Examining the Impact of Coal Gas Emissions on the Stability Analysis of Coal Pillars: A Critical Literature Review

Authors

  • Emad Ansari Ardehjani Shahrood university of technology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2537-8013
  • Mohammad Ataei Faculty of Mining, Petroleum and Geophysics Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran
  • Farhang Sereshki Faculty of Mining, Petroleum and Geophysics Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran
  • Ali Mirzaghorbanali School of Engineering, University of Southern Queensland, Queensland, Australia
  • Naj Aziz School of Civil, Mining & Environmental Engineering, Building 4 Rom G32 Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences University of Wollongong, NSW 2522 Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2024.3.7

Keywords:

coal mechanical properties, methane emissions, coal pilar stability, gas adsorption and desorption, rock mechanics

Abstract

An essential component of guaranteeing the security of underground coal mines is the stability of underground areas. Coal pillars are left in place in underground coal mines to stabilize opened regions where excavations have redistributed in situ stresses. The designs of pillars have been developed in accordance with the necessary safety and economic constraints. The safe and cost-effective design of mining pillars, particularly coal pillars, is influenced by various factors. The purpose of this publication, which is a portion of a doctoral thesis, is to support a theory regarding the impact of methane emissions on the stability of coal pillars. This topic has not received much attention in the literature. The pillar design's initially effective parameters are examined and categorized in this study. The impact of coal gas emissions on the stability of coal roofs, pillars, and walls are investigated for the first time. Previous research on the mechanical behavior of coal exposed to different kinds of gases is examined for this aim. The literature's findings also showed that coal's mechanical properties will decrease when exposed to gases, including shear strength, elastic modulus, and uniaxial compressive strength.  The coal texture develops joints and cracks as a result of gas adsorption and emission, which lowers the mechanical properties of the coal and causes instabilities in underground spaces. The literature suggests that gas emissions from coal pillars and walls in underground mines most likely produced unpredictable instability and outburst. To the best of the authors' knowledge and ability to determine, there is an absence of critical literature reviews on the mechanical properties of coal during gas emissions, which is the topic of this work.

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Published

2024-07-04

How to Cite

Ansari Ardehjani, E., Ataei, M., Sereshki, F., Mirzaghorbanali, A., & Aziz, N. (2024). Examining the Impact of Coal Gas Emissions on the Stability Analysis of Coal Pillars: A Critical Literature Review. Rudarsko-geološko-Naftni Zbornik, 39(3), 77–94. https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2024.3.7

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 3 (2024): No. 69

Section

Mining

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