fundamental understanding of goaf gas displacement in longwall goaf

Fundamental understanding of goaf gas displacement in longwall goaf

Fundamental understanding of the goaf gas distribution in a gassy coal mine is necessary for developing effective goaf gas drainage strategies in the longwall coal mine. The goaf gas was subjected to the surface and body forces that were classified depending upon whether they acted on the surface area or the volume of the gas element. Of these forces, the body forces were more predominant in di...

Computational fluid dynamics simulations for investigation of parameters affecting goaf gas distribution

It is necessary to obtain a fundamental understanding of the goaf gas flow patterns in longwall mine in order to develop optimum goaf gas drainage and spontaneous combustion (sponcom) management strategies. The best ventilation layout for a longwall underground mine should assist in goaf gas drainage and further reduce the risk of sponcom in the goaf. Further, in the longwall panel, regulators ...

Long-term stability analysis of goaf area in longwall mining using minimum potential energy theory

Estimation of the height of caved and fractured zones above a longwall panel along with the stability conditions of the goaf area are very crucial to determine the abutment stresses, ground subsidence, and face support as well as designing the surrounding gates and intervening pillars. In this work, the height of caving-fracturing zone above the mined panel is considered as the height of destre...

Stability Control of Retained Goaf-Side Gateroad under Different Roof Conditions in Deep Underground Y Type Longwall Mining

Stability of the retained goaf-side gateroad (RGSG) is influenced mainly by the movements of the roof strata near coal seam after coalface passes by. To make effective controlling technology for the stability of the RGSG, we analyze the roof structure over the RGSG to illustrate the mechanism causing the RGSG instability under different roof conditions. We then examine the dynamic evolution of ...

3-D simulation of gases transport under condition of inert gas injection into goaf

Several Key Parameters of Numerical Simulation of Goaf in Research

By a Computational Fluid Dynamics software named Fluent, the influence that the permeability, gas emission intensity of goaf and turbulent parameters in working face have on the numerical simulation was studied. The results show that: the permeability and gas emission intensity of goaf have great influence on the migration law of gas and goaf air leakage, causing great impact on the gas concent...