Abstract
The reasonable selection of the protective coal mining (PCS) thickness and the quantitative relationship between the mining thickness and the interlayer spacing directly affect the performance of the pressure relief gas drainage and the safe mining of the PCS. Thus, the evolution of the protected coal seam (PDCS) permeability under the different PCS mining thickness in Huainan and Hancheng mining area is simulated by using the stress-damage-seepage coupling model. The results show that the PDCS permeability presents an S type increasing with the increase of the mining thickness. The logistic function formula for quantitative analysis of the relationship between the PCS mining thickness and PDCS permeability is given. The optimal mining thickness of the PCS in Huainan and Hancheng mining area is 1.73 m and 0.96 m, respectively, and the reasonable mining thickness range is 0.87–4.06 and 0.68–1.32 m. Based on the numerical simulation, the quantitative curve between the mining thickness and the interlayer spacing of the upper and lower PCS mining in Hancheng and Huainan mining area is presented. Finally, the reliability of the numerical simulation is verified by the filed measurement of the fracture development in the roof and the permeability of the PDCS.
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Financial support for this work was supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation (8184082), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51874281 and 51704274), the Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds (1601002B) and the Yue Qi Distinguished Scholar Project, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing.
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Zhang, C., Tu, S. & Zhang, L. Mining Thickness Determination of Upper and Lower Protective Coal Seam in Pressure Relief Mining. Geotech Geol Eng 37, 1813–1827 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-018-0724-3
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