Directional hydraulic fracturing to control hard-roof rockburst in coal mines

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Fan ◽  
Linming Dou ◽  
Hu He ◽  
Taotao Du ◽  
Shibin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Coal Mines ◽  
Directional Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Hard Roof

Field investigation into directional hydraulic fracturing for hard roof in Tashan Coal Mine

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing-Xiang Huang ◽  
Bin Yu ◽  
Feng Feng ◽  
Zhao Li ◽  
You-Zhuang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Directional Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Hard Roof

scholarly journals Development status and Prospect of directional hydraulic fracturing technology for coal mine roof

2020 ◽  
Vol 194 ◽  
pp. 01043
Author(s):  
LI Liangwei
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Field Application ◽  
Control Technology ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Directional Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Hard Roof ◽  
Extension Mechanism

Aiming at the harm and control methods of thick and hard roof in coal mine, the paper firstly analyzes the advanced control methods of thick and hard roof, such as directional shaped charge blasting roof control technology, hydraulic fracturing roof control technology, abrasive water jet directional cutting roof technology, large-scale special roof cutting machine, etc Control hole fracturing, transverse slotting fracturing and longitudinal slotting fracturing are compared and analyzed; finally, the shortcomings of current research are analyzed. According to the current research results, the analysis shows that: the method of controlling roof by blasting in the future will be limited, while the method of hydraulic fracturing, especially directional hydraulic fracturing, has obvious advantages; the longitudinal slotting fracturing has the best control over fractures in the directional hydraulic fracturing technology; the guiding mechanism and fracture extension mechanism of longitudinal slotting hydraulic fracturing in thick and hard roof need to be further studied; lack of field application research and corresponding equipment development, lack of field effect evaluation method after longitudinal slotting fracturing.

scholarly journals Determination of fracture location of double-sided directional fracturing pressure relief for hard roof of large upper goaf-side coal pillars

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangwei Liu ◽  
Changyou Liu ◽  
Xuehua Li
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Coal Pillar ◽  
Local Stress ◽  
Pressure Relief ◽  
Directional Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Fracture Location ◽  
Hard Roof ◽  
Coal Pillars

After mining the upper-goaf side, large coal pillars and part of hard roof exposed above the pillars remain. The hard roof can significantly deform the roadway by transferring high stress through coal pillars to the roadway. This paper reports the use of hydraulic fracturing technology to cut the hard roof on both sides (i.e. the broken roof slides to the goaf) to relieve the pressure. The position of the roof fracture is the key to controlling the pressure relief. The bearing characteristics of the large coal pillars and hard roof are analyzed to establish a mechanical model of the broken-roof sliding instability after directional fracturing and determine the width of the coal pillars that can collapse under maximum overburden load on coal pillars as a reasonable hydraulic fracturing position. The results show that the distance from the mine gateway to the fracture location increases with increasing hard-roof length, coal pillar depth, coal pillar thickness (mining height), and goaf width. In addition, the distance to the mine gateway decreases with increasing coal strength, support of the coal pillar by the anchor rod, cohesive force, and internal friction angle of the coal–rock interface. Engineering tests were applied in coal roadway 5107 of coal seam 5# of the Baidong Coal Mine of the Datong Coal Mine Group. Given the site conditions, a reasonable fracturing length of 8.8 m was obtained. Next, directional hydraulic fracturing was implemented. The comparison of the roof deformation before and after fracturing suggests that this method reduces the local stress concentration in coal pillars, which allows the surrounding rock deformation in roadway 5107 to be controlled.

scholarly journals Geophysical and geo-mechanical methods for estimating roof directional hydraulic fracturing works

2021 ◽  
Vol 330 ◽  
pp. 01001
Author(s):  
Vladimir Klishin ◽  
Gleb Opruk ◽  
Alexaner Teleguz
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Physical Methods ◽  
Mine Site ◽  
Directional Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Hard Roof ◽  
Transmitted Waves ◽  
Mechanical Methods ◽  
Testing Data ◽  
Method Of Extraction

Directional hydraulic fracturing method (DHF method) for controlling hard roof in coal mines and the means of its implementation is given in the paper. The method allows getting extended, set in a given direction cracks for stratification and cutting off the roof and for providing their controlled caving in different technological schemes. Geo-physical methods are introduced, the monitoring and the mine site experimental testing data on controlling the roofs applying the method of extraction pillar seismic testing on transmitted waves are studied. The experience of applying the method at Kuzbass mines are analyzed.

scholarly journals Directional Hydraulic Fracturing (DHF) of the Roof, as an Element of Rock Burst Prevention in the Light of Underground Observations and Numerical Modelling

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 562
Author(s):  
Marek Jendryś ◽  
Andrzej Hadam ◽  
Mateusz Ćwiękała
Keyword(s):  
Rock Mass ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
Rock Burst ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Seismic Activity ◽  
Black Coal ◽  
Directional Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Face

The following article analyzes the effectiveness of directional hydraulic fracturing (DHF) as a method of rock burst prevention, used in black coal mining with a longwall system. In order to define changes in seismic activity due to DHF at the “Rydułtowy” Black Coal Mine (Upper Silesia, Poland), observations were made regarding the seismic activity of the rock mass during coal mining with a longwall system using roof layers collapse. The seismic activity was recorded in the area of the longwall itself, where, on a part of the runway, the rock mass was expanded before the face of the wall by interrupting the continuity of the rock layers using DHF. The following article presents measurements in the form of the number and the shock energy in the area of the observed longwall, which took place before and after the use of DHF. The second part of the article unveils the results of numerical modeling using the discrete element method, allowing to track the formation of goafs for the variant that does not take DHF into consideration, as well as with modeled fractures tracing DHF carried out in accordance with the technology used at “Rydułtowy” coal mine.

scholarly journals Numerical simulation of the laws of fracture propagation of multi-hole linear co-directional hydraulic fracturing

2021 ◽  
pp. 014459872198899
Author(s):  
Weiyong Lu ◽  
Changchun He
Keyword(s):  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Hydraulic Fracture ◽  
Minimum Principle ◽  
Fracture Propagation ◽  
Axial Direction ◽  
Rock Breaking ◽  
Hydraulic Fractures ◽  
Directional Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Fracture Intersection ◽  
Expansion Stage

Directional rupture is one of the most important and most common problems related to rock breaking. The goal of directional rock breaking can be effectively achieved via multi-hole linear co-directional hydraulic fracturing. In this paper, the XSite software was utilized to verify the experimental results of multi-hole linear co-directional hydraulic fracturing., and its basic law is studied. The results indicate that the process of multi-hole linear co-directional hydraulic fracturing can be divided into four stages: water injection boost, hydraulic fracture initiation, and the unstable and stable propagation of hydraulic fracture. The stable expansion stage lasts longer and produces more microcracks than the unstable expansion stage. Due to the existence of the borehole-sealing device, the three-dimensional hydraulic fracture first initiates and expands along the axial direction in the bare borehole section, then extends along the axial direction in the non-bare hole section and finally expands along the axial direction in the rock mass without the borehole. The network formed by hydraulic fracture in rock is not a pure plane, but rather a curved spatial surface. The curved spatial surface passes through both the centre of the borehole and the axial direction relative to the borehole. Due to the boundary effect, the curved spatial surface goes toward the plane in which the maximum principal stress occurs. The local ground stress field is changed due to the initiation and propagation of hydraulic fractures. The propagation direction of the fractures between the fracturing boreholes will be deflected. A fracture propagation pressure that is greater than the minimum principle stress and a tension field that is induced in the leading edge of the fracture end, will aid to fracture intersection; as a result, the possibility of connecting the boreholes will increase.

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