Spontaneous Combustion of Coal
Characteristics, Evaluation and Risk Assessment
Authors: Wang, Xinyang
Free Preview- Explains how to understand, analyze and mitigate spontaneous coal combustion
- Offers preventive measures to mitigate the hazards of spontaneous coal combustion
- Applies experimental techniques to investigate the chemical properties of coal
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This book aims to understand, analyze and mitigate the harmful impacts of spontaneous coal combustion in underground mines, a thermal phenomenon that triggers fires and explosions threatening the safety of mine workers globally. Based on experimental and theoretical research findings, the book emphasizes three essential questions that are fundamental to understand spontaneous coal combustion: What are the root causes? How to evaluate the causative factors to determine the activity of coal? and How to bring this issue under control in real longwall panel? Readers are introduced to experimental techniques applied to investigate the basic molecular structure of coal and evaluate chemical properties that induce self-heating behavior, theoretical analyses to predict the extrinsic effect on low temperature oxidation of coal in experimental scale and full-size longwall panel, and preventive measures to mitigate this issue using methods for retardant screening, numerical simulations for optimal grouting and nitrogen injections, and case studies analyzing thermal events using mine atmosphere gas monitoring data. The book will be of interest to students and researchers studying mining engineering and chemistry, as well as engineers and practitioners involved in coal mine development and risk assessment.
- About the authors
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Dr. Xinyang Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mining Engineering at Liaoning Technical University, and a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Safety Engineering at Northeastern University, China.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-27
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Historical Perspective on Identifying and Controlling Spontaneous Combustion
Pages 29-72
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Laboratory Experiment for Evaluating Characteristics of Spontaneous Combustion
Pages 73-128
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Analytical Model Developed to Estimate Self-Heating Potential
Pages 129-170
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Numerical Modeling of Self-Heating Event and Preventive Measures
Pages 171-206
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Spontaneous Combustion of Coal
- Book Subtitle
- Characteristics, Evaluation and Risk Assessment
- Authors
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- Xinyang Wang
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-33691-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-33691-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-33690-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 240
- Number of Illustrations
- 23 b/w illustrations, 102 illustrations in colour
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