Pressure Relief Mechanism and Gas Extraction Method during the Mining of the Steep and Extra-Thick Coal Seam: A Case Study in the Yaojie No. 3 Coal Mine

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Title: Pressure Relief Mechanism and Gas Extraction Method during the Mining of the Steep and Extra-Thick Coal Seam: A Case Study in the Yaojie No. 3 Coal Mine
Authors: Hao Zhang, Lehua Xu, Mengmeng Yang, Cunbao Deng, Yuanping Cheng
Source: Energies, Vol 15, Iss 10, p 3792 (2022)
Publisher Information: MDPI AG, 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Technology
Subject Terms: gas extraction, overburden movement, expansion deformation, effective pressure relief range, Technology
More Details: Gas disasters, such as coal and gas outburst and gas overflow, always occur during the mining of the steep and extra-thick coal seam in the horizontal, fully mechanized, top coal slice caving (HFMTCSC) method. To solve these issues and guarantee the safe and efficient mining in the Yaojie No. 3 coal mine, 3DEC software was used in this work to investigate the overburden movement and collapse law as well as the stress redistribution and coal-seam deformation characteristics below the goaf. The results show that a pressure arch structure and a hinge structure are formed in succession in the overburden rock, which induces stress redistribution in the coal below the goaf. During the mining of the upper slice, more than 75% of the coal in the lower slice is located at the effective pressure relief zone; therefore, the steep and extra-thick coal seam can then be protected slice by slice. Meanwhile, with the increase of mining depth, the efficient pressure relief range expands. Based on this pressure relief mechanism, crossing boreholes and bedding boreholes were reasonably designed to efficiently extract the pressure relief gas during the mining of the steep and extra-thick coal seam in the Yaojie No. 3 coal mine.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1996-1073
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/10/3792; https://doaj.org/toc/1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en15103792
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/6d35ecf03fa84ce280f0f635bcb058fa
Accession Number: edsdoj.6d35ecf03fa84ce280f0f635bcb058fa
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:19961073
DOI:10.3390/en15103792
Published in:Energies
Language:English