Impacts of longwall mining speeds on permeability of weakly cemented strata and subsurface watertable: a case study

The negative impacts of underground longwall coal mining on water resources and ecological environment are associated with changing overburden permeability and subsurface watertable. For weakly cemented strata characterized by short diagenesis, low strength, easy swelling and mudding with water, ove...

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Autores principales: Shizhong Zhang, Gangwei Fan, Dongsheng Zhang, Shaodong Li, Mingwei Chen, Yibo Fan, Tao Luo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e1c7d5c1e03e44489187e9d80e50817e2021-11-04T15:00:42ZImpacts of longwall mining speeds on permeability of weakly cemented strata and subsurface watertable: a case study1947-57051947-571310.1080/19475705.2021.1993354https://doaj.org/article/e1c7d5c1e03e44489187e9d80e50817e2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2021.1993354https://doaj.org/toc/1947-5705https://doaj.org/toc/1947-5713The negative impacts of underground longwall coal mining on water resources and ecological environment are associated with changing overburden permeability and subsurface watertable. For weakly cemented strata characterized by short diagenesis, low strength, easy swelling and mudding with water, overburden permeability and subsurface watertable are highly sensitive to the advancing speed of the longwall. In this paper, the longwall panel 21103 in Yili No.4 Coal Mine, Xinjiang, China, where weakly cemented strata exist in Jurassic and Palaeogene systems, was taken as the case to study the response of overburden permeability and subsurface watertable to different advancing speeds. Results show that there is a butterfly-shaped permeability-increasing area comprised of a trapezoid and double V-shaped subareas in overburden. Generally, the permeability curves of aquiclude are of double peaks. In shallow aquifer, there is an exponential decline in the maximum drawdown of watertable, while a linear decline in lateral influence range as the speed goes up. If constrained by the ultimate watertable drawdown still being able to sustain the regular growth of vegetative covers, the optimal minimum advancing speed of panel 21103 is determined as 8 m/d, which is demonstrated by field verification.Shizhong ZhangGangwei FanDongsheng ZhangShaodong LiMingwei ChenYibo FanTao LuoTaylor & Francis Grouparticleweakly cemented strataadvancing speedoverburden permeabilitysubsurface watertablevertical drawdownEnvironmental technology. Sanitary engineeringTD1-1066Environmental sciencesGE1-350Risk in industry. Risk managementHD61ENGeomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 3063-3088 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic weakly cemented strata
advancing speed
overburden permeability
subsurface watertable
vertical drawdown
Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TD1-1066
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Risk in industry. Risk management
HD61
spellingShingle weakly cemented strata
advancing speed
overburden permeability
subsurface watertable
vertical drawdown
Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
TD1-1066
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Risk in industry. Risk management
HD61
Shizhong Zhang
Gangwei Fan
Dongsheng Zhang
Shaodong Li
Mingwei Chen
Yibo Fan
Tao Luo
Impacts of longwall mining speeds on permeability of weakly cemented strata and subsurface watertable: a case study
description The negative impacts of underground longwall coal mining on water resources and ecological environment are associated with changing overburden permeability and subsurface watertable. For weakly cemented strata characterized by short diagenesis, low strength, easy swelling and mudding with water, overburden permeability and subsurface watertable are highly sensitive to the advancing speed of the longwall. In this paper, the longwall panel 21103 in Yili No.4 Coal Mine, Xinjiang, China, where weakly cemented strata exist in Jurassic and Palaeogene systems, was taken as the case to study the response of overburden permeability and subsurface watertable to different advancing speeds. Results show that there is a butterfly-shaped permeability-increasing area comprised of a trapezoid and double V-shaped subareas in overburden. Generally, the permeability curves of aquiclude are of double peaks. In shallow aquifer, there is an exponential decline in the maximum drawdown of watertable, while a linear decline in lateral influence range as the speed goes up. If constrained by the ultimate watertable drawdown still being able to sustain the regular growth of vegetative covers, the optimal minimum advancing speed of panel 21103 is determined as 8 m/d, which is demonstrated by field verification.
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author Shizhong Zhang
Gangwei Fan
Dongsheng Zhang
Shaodong Li
Mingwei Chen
Yibo Fan
Tao Luo
author_facet Shizhong Zhang
Gangwei Fan
Dongsheng Zhang
Shaodong Li
Mingwei Chen
Yibo Fan
Tao Luo
author_sort Shizhong Zhang
title Impacts of longwall mining speeds on permeability of weakly cemented strata and subsurface watertable: a case study
title_short Impacts of longwall mining speeds on permeability of weakly cemented strata and subsurface watertable: a case study
title_full Impacts of longwall mining speeds on permeability of weakly cemented strata and subsurface watertable: a case study
title_fullStr Impacts of longwall mining speeds on permeability of weakly cemented strata and subsurface watertable: a case study
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of longwall mining speeds on permeability of weakly cemented strata and subsurface watertable: a case study
title_sort impacts of longwall mining speeds on permeability of weakly cemented strata and subsurface watertable: a case study
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/e1c7d5c1e03e44489187e9d80e50817e
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