Mining Height Effect and Application of Upper Protected Layer Mining Pressure Relief

Zhanshan Shi (), Donglin Ye, Bing Qin, Jianfeng Hao, Weiji Sun and Shengjie Fang
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Zhanshan Shi: Institute of Mining, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin 123000, China
Donglin Ye: Institute of Mining, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin 123000, China
Bing Qin: Institute of Mechanics and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin 123000, China
Jianfeng Hao: Institute of Mining, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin 123000, China
Weiji Sun: Institute of Mining, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin 123000, China
Shengjie Fang: Institute of Mining, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin 123000, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-18

Abstract: In order to obtain the minimum mining height that can play an effective protective role in the mining of the non-full coal protective layer in the Hongyang No. 3 coal mine and improve its economic benefits, the relationship between the mining height and the pressure relief of the protected layer is studied. Theoretical analysis is used to establish a calculation model of the goaf stress distribution law, with the mining height as a variable. The calculation model research results show that the mining height adjusts the goaf stress distribution by adjusting the range of the “three zones”. The force of the falling zone and the frustration zone on the goaf is approximately trapezoidal geostatic stress, and the roof stress in the vertical projection area of the trapezoidal waistline is not transmitted to the goaf. The development heights of the “two zones” are different at different mining heights, and the corresponding pressure-relief ranges are different from the waistline vertical projection. The curved subsidence zone transmits stress to the goaf through the fissure zone and the caving zone below, which can be calculated by the elastic foundation beam model. The falling zone is the elastic foundation, and different mining heights have different foundation coefficients. With the increase in mining heights, the foundation coefficients first decrease and then tend to be stable. The pressure-relief range of the stress transmitted from the curved subsidence zone to the goaf first increases and then tends to be stable. According to the calculation model, the minimum mining height for effective pressure relief of the upper protective layer of thin coal in the Hongyang No. 3 coal mine is 2.5 m, which can effectively relieve the pressure of the protected layer with the floor layer spacing of 48 m.

Keywords: mining height; protective layer; pressure-relief effect; goaf; whole rock; thin coal seam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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