• Pennsylvania Mine Inspector's Formula—This approach estimates a barrier pillar width based on depth of cover and seam thickness. The formula is: (Eqn. 2) where T is the coal seam thickness (ft) and D is the depth of mining cover or height of hydrostatic head acting against the barrier (rounded up to the nearest 100 ft), whichever is ...
Open-pit mining is an important form of coal mining in China, and its damage to the ecological environment is particularly obvious in alpine regions. The ecological restoration of alpine open-pit coal mines faces severe challenges, and its restoration effect will directly affect the ecological security of China. Meanwhile, …
More than 99% of coal mining in Indonesia is open-pit mining. Nowadays, the adoption of the underground coal mining method is discussed to extend coal production due to the increasing demand for coal.
Coal, Coal Resources and Coal Reserves" (the 2003 Guidelines), and were referenced in the 2004 and 2012 editions of ... formula (Preston and Sanders, 1993) which utilises the best estimate of the in situ moisture ... natural or cultural features that preclude mining. For further information refer to section 6.1 and Appendix C (Q1 to 3). Quality
Data about a mining area of the Yanzhou coal industry in 2011-2013. …
Coal mines' water inrush is one of the five major disasters that affect the safety of coal mine production. The assessment of coal mines' water inrush is a prerequisite for preventing and controlling coal mines' water inrush. To objectively and effectively evaluate the risk of water inrush in the coal seam roof and overcome the …
The designed production capacity of the open-pit coal mine coal mine in Block I of Thar coal field in Pakistan is 7.8 million tons/year. The initial pulling ditch is located in the east of the ...
Then, the set-pair analysis method is used to comprehensively evaluate green mine construction in the coal industry, which provides a theoretical basis and practical guidance for further development of green mine construction in the coal industry. ... and the bottom layer evaluation results are calculated separately using the above …
(a) Results are reported for the surface mining case, with the underground mining numbers being similar. (b) Coal transportation = average user by river. (c) Efficiencies are on a …
The year-after-year deepening of North China-type coal mines has resulted in frequent water inrush disasters at coal seam floors, causing significant casualties and property loss. The key factor for assessing water inrush hazards is the depth at which the coal seam floor will fail. It is therefore of great importance to predict this failure depth so …
According to the connotation of ecological environment quality, in order to effectively evaluate the ecological environment quality of environmental pollution governance in the coal mining area, four kinds of evaluation indicators in Table 1 are selected from the perspective of sustainable development. The first type of evaluation …
To evaluate the water quantity for each coal mine, the annual normal water inflow date was collected and the mean value was used to measure the average groundwater recharge rate. ... The goaf area and tunnel system of each coal mine was delineated based on the plane plan of the coal mine. Formulas 3 and 4 were used to …
The total operating cost and capital cost of mining are calculated by using the proposed econometric model and verified by comparing the outputs with CostMine …
Coal mining - Underground, Surface, & Drilling: The various methods of mining a coal seam can be classified under two headings, surface mining and underground mining. Surface and underground coal mining are broad activities that incorporate numerous variations in equipment and methods, and the choice of which method to use in …
In order to explore the effective evaluation method of environmental pollution treatment effect in China's coal mine subsidence areas, based on the literature review and analysis of current situation, combined with the reality of environmental pollution treatment (EPT) in China's coal mine subsidence areas, this paper selected four categories, …
Coal Centre – Coal sampling and analysis standards 4 Abstract Each year, billions of tonnes of coal are traded in regional and international market for use in power generation, steel and cement making, and many other purposes. In …
South Africa is considered as one of the ten largest coal producers and the fourth largest coal exporting country in the world. The above claim perfectly confirms the importance of the coal mining ...
Mine Safety and Health Adminstration (MSHA) regulates ex posure to respirable quartz in coal mines indirectly through reductions in the respirable coal mine dust exposure limit based on the content of quartz in the airborne respirable dust. This reduction is implemented when the quartz content of airborne respirable dust exceeds 5% by weight.
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The determination of the optimal slope angle, ensuring the stability of the mining pit is a crucial step during the exploita tion of the deposits because this angle has a double influence: 1 ...
1. Introduction. Coal mines are important economic cells that provide coal resources for a country. As a Coal group, it is of some significance to evaluate the comprehensive level of the coal mines under its jurisdiction and promote improvement through evaluation for improving the overall competitiveness of the coal mines and …
Introduction. Fossil fuels including fuel oil, natural gas, and coal mostly meet the world's energy needs (Hagen and Robinson Citation 2002).With regards to fossil fuels, coal is the most plentiful energy source, accounting for 40% of global energy (Mathews et al. Citation 2009).Coal provides 77% of South Africa's energy needs, 95% of this energy …
The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments direct the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate and modify, as required, existing dispersion models for the prediction of dispersion of dust from surface coal mines. he application of mathematical air pollution dispersion models to the dispersion of dust from surface coal mines requires …
This study aims at identifying multi-source heavy metal pollution from natural and anthropogenic sources using a regression model, principal component analysis, and five different indices (geo-accumulation index (I geo), the modified degree of contamination, pollution load index (PLI), enrichment factor, and ecological risk factor. Results revealed …
Globally, mining and combustion of fossil fuels, especially coal, have resulted in various environmental problems. The adverse effects of these industries on human health, agriculture and the ...
Despite the significant role of coal in the economic progress of nations, the occupational and health risks associated with its mining pose a major concern for industry stakeholders. The occurrence of roof collapses in coal mines remains a critical factor leading to substantial loss of life and financial damages for miners. Therefore, accurately …
The failure and instability process of surrounding rock in deep engineering is accompanied by energy accumulation and dissipation and results in damage and failure, which play an important role in the inoculation and occurrence of rockbursts.The bursting liability, energy transformation, and total damage evolution during the coal failure …
open access. Abstract. In this paper, evaluation index system of coal mine safety is established on the basis of the SMART principles. Weights of indexes are …
Achibo-Sombo mine, located in South Western Ethiopia, is the first underground conventional coal mine in the country with an estimated reserve of about 2.8mt, for active mine area.
Geotechnical factors of a nearby underground coal mine has been determined in the laboratory. Different approaches of pillar design have been compared. ... 18 Calculated values using CMRI formula for a mining depth of 120 ... pillars of Indian mines To evaluate the applicability of Bieniawski formula and Overt Duvall formulas to