Feasibility of Water Injection on the Coal Wall of Loose Thick Coal Seam to Prevent Rib Spalling and Its Optimal Moisture Content

Rib spalling of loose thick coal wall seriously restricts the high yield, high efficiency of coal mine, affecting the safety production of coal mine. Based on the engineering background of water injection to control rib spalling of loose thick coal seam in the Luling Coal Mine of the Huaibei Mining...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jian Sun, Bin Li, Ruofei Zhang, Zhou Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Geofluids
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5733695
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1832563861183528960
author Jian Sun
Bin Li
Ruofei Zhang
Zhou Huang
author_facet Jian Sun
Bin Li
Ruofei Zhang
Zhou Huang
author_sort Jian Sun
collection DOAJ
description Rib spalling of loose thick coal wall seriously restricts the high yield, high efficiency of coal mine, affecting the safety production of coal mine. Based on the engineering background of water injection to control rib spalling of loose thick coal seam in the Luling Coal Mine of the Huaibei Mining Group, the mineral composition and microscopic morphology of III811 loose thick coal seam in Luling Coal Mine were analyzed by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope. Through uniaxial compressive strength tests of coal samples with different moisture content, the relationship between uniaxial compressive strength, peak strain and moisture content, and their failure characteristics was studied. The results showed that the natural moisture content of III811 coal seam in Luling coal mine is low, and it contains a large amount of kaolinite (75.2%) belonging to clay mineral which is easy to absorb water and then expand, fully bond loose coal body and fill cracks to improve the integrity of coal body. These two factors provide feasibility for injecting water in workface to prevent rib spalling. The compressive strength of coal samples decreased slowly with the raise of moisture content, while the peak strain increased first and then decreased. The peak strain was the largest when the water content was 6.0%. The failure degree of coal samples intensifies with the increase of water content, and the failure form changes from tensile failure at low water content to shear failure at high water content. Considering the relationship between compressive strength, peak strain, and moisture content of coal samples, the optimal moisture content of III811 workface in loose thick coal seam is determined to be 4.5% ~6%.
format Article
id doaj-art-adee6bdf031143699b572c2e45be7d74
institution Kabale University
issn 1468-8123
language English
publishDate 2022-01-01
publisher Wiley
record_format Article
series Geofluids
spelling doaj-art-adee6bdf031143699b572c2e45be7d742025-02-03T01:12:21ZengWileyGeofluids1468-81232022-01-01202210.1155/2022/5733695Feasibility of Water Injection on the Coal Wall of Loose Thick Coal Seam to Prevent Rib Spalling and Its Optimal Moisture ContentJian Sun0Bin Li1Ruofei Zhang2Zhou Huang3State Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal MinesState Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal MinesState Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal MinesState Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal MinesRib spalling of loose thick coal wall seriously restricts the high yield, high efficiency of coal mine, affecting the safety production of coal mine. Based on the engineering background of water injection to control rib spalling of loose thick coal seam in the Luling Coal Mine of the Huaibei Mining Group, the mineral composition and microscopic morphology of III811 loose thick coal seam in Luling Coal Mine were analyzed by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope. Through uniaxial compressive strength tests of coal samples with different moisture content, the relationship between uniaxial compressive strength, peak strain and moisture content, and their failure characteristics was studied. The results showed that the natural moisture content of III811 coal seam in Luling coal mine is low, and it contains a large amount of kaolinite (75.2%) belonging to clay mineral which is easy to absorb water and then expand, fully bond loose coal body and fill cracks to improve the integrity of coal body. These two factors provide feasibility for injecting water in workface to prevent rib spalling. The compressive strength of coal samples decreased slowly with the raise of moisture content, while the peak strain increased first and then decreased. The peak strain was the largest when the water content was 6.0%. The failure degree of coal samples intensifies with the increase of water content, and the failure form changes from tensile failure at low water content to shear failure at high water content. Considering the relationship between compressive strength, peak strain, and moisture content of coal samples, the optimal moisture content of III811 workface in loose thick coal seam is determined to be 4.5% ~6%.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5733695
spellingShingle Jian Sun
Bin Li
Ruofei Zhang
Zhou Huang
Feasibility of Water Injection on the Coal Wall of Loose Thick Coal Seam to Prevent Rib Spalling and Its Optimal Moisture Content
Geofluids
title Feasibility of Water Injection on the Coal Wall of Loose Thick Coal Seam to Prevent Rib Spalling and Its Optimal Moisture Content
title_full Feasibility of Water Injection on the Coal Wall of Loose Thick Coal Seam to Prevent Rib Spalling and Its Optimal Moisture Content
title_fullStr Feasibility of Water Injection on the Coal Wall of Loose Thick Coal Seam to Prevent Rib Spalling and Its Optimal Moisture Content
title_full_unstemmed Feasibility of Water Injection on the Coal Wall of Loose Thick Coal Seam to Prevent Rib Spalling and Its Optimal Moisture Content
title_short Feasibility of Water Injection on the Coal Wall of Loose Thick Coal Seam to Prevent Rib Spalling and Its Optimal Moisture Content
title_sort feasibility of water injection on the coal wall of loose thick coal seam to prevent rib spalling and its optimal moisture content
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5733695
work_keys_str_mv AT jiansun feasibilityofwaterinjectiononthecoalwallofloosethickcoalseamtopreventribspallinganditsoptimalmoisturecontent
AT binli feasibilityofwaterinjectiononthecoalwallofloosethickcoalseamtopreventribspallinganditsoptimalmoisturecontent
AT ruofeizhang feasibilityofwaterinjectiononthecoalwallofloosethickcoalseamtopreventribspallinganditsoptimalmoisturecontent
AT zhouhuang feasibilityofwaterinjectiononthecoalwallofloosethickcoalseamtopreventribspallinganditsoptimalmoisturecontent