Groundwater problems in surface coal mining in Scotland

The paper reviews the problems encountered with groundwater in surface mining in Scotland. The problems which occur at various stages of the mining process from initial exploration to mine planning and final restoration are referred to. Special consideration is given to mine drainage and pumping methods.     

Rheological Properties and Characteristics of Hydraulic Transportation and Heat-Mass Exchange of Coal-Water Fuels

The procedure is proposed for calculating the characteristics of flow and heat exchange of coal-water fuels as applied to the pipeline hydraulic transport and heat-mass exchange in the apparatus of ecologically clean combustion in the objects of power engineering.     

Control of the coal-rock boundary by elastic vibrations

Conclusions The marked difference between the rates of damping of longitudinal mechanical vibrations in metal rods brought into contact with specimens of coals and rocks gives grounds for assuming that this phenomenon may be utilized for remote discrimination between coals and rocks. This makes it possible to develop a special sensor for automatic control of the direction of movement of heading and extraction machines exactly along the boundary of the coal seam, i.e., along the boundary between the coal and rock. Donetsk Polytechnical Institute. Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, No. 5, pp. 124–128, September–October, 1975.     

Surface subsidence in the karst mining area in China

Carbonate rocks are widely distributed in China, with extensively scattering of karst aquifer deposits associated with frequent surface subsidences. Particularly, most of surface subsidences occurred in karst aquifer mining areas in Southern China, but very few in Northern China. As a form of geological hazard, the surface subsidence in mining areas causes the increasing of both the amount of mine water inundation and the possibility of mine water and mud invasion, jeoperdising the environment of mining areas, and endangering the mining operation and people’s lives. Generally, the distribution of surface subsidences is of regular pattern, principally controlled by karst development pattern. Therefore, it is likely to predict and prevent the occurrence of surface subsidence. In this paper, the distribution, the danger and the prediction and prevention of surface subsidence of karst aquifer mine area in China are discussed.