From in-situ coal to fly ash: a study of coal mines and power plants from Indiana

This paper presents data on the properties of coal and fly ash from two coal mines and two power plants that burn single-source coal from two mines in Indiana. One mine is in the low-sulfur (<1%) Danville Coal Member of the Dugger Formation (Pennsylvanian) and the other mines the high-sulfur (>5%) Springfield Coal Member of the Petersburg Formation (Pennsylvanian). Both seams have comparable ash contents (11%). Coals sampled at the mines (both raw and washed fractions) were analyzed for proximate/ultimate/sulfur forms/heating value, major oxides, trace elements and petrographic composition. The properties of fly ash from these coals reflect the properties of the feed coal, as well as local combustion and post-combustion conditions. Sulfur and spinel content, and As, Pb and Zn concentrations of the fly ash are the parameters that most closely reflect the properties of the source coal.     

Silica fume stabilization of an expansive clay subgrade and the effect of silica fume-stabilised soil cushion on its CBR

ABSTRACT

Expansive soil subgrades, which are subjected to dual swell-shrink problem consequent upon absorption and evaporation of water, need to be improved by chemical stabilization or compacted cushion or geosynthetic reinforcement in order that pavements constructed over them are even, stable and safe. This paper presents extensive experimental data on plasticity, free swell index (FSI) and compaction characteristics of a highly swelling expansive clay stabilized with varying silica fume contents. In another series of tests on a laterite soil to be used as a cushion over the expansive clay subgrade, plasticity properties, compaction characteristics and strength characteristics were determined at varied silica fume contents. Further, CBR of the expansive clay subgrade was determined in the laboratory stabilizing it with varied silica fume contents and providing a cushion of 50 mm thickness of silica fume-stabilized lateritic soil. Liquid limit (LL), plasticity index (PI) and free swell index (FSI) of the expansive clay decreased with increasing silica fume contents. The compaction and strength characteristics of both the soils improved with silica fume stabilization. The CBR of the expansive clay provided with silica fume-stabilized cushion improved significantly.     

辽宁抚顺西露天矿南帮滑坡变形与地下水位关系

结合抚顺西露天矿的地质环境背景,介绍了抚顺西露天矿南帮滑坡变形监测中地下水监测系统的构建情况。从降水入渗、岩体的透水性等角度对比了汛期及非汛期地下水的监测数据,并利用SPSS统计分析软件对单点地下水位变化值和滑坡位移变化值进行曲线估计回归分析并建立模型。结果表明,汛期持续强降雨是诱发西露天矿南帮滑坡变形的重要因素;强降雨入渗过程中,基岩裂隙水的变化存在明显的滞后性;单点地下水位变化值和滑坡位移变化值符合三次项曲线模型;非汛期,地下水位逐渐降低,滑坡地表变形速率也减缓。     

山东省单县煤田张集井田3煤层煤质特征及工业利用方向

山东省单县煤田张集井田主采煤层为3煤,该煤层结构简单,煤质优良,为低灰、低硫、强黏结性、成焦率较高的焦煤（JM25）,次为肥煤（FM26）和1／3焦煤（1／3JM35）,是山东省稀缺的优质炼焦用煤。煤质的综合研究表明,为达到珍惜和合理利用资源,并使其效益最大化,该煤层应以冶金和铸造用焦为主要加工利用方向。     

ICP-OES法测定煤样中磷、铜、铅、锌、镉、铬、镍、钴等元素

采用硝酸—氢氟酸—高氟酸混合体系,微波消解样品,用ICP-OES法测定煤样中微量元素P、Cu、Pb、Zn、Cr、Dd、Ni、Co,快速简便、准确度高。     

不同压实度荆门弱膨胀土的一维膨胀-压缩特性

为探讨压实膨胀土的体变行为,以荆门弱膨胀土为研究对象,借助高压固结仪对6种制样压实度下的膨胀土试样进行了一维无荷载膨胀和含一次卸载-再加载循环的压缩试验。基于膨胀试验结果,构建了膨胀时程方程,通过参数分析,明确了方程参数的物理意义,并建议了膨胀时程曲线3阶段的划分方法。基于压缩试验结果,探讨了固结屈服应力、压缩指数Cc、回弹指数Cs、膨胀力与制样压实度、土体结构性、膨胀势、孔隙比的相关关系。试验结果及其分析表明,膨胀土体积变化是膨胀势与外部荷载、湿度变化的耦合作用结果,且具有强烈的水-力路径依赖性。     

中国南方晚二叠世乐平煤的成因及成煤物质

乐平煤是分布于苏浙皖赣地区龙潭组中的特有煤种(俗称树皮煤),也是一种具良好生烃潜力的烃源岩。乐平煤中,壳质组和可溶有机质含量高,母质类型为高等植物和低等生物双重来源,元素组成具富氢、低氧、高含硫的特征,应属海相成因的泥炭坪沉积。成煤物质主要来源于真蕨、种子蕨和科达类等植物的树皮体。树皮体又可分为茎皮体和根皮体两种亚组分。依据煤的显微组分组成和树皮体富集程度的不同,乐平煤可分为原地型、过渡型和微异地型三种成因类型。乐平煤的研究对整个南方二叠纪煤成烃资源的评价具重要的地质意义。     

煤矿开采对地下水的影响及其脆弱性评价

在我国由于煤矿的大量开采,地下水资源的数量和质量受到严重影响,并且破坏了水的动态平衡和生态环境。一方面分析了采矿对地下水的破坏,另一方面通过对地下水的脆弱性评价警示人们在开发利用煤炭资源的同时对地下水资源采取有效的防治保护措施。     

Control and prevention of gas outbursts in coal mines, Riosa–Olloniego coalfield, Spain

Underground coal mines have always had to control the presence of different gases in the mining environment. Among these gases, methane is the most important one, since it is inherent to coal. Despite of the technical developments in recent decades, methane hazards have not yet been fully avoided. This is partly due to the increasing depths of modern mines, where methane emissions are higher, and also to other mining-related circumstances, such as the increase in production rates and its consequences: difficulties in controlling the increasing methane levels, increasing mechanization, the use of explosives and not paying close attention to methane control systems.The main purposes of this paper are to establish site measurements using some critical parameters that are not part of the standard mining-control methods for risk assessment and to analyze the gas behavior of subvertical coal seams in deep mines in order to prevent gas incidents from occurring. The ultimate goal is the improvement in mining conditions and therefore in safety conditions.For this purpose, two different mines were instrumented for mine control and monitoring. Both mines belong to the Riosa–Olloniego coalfield, in the Asturias Central Basin, Spain and the areas instrumented are mined via subhorizontal sublevels at an actual depth of around 1000 m under the overburden of Mount Lusorio.During this research, a property favoring gas outbursts was site measured for the first time in an outburst-prone coal (8th Coalbed), gas pressure and its variations, which contributed to complete the data available from previous characterizations and to set some guidelines for assessing the potential outburst-prone areas. A gas-measurement-tube set has been designed for measuring gas pressure as well as its variation over time as a result of nearby workings and to calculate permeability.The paper establishes the effect of overlapping of works, but it also shows the efficacy of two preventive measures to be applied: high pressure water infusion and the exploitation of a protective coal seam (7th Coalbed), that must be mined preferably two complete sublevels before commencing the advance in the outburst-prone coalbed. Both measures constitute an improvement in the mining sequence and therefore in safety, and should be completed with a systematic measurement to control the risk: gas pressure in the 8th Coalbed in the area of influence of other workings, to establish the most suitable moment to renew the advance. Further researches could focus on ascertaining the permeability, not only in mined areas but also in areas of the mine that are still not affected by mining work and on tuning more finely the ranges of influence of overstress time and overlap distance of the workings of the 7th Coalbed in the 8th Coalbed.     

一次动压煤矿巷道预应力锚索支护设计与参数优化

针对阳泉矿区一次采场巷道,采用正交数值分析方法和灰色理论中的关联度分析,进行了支护参数的优化决策。选择了8因素3水平的正交数值试验方案,进行18次数值计算,研究了不同的一次动压条件（应力环境）和支护参数的巷道稳定性与变形特征。在计算中,考虑了围岩锚固的“强度效应”,提出了锚固效应在数值计算中的实施方案;提出了巷道稳定性和变形收敛率两类评价准则,确定了相应的局部优化方案。在此基础上,综合支护成本和施工难易程度等因素,采用了灰色理论进行最佳方案的关联度分析,由此获得一次动压巷道的最优支护方案。该研究已应用于阳泉矿区一次采场巷道支护设计,取得了较满意的支护效果。