Research Article

Disastrous Mechanism and Concentration Distribution of Gas Migration in Fully Mechanized Caving Stope in Wuyang Coal Mine

Table 1

Numerical simulation parameters.

MarkValueMeaning

rho_CH40.717 (kg/m3)Gas density under standard condition
rho_air1.29 (kg/m3)Air density
D1-5 (m2/s)Gas diffusion coefficient
Mug1.8e-5 (Pas)Gas dynamic viscosity
pn-2 (KPa)Pressure at return air exit
Gp_c260 (m3/min)Extraction quantity of high pumping roadway
k01.45Natural expansion coefficient
k11.15Residual expansion coefficient
u05.1 (m/s)Flow velocity of intake airflow roadway
u_155-7 (m/s)Gas emission rate of residual coal in goaf
u_148-7 (m/s)Gas emission rate of adjacent coal seam
v_mol22.4 (l/mol)Molar volume of gas
M_O232 (g/mol)Molar mass of oxygen
M_N228 (g/mol)Molar mass of nitrogen
M_CH416 (g/mol)Molar mass of methane