Quality and quantity of pre-drainage methane and responding strategies in Chinese outburst coal mines
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Quality and quantity of pre-drainage methane and responding strategies in Chinese outburst coal mines Hongxing Zhou 1,2,3 & Hao Dai 4 & Chungui Ge 3
Received: 1 December 2015 / Accepted: 22 April 2016 # Saudi Society for Geosciences 2016
Abstract Coal and gas outburst and gas explosion are most important coal mine disasters throughout the world. Predrainage is widely accepted and performed to prevent and control methane-related disasters in Chinese outburst mines. Boreholes for pre-drainage are drilled directly into the outburst-prone seams and are theoretically able to capture most of the seam gas that has a high concentration of CH4. The methane drainage practice in the Huaibei coalfield suggests that high-outburst mines achieved better efficient during pre-drainage and better effects in methane use than the other outburst mines. This implies that pre-drainage was primarily implemented to eliminate the outburst hazards of outburstprone seams and not to recover methane resource and reduce methane emissions in China. This idea resulted in a greater emphasis on the quantity rather than the quality of predrainage methane, and even the quantity of pre-drainage methane itself was not sufficient in eliminating outburst hazards. This idea and related policies on methane drainage should be transformed urgently. Methane pre-drainage can be greatly improved by making full use of those unavoidable intense boreholes. It is suggested that operating a high-
* Hongxing Zhou [email protected]
1
Key Laboratory of Coal Methane and Fire Control, Ministry of Education, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116, China
2
National Engineering Research Center for Coal & Gas Control, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
3
Post-Doctoral Research Station of Huaibei Mining Corporation Limited, Huaibei, Anhui 235000, China
4
School of Safety Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
efficiency drainage system and developing or popularizing high-efficiency techniques, materials, and equipment for borehole sealing can improve the quality of pre-drainage methane. Simultaneously, extending the pre-drainage time by cooperating with artificial channels can produce the fullest potential of intense boreholes and maximize the quantity of pre-drainage methane. These efforts would benefit the overall mine safety, mine productivity, and methane resource exploitation and usage, as well as the environmental impact, particularly with regard to greenhouse gas emissions. Keywords Outburst mine . Coal and gas outburst . Methane drainage . Pre-drainage . Greenhouse gas
Introduction Methane is generated as a result of the coalification process. During this process, 267 to 461 m3 of gas was generated for every tonne of anthracite, but most of them escaped and only less than 50 m3/t of gas stored in coal seams. The gas contents are influenced by many factors, including the evolution of tectonic movements, geological structural types, deposition, seam
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