Abstract:
To address the problem of spontaneous combustion of residual coal in goaf of gently inclined coal seams, a numerical model of gas migration in goaf was established based on the porous medium model and gas component transport equation. The influences of injection position and flow rate of pure CO
2 and CO
2-N
2 mixture on the distribution range of the “three zones” in goaf were investigated, and the gas migration law under CO
2-N
2 mixed inertization was analyzed. The results show that when CO
2 is injected from the intake air side to inertize the goaf, the area of the oxidation zone first decreases and then increases with the increase of the distance between the CO
2 injection position and the working face. With the increase of CO
2 injection rate, the oxidation zone area decreases, and the CO
2 migration pattern presents a “trumpet shape”, forming “inertization blind zones” near the working face on the intake air side and in the middle of the goaf. When CO
2 is injected on the intake air side and N
2 on the return air side for mixed inertization, the oxidation zone area first decreases and then increases with the increase of the distance between the N
2 injection position and the working face. With the increase of N
2 injection rate, the oxidation zone area decreases, and the N
2 migration pattern shows a “wave shape”, which reduces the area of the “inertization blind zone” in the goaf. The optimal inertization effect is achieved when the CO
2 injection position is 40 m from the working face with an injection rate of 750 m
3/h, and the N
2 injection position is 50 m from the working face with an injection rate of 750 m
3/h. Under these conditions, the CO
2 volume fraction in the return airway does not exceed 1.5%, the oxidation zone area decreases from 4 100.445 m
2 to 2 463.205 m
2, which is 14.84% lower than that under single CO
2 inertization. An “isolation zone” is formed in the middle of the goaf, which effectively restrains the migration of O
2 to the deep goaf.