature, the fracturing of rock mass and the area of fire influence. For temperature values lower than 300 °C, there is consumption around 250 cm³/h, values around 700 °C, the consumption is 1500 cm³/h, and for fires of 1200 °C have values of 3000 cm³/h. Depending on the speed of propagation can vary from 4 to 17 cm/day, considering on the level and fracturing of the final wall of the open pit.