Defining the structure of a mechanised complex for extracting coal pillars

Under the currently used technologies of underground mining of coal resources within the mine fields, depending on mining, geological and technological conditions, pillars of various shapes and sizes can be formed. It is not technically and economically advisable to excavate such pillars with currently available technologies and technical facilities, powerful expensive complexes designed for use in longwall mines. It is also impracticable to create specific technologies and specialized technical means for each individual technology among their multitude. Excessive accumulation of unrecoverable reserves in pillars actualises the problem of development of unified special technologies and technical facilities for further pillar mining suitable and safe for extraction. The authors have analysed the existing technologies and technical facilities for pillar extraction, formed the requirements to unified technologies and technical facilities and proposed, based on coordination of the main face (longwall face) and pillar movement speeds, the technology of their extraction by the corresponding mining mechanised complexes. Based on the proposed technology, the authors presented one of the potential variants of the structure of a unified mechanised module complex for pillar excavation.

Gabov V. V., Garashchenko Zh. M. Defining the structure of a mechanised complex for extracting coal pillars. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2023;(11-1):38-50. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2023_111_0_38.

V.V. Gabov¹, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor, Professor, e-mail: gvv40@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6587-2446,
Zh.M. Garashchenko¹, Graduate Student, e-mail: s215047@stud.spmi.ru, 
¹ Empress Catherine II Saint-Petersburg Mining University, 199106, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

Zh.M. Garashchenko, e-mail: s215047@stud.spmi.ru.

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