A method to calculate the neutralization potential of mining wastes

 The determination of neutralization potential (NP) of mining wastes is an essential part of waste characterization for acid rock drainage (ARD) prediction. Interpretation of NP values requires consideration of the mineralogical composition of the waste. Different minerals can neutralize acid drainage at different rates and in different pH ranges. The test conditions of widely used laboratory procedures to determine NP do not distinguish between such differences and overestimation of NP can often result. A simple procedure is proposed in which the effective NP is calculated based on mineralogical composition and the relative reactivities of component minerals. Mineralogical composition is calculated from easily determined analytical values using a CIPW normative procedure. Comparison of calculated NP values for 92 samples with experimentally determined values from tests designed to prevent the overestimation of NP indicates that the method is successful in predicting an effective NP value in most cases. The procedure is considered to be a cost-effective means of providing confident routine ARD prediction when used in combination with other tests and analyses. Received: 1 August 1996 / Accepted: 11 November 1996     

A computer method to calculate the convolution of statistical distributions

It is becoming increasingly important to determine probability distributions of combinations of random variables. Convolution is a technique by which the distribution of a sum of random variables can be determined. This paper presents some simplifications in order to reduce the numerical integrations and computer time. In addition, the method may be used with empirical nonanalytic distributions. While Monte Carlo methods are also appropriate for calculating the distribution, convolution can give at least as much accuracy as Monte Carlo methods with a reduction in computation. Two applications are presented: one approximates the distribution of percent sand in an area, and the other indicates a method of determining sample size when using the distribution of means to approximate normality.     

A new method to calculate the equivalent Mohr–Coulomb friction angle for cohesive and frictional materials

In this note, a new method to calculate the equivalent Mohr–Coulomb friction angle ?′_mc for cohesive and frictional materials is presented. This method makes a transformation from the failure surface for cohesive materials to the failure surface for cohesionless materials and obtains ?′_mc as well as the principal stress ratio σ′₁/σ′₃ for cohesionless materials in the transformed space first, then obtains ?′_mc for cohesive materials by linking σ′₁/σ′₃ in the transformed space and in the original space. In the application example, an analytical solution of the invariant stress ratio L is derived from the failure function in the transformed space. The influence of the intermediate effective principal stress σ′₂ is also demonstrated using the already calculated ?′_mc. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Comparison between the Gauss’ law method and the zero current method to calculate multi-species ionic diffusion in saturated uncharged porous materials

A novel numerical method based on the finite element approach is established for the zero current method approach for calculating multi-species ionic diffusion. The proposed numerical method uses the direct calculation of the coupled set of equations in favor of the staggering approach. A one-step truly implicit time stepping scheme is adopted together with an implementation of a modified Newton–Raphson iteration scheme for search of equilibrium at each considered time step calculation. Results from the zero current case are compared with existing results from the solutions of the more general Gauss’ law method.     

淤泥EPS颗粒混合轻质土黏聚力的一种计算方法

在疏浚淤泥中添加固化材料和EPS颗粒制作成淤泥EPS颗粒混合轻质土,既可以资源化利用疏浚淤泥,又生产一种轻质高强的土工材料。强度是EPS颗粒混合轻质土最重要的工程特性之一,建立抗剪强度参数与原材料的性质和配比之间的关系式对于配方初步设计非常重要。EPS颗粒混合轻质土强度的形成是固化材料的固化作用和EPS颗粒的置换效应的综合表现,固化作用已经较为明确,置换效应的研究是确定强度的核心。在已知固化土(水泥土)的弹性模量和泊松比的前提下,针对EPS颗粒的置换效应,根据其剪切面上力的等效关系和变形协调关系以及EPS颗粒的物理关系建立了其黏聚力与EPS颗粒密度和添加量之间的关系式,利用原材料的性质对计算方法进行了简化;利用直接剪切试验获取了淤泥EPS颗粒混合轻质土的黏聚力,验证了上述关系式。     

边坡落石运动轨迹计算新方法

考虑落石形状对落石运动轨迹的影响,将落石近似成椭圆形。根据落石运动的5种常见形式,即自由落体运动、斜抛运动、碰撞、滑动和滚动,分别得到了各种运动形式的运动速度计算公式。在碰撞阶段考虑了地面的弹塑性变形,得到了与碰撞前速度、落石形状和地面材料有关的恢复系数计算公式,并根据接触力学的有关理论得到了碰撞冲击力的计算公式,给出了落石连续滚动的判别条件。将理论公式应用于重庆万州首立山落石运动轨迹预测,验证了理论公式的可行性和有效性。     

Seasonal and annual variations in the organic matter contributed by the St Lawrence River to the Gulf of St. Lawrence

The St. Lawrence River discharges a substantial volume of water (405 km³/a) containing suspended (SPM; 3.42 × 10⁶t) and dissolved (68.0 × 10⁶t) materials to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The total load contains organic carbon in paniculate (POC; 3–14% of SPM), and dissolved (DOC; 3.76 ± 0.63 mg/l) form. The concentration of POC (and particulate organic nitrogen) is positively correlated with discharge (increased during the spring flood and the fall enhancement of flow), but concentration of DOC is not so simply related to discharge. In consequence, the total organic carbon (POC + DOC) load is relatively invariant, and increased annually by only 2–3% despite a progressive increase of 8% in discharge over the years of this study. Seasonal differences in the composition of the particulate organic matter (POM) are interpreted as reflecting dominant contributions from within-river production in summer and from terrestrial sources in spring and fall. In years when the annual discharge was greater than average, a higher proportion of the POM was terrigenous. The organic matter in surface sediments of the estuary to which the river discharges is predominantly of terrestrial provenance.     

对计算复合土钉支护整体稳定性的圆弧滑动法的改进

对计算复合土钉支护整体稳定性的圆弧滑动法进行的改进，一是考虑到滑裂面不再是一个完整的圆弧，滑动区和坑底的圆弧不具有相同的圆心和半径；二是考虑到基坑土层初始应力的影响。根据该思想计算了大量实例，并且将其与未改进的方法做比较，得出使用改进方法的稳定系数下限值。     

黏性土填料下考虑土拱效应的非极限主动土压力计算方法

不论挡土墙填料采用砂性土,还是黏性土,其墙背主动土压力与墙体倾角和位移关系存在较大的联系,因而研究黏性土填料下的非极限主动土压力计算理论具有重要意义。通过应力状态分析给出了非极限状态下考虑土拱效应的侧向主动土压力系数,然后采用水平微分层析法给出了倾斜墙下非极限主动土压力解析解。通过与室内模拟试验及已有理论进行对比,验证了该方法的合理性。最后研究了相关参数包括位移比?,墙土摩擦角与内摩擦角之比? /?,墙体倾角?,黏聚力c等对主动土压力分布及其作用点高度的影响。结果表明：土体由静止状态向极限主动土压力状态发展时,土拱效应的影响会越来越大。随着? /?的不断增大,土压力分布曲线非线性强度会不断增强,土压力合力作用点高度呈上升趋势,并且? /?对土压力的影响会随着位移比? 的增大而增大。随着挡土墙墙背倾斜角度? 的不断增大,土拱效应对非极限主动土压力的影响减小。随着土体填料黏聚力的不断增大,上部张拉裂缝高度也会随之增加,且土压力合力作用点越低。给出的考虑土拱效应的非极限主动土压力计算方法对于丰富挡土墙土压力计算理论具有重要意义。     

抗剪强度折减系数法在求解复合土钉支护的稳定系数中的应用

用抗剪强度折减系数法计算复合土针支护的稳定系数,与传统计算方法相比减少了很多假设,稳定系数的概念更加明确。该方法的计算结果与复合土钉支护实际破坏形态非常吻合,与传统计算方法的结果相差不大。     

基于AHP-熵权法的采动区煤层气开发潜力评价

采动区煤层气抽采利于高效开发采煤工作面卸压煤层气,降低井下瓦斯安全风险,但地质条件、煤炭采掘条件的差异使得地面井开发效果差异较大,因此,对预备采区进行选区评价具有指导意义。为了探索煤矿采动区煤层气高效开发的选区方式,通过建立一票否决制度及评价指标体系、结合层次分析法及熵权法确定指标权重、最后量化计算综合得分的方法,建立一套完整的采动区煤层气开发潜力评价体系,并应用于铁法矿区晓南矿。结果显示,研究区16个规划采区中有4个得分大于0.6,建议进行采动区煤层气开发;同时,评价结果排序靠前的单元净收益也较高,且处于矿区内煤层气赋存有利构造区域,与评价结果相吻合,验证了评价结果的合理性。综合认为,采用层次分析–熵权法组合权重的评价结果更为合理,有效避免了采动区煤层气选区开发的盲目性,评价结果具备一定实际工程开发部署及经济效益参考价值。     

Mercury in Western Canadian subbituminous coal—a weighted average study to evaluate potential mercury reduction by selective mining

Western Canadian subbituminous coal is mined using strip-mining methods. The coal is used to feed coal-fired power plants for electricity generation. Parameters that influence the mercury content of these coals include the occurrence and frequency of partings in the seam, weathering, and epigenetic mineralization. Most partings have higher mercury content than the coal layers in the same seam, with the single bentonite bed having the highest Hg content. However, some high ash components, such as sandy siltstone, do not follow this trend. The incorporation of the high mercury partings into the as-mined coal may increase the Hg content in the feed coal. Epigenetic mineralization may also increase the mercury content of coal, depending on the nature of the mineralization.Calculation of the weighted mean of mercury content for various combination of lithological components of a seam illustrates how these components influence the total mercury content of the seam. This approach also suggests how selective mining might be used to reduce mercury in “as-mined” coal.Results of weighted average calculations of mercury indicate that the thin lithological units with moderate mercury may not necessarily influence that overall weighted average of Hg for a seam. However, there can be exception, such as presence of thin (3.5 cm) bentonite parting with high mercury in a 94.5 cm seam that increased the mercury content of seam by 83.4%.     

Mineralogical constraints on the determination of neutralization potential and prediction of acid mine drainage

 Acid-base accounting tests, commonly used as a screening tool in acid mine drainage (AMD) predictions, have limitations in (1) measuring with confidence the amount of neutralizers present in samples and (2) affording an interpretation of what the test results mean in terms of predicting the occurrence of acid mine drainage. Aside from the analytical difficulties inherent to the conventional methods, a potential source of error in neutralization potential (NP) measurements is the contribution from the dissolution of non-carbonate minerals. Non-carbonate alkalinity measured during static tests may or may not be available to neutralize acidity produced in the field. In order to assess the value-added of extending the NP with the knowledge of mineralogical composition and evaluate potential sources of errors in NP measurements, a suite of samples were examined and characterized in terms of their mineralogical and chemical compositions. The results indicate that although the acid-base accounting tests work well for simple compositions, the tests may result in overestimation or underestimation of NP values for field samples. Mineralogical constraint diagrams relating NP determinations to Ca, Mg and CO₂ concentrations were developed with the purpose to serve as supplementary guides to conventional static tests in identifying possible NP contributions from non-carbonate minerals and checking the quality of the chemical testing results. Mineralogical NP makes it possible to interpret the meaning of NP results and to assess the behaviour of samples over time by predicting the onset of AMD and calculating NP values for individual size fractions. Received: 1 June 1998 · Accepted: 6 October 1998     

陕北府谷矿区煤炭资源清洁利用潜势及方式探讨

为了厘清陕北府谷矿区煤炭资源的清洁潜势、探究其更加清洁高效利用的可能性,在整理分析相关煤炭勘查资料的基础上,通过对矿区主采煤层样品进行系统煤质分析、煤岩组分鉴定、微量元素测试以及相应的对比分析,以探讨其清洁高效利用潜势及途径。结果表明：府谷矿区煤具有中高灰、低硫、高挥发分、高氢碳原子比、低有害元素、富惰质组分等特点,较高的灰分是府谷矿区煤清洁利用的最主要障碍。经对比评价,府谷矿区原煤洁净等级为Ⅲ级,浮煤为Ⅱ级。低热演化程度、高挥发分、高氢碳原子比的特点使其在煤炭直接液化利用方面具有较大的优势,浮煤直接液化利用是府谷矿区煤炭资源清洁高效利用的选择之一。     

盾构法隧道施工引起土体位移与应力的镜像分析方法

盾构法隧道施工会引起隧道周围一定范围土体的位移,对土体位移进行较为准确地分析,对于控制隧道周围土体位移量和减小过大位移对既有建筑物及管线带来的危害十分重要。隧道周围土体的位移是由地层损失引起的,并且与注浆量有很大关系。根据地层损失与注浆量的空间分布规律,应用镜像方法原理,对盾构法隧道推进产生的土体位移与应力进行空间分析,得到隧道周围土体的位移与应力分布,计算结果与天津地铁施工过程的现场实测结果对比表明,该方法行之有效。     

大冶铁矿露天转地下开采的离散元数值模拟研究

离散单元方法特别适合于节理比较发育的岩体。对于模拟和分析矿山中因采矿引起的围岩松动和冒落等力学行为是比较有效的。用离散单元法研究了大冶铁矿狮子山采区露天转地下开采，采用充填法、崩落法采掘对露天边坡和围岩的影响及围岩变形规律，并得出了相应的结论，为设计和方案的选用提供了一些有益的根据。     

Geochemical response of acid groundwater to neutralization by alkaline recharge

Solute transport and chemical neutralization (pH 3 to 7) within a shallow heterogeneous aquifer producing acid mine drainage (AMD) are examined at an abandoned surface coal mine in West Virginia. The aquifer is undergoing partial neutralization by mixing with alkalinity from a leaking sludge disposal pond, extending in preferential zones controlled by aquifer heterogeneity. Hydraulic heads interpolated from wells indicate leakage from a central alkaline (pH 7.1, 0.72 meq/L alkalinity) sludge pond is a principal source of recharge. Chemically-conservative sodium, added to AMD during treatment and leaked into the aquifer with the sludge, develops a dispersion plume over a restricted portion of the aquifer that correlates with pH, hydraulic head, and dissolved metals distributions. Concentrations of aluminum, iron, sulfate and acidity display higher concentrations downgradient from the pond as sludge alkalinity is consumed along flow paths. Before reaching springs, most dissolved iron is oxidized and hydrolyzed, likely precipitating in the aquifer as a ferric hydroxide or hydroxysulfate phase. The spatial pattern of iron and aluminum concentrations suggests accelerated oxidation caused by gas transport along the outer slopes of the spoil. Dissolved aluminum concentrations increase with total acidity, suggesting that dissolution of silicate minerals results from acidity released by iron hydrolysis. Neutralization reactions and higher pH are favored in more highly permeable portions of the spoil, where ferrihydrite and aluminum hydroxysulfate minerals (such as basaluminite) are supersaturated. In acid-producing zones at pH < 4.5, jurbanite is near equilibrium and an aluminum-sulfate phase with similar properties may limit aluminum concentrations, but become undersaturated in zones of advancing neutralization. At this particular site, ferrous iron produced by pyrite oxidation is almost completely oxidized over short transport distances, allowing hydrolysis of iron and aluminum should sufficient alkalinity be added to these acid waters.     

Geochemical response of acid groundwater to neutralization by alkaline recharge

Solute transport and chemical neutralization (pH 3 to 7) within a shallow heterogeneous aquifer producing acid mine drainage (AMD) are examined at an abandoned surface coal mine in West Virginia. The aquifer is undergoing partial neutralization by mixing with alkalinity from a leaking sludge disposal pond, extending in preferential zones controlled by aquifer heterogeneity. Hydraulic heads interpolated from wells indicate leakage from a central alkaline (pH 7.1, 0.72 meq/L alkalinity) sludge pond is a principal source of recharge. Chemically-conservative sodium, added to AMD during treatment and leaked into the aquifer with the sludge, develops a dispersion plume over a restricted portion of the aquifer that correlates with pH, hydraulic head, and dissolved metals distributions. Concentrations of aluminum, iron, sulfate and acidity display higher concentrations downgradient from the pond as sludge alkalinity is consumed along flow paths. Before reaching springs, most dissolved iron is oxidized and hydrolyzed, likely precipitating in the aquifer as a ferric hydroxide or hydroxysulfate phase. The spatial pattern of iron and aluminum concentrations suggests accelerated oxidation caused by gas transport along the outer slopes of the spoil. Dissolved aluminum concentrations increase with total acidity, suggesting that dissolution of silicate minerals results from acidity released by iron hydrolysis. Neutralization reactions and higher pH are favored in more highly permeable portions of the spoil, where ferrihydrite and aluminum hydroxysulfate minerals (such as basaluminite) are supersaturated. In acid-producing zones at pH < 4.5, jurbanite is near equilibrium and an aluminum-sulfate phase with similar properties may limit aluminum concentrations, but become undersaturated in zones of advancing neutralization. At this particular site, ferrous iron produced by pyrite oxidation is almost completely oxidized over short transport distances, allowing hydrolysis of iron and aluminum should sufficient alkalinity be added to these acid waters.     

龙门山中段磷矿递进成矿规律及成矿序列探讨

龙门山中段产出有泥盆系沙窝子组的什邡式磷矿、寒武系筇竹寺组清平式磷矿、震旦系观音崖组陡梯子式磷矿,三类矿床处于同一大地构造位置,地质特征既有区别也有相同之处。本文通过对三类矿床地质特征、矿床成因分析,探讨地质特征异同的原因,建立磷矿成矿序列,认为三类矿床各自既有原生同沉积特征,又有继承前期矿产或含磷层作为矿物源的特征,继承前期矿产越多,矿床越丰富,具递进成矿富集规律。同时早期矿床成矿作用较单一,后期矿床具有多期成矿、叠加成矿特征。成矿序列为：海水磷质生物、化学沉积-机械搬运簸选早期成矿-风化剥蚀、表生淋滤-再次机械搬运-海进沉积再造。     

Simulation of forsterite protonation by the interatomic potential method

The interatomic potential method in an ionic approximation was used to model the protonation of forsterite crystals. The formation of isolated OH^? groups in iron-free and iron-bearing crystals and neutral clusters of protonated cation vacancies was considered. It was shown that the presence of trivalent impurities may significantly facilitate protonation processes owing to their reduction to a divalent state or formation of clusters with cation vacancies. In most cases, charge balancing of hydrogen-bearing defects by magnesium vacancies is energetically favorable over that involving silicon vacancies.