Mechanism Analysis of Delayed Water Inrush from Karst Collapse Column during Roadway Excavation Based on Seepage Transition Theory: A Case Study in PanEr Coal Mine

Yu Liu, Jingzhong Zhu, Qimeng Liu, Anying Yuan, Shifang He and Yisheng Bai
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Yu Liu: State Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal Mines, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
Jingzhong Zhu: School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
Qimeng Liu: School of Earth and Environment, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
Anying Yuan: State Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal Mines, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, China
Shifang He: Coal Company, Huaihe Energy (Group) Co., Ltd., Huainan 232001, China
Yisheng Bai: Coal Company, Huaihe Energy (Group) Co., Ltd., Huainan 232001, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-13

Abstract: Water inrush disaster is one of the major disasters affecting the production safety of coal mines following roof caving, fire, gas outburst, and dust explosion disasters. It is urgent to reveal the water inrush mechanism and take effective measures to prevent the disasters. More than 80% of water inrush accidents occur around geological structural zones such as faults and karst collapse columns (KCCs). The water inrush events from KCCs caused huge economic losses and heavy casualties, and the water inrush process often shows certain hysteresis characteristics. Taking the water inrush disaster from a KCC during roadway excavation in PanEr Coal Mine of Huainan Mining Area as the case study, the delayed inrush mechanism of KCC was analyzed from the aspects of floor failure, KCC activation, seepage transition, and water inrush development characteristics. The results show that the rock mechanical properties and the excavation depth are the main factors affecting the floor failure characteristics. The seepage transformation from pore flow to fracture flow and pipeline flow, with the change in internal composition structure, is the internal mechanism of the delayed water inrush from KCC. The research is of great significance for the prediction and prevention of water inrush disasters from KCCs.

Keywords: water inrush; karst collapse column; seepage transition; coal mining (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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