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Risk Evaluation of Bed-Separation Water Inrush: A Case Study in the Yangliu Coal Mine, China

Risikobewertung des Wassereinbruchs aus Aufblätterungszonen: Eine Fallstudie im Kohlebergwerk Yangliu, China

Evaluación del riesgo de irrupción de agua separada del lecho: un estudio de caso en la mina de carbón Yangliu, China

离层水害危险性评价-以中国杨柳煤矿为例

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Abstract

Water that accumulates in the void space where overburden strata separate can be an inrush source. We established an engineering geology model of bed-separation water inrush, and chose five factors (hard rock thickness, coal seam thickness, aquifuge thickness, aquifer thickness and hydrostatic head) as risk factors. Additionally, based on an analysis of hydrogeological and engineering geological conditions at two areas in the Yangliu coal mine, the comprehensive weight values of these factors were found to be 0.32, 0.24, 0.18, 0.15, and 0.11, respectively, using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and entropy method. Finally, the data were normalized, and a zoning map for risk evaluation was created using the space superposition function of GIS. This method was further used to evaluate the risk at the Haizi coal mine, and the results were in accordance with an inrush disaster that occurred at the 745 working face at that mine. This validated the model’s practical applications. This provides mines with strategies to prevent and control bed-separation water inrush.

Zusammenfassung

Wasser, das sich in Hohlräumen sammelt, an denen sich Abraumschichten voneinander trennen, kann eine Quelle für Wassereinbrüche sein. Wir haben ein ingenieurgeologisches Modell für Wassereinbrüche aus Aufblätterungszonen erstellt und fünf Faktoren als Risikofaktoren gewählt (Mächtigkeit des Festgesteins, der Kohleflöze, der Aquifuge, des Aquifers sowie hydrostatischer Druck). Basierend auf einer Auswertung der hydrogeologischen und ingenieurgeologischen Bedingungen in zwei Bereichen der Kohlegrube Yangliu wurden mit Hilfe eines Fuzzy-Hierarchieanalyseverfahrens und der Entropie-Methode die umfassenden Wichtungswerte dieser fünf Risikofaktoren zu 0,32, 0,24, 0,18, 0,15 bzw. 0,11 bestimmt. Schließlich wurden die Daten normalisiert und eine Zonierungskarte für die Risikobewertung mit Hilfe der Raumüberlagerungsfunktion von GIS erstellt. Dieses Verfahren wurde weiter verwendet, um das Risiko in der Haizi-Kohlemine zu bewerten, und die Ergebnisse stimmten mit einer Wassereinbruchskatastrophe überein, die bei der Arbeitsebene 745 in dieser Mine auftrat. Dadurch konnte das Modell für die praktische Anwendung validiert werden. Bergwerken stehen damit Strategien zur Verhinderung und Kontrolle von Wassereinbrüchen aus Aufblätterungszonen zur Verfügung.

Resumen

El agua que se acumula en el espacio vacío donde se separan los estratos puede ser una fuente de irrpución. Establecimos un modelo geológico ingenieril de la entrada de agua de separación de lecho y elegimos cinco factores (espesor de roca dura, espesor de la veta de carbón, espesor de la capa acuífera, espesor del acuífero y cabeza hidrostática) como factores de riesgo. Además, en base a un análisis de las condiciones geológicas hidrogeológicas y de ingeniería en dos áreas en la mina de carbón Yangliu, se otorgaron pesos a estos factores de 0,32, 0,24, 0,18, 0,15 y 0,11, respectivamente, utilizando el proceso de jerarquía analítica difusa y el método de entropía. Finalmente, los datos se normalizaron y se creó un mapa de zonificación para la evaluación de riesgos utilizando la función de superposición espacial de GIS. Este método se usó posteriormente para evaluar el riesgo en la mina de carbón Haizi y los resultados concordaron con los correspondientes a un desastre de irrupción de agua que ocurrió en el frente de trabajo 745 en esa mina. Esto validó las aplicaciones prácticas del modelo. Esto proporciona estrategias para prevenir y controlar la entrada de agua por separación de lecho en las minas.

摘要

积聚在上覆离层空腔中的水可以形成突水的水源。本文建立了离层水害评价的工程地质模型, 选取了5个评价因素,包括硬岩厚度、煤层厚度、隔水层厚度、含水层厚度和静压水头。基于对杨柳煤矿两个采区水文地质和工程地质条件分析,利用模糊层次分析法和熵权法,得出5个因素的综合权重分别为0.32, 0.24, 0.18, 0.15, 0.11。利用GIS的空间叠加功能,将数据进行归一化处理,得到研究区离层水害危险性评价分区图。运用这种方法对海孜煤矿进行危险性评价,结果与745工作面发生的水害事故吻合,证明该方法具有实用性,为矿山防治离层突水提供了对策。

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Financial support for this work was provided by the Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 41602309), the National Basic Research Program of China (no. 2015CB251601), the Fundamental Research Funds of the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China (no. 41430643), and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions. The authors also thank the reviewers for their useful comments.

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Lu, Q., Li, X., Li, W. et al. Risk Evaluation of Bed-Separation Water Inrush: A Case Study in the Yangliu Coal Mine, China. Mine Water Environ 37, 288–299 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10230-018-0535-z

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