Intelligent Prevention, Control and Precision Drainage Strategies for Deep Coal Seam Gas Disasters
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: efficient gas extraction and intelligence; big data analysis and intelligent warning and control platform for mining coupled disasters; intelligent monitoring of carbon emissions in mining areas; occupational health; industrial safety assessment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the increasing depth of coal mining, deep coal seams are facing complex geological conditions such as "high ground stress, high geothermal temperature, high gas pressure, and low permeability". Gas disasters exhibit new patterns and characteristics, posing a severe threat to mine safety production. Traditional gas governance technologies have encountered numerous challenges in the deep-mining environment, and their effectiveness, economy, and applicability are facing serious tests.
Therefore, the research, development, and application of new gas governance technologies suitable for deep-seam conditions, especially those advancing towards intelligence and precision, are of great theoretical and practical significance for ensuring coal mine safety, improving resource recovery rates, and realizing clean energy utilization under the "dual carbon" goals. This Special Issue aims to centrally display the latest research achievements, innovative technologies, and engineering practice experiences in the field of intelligent prevention, control, and precision drainage of deep coal seam gas disasters, providing a high-level academic exchange platform for scholars, engineers, and technical personnel in related fields worldwide.
The fields of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, gas occurrence patterns in deep coal seams, new theories and technologies for gas drainage, new materials and equipment for disaster prevention, and intelligent monitoring and early warning systems. We welcome the submission of original research that has achieved breakthroughs and important application results in deep gas governance.
With this Special Issue, we aim to publish high-quality, original research papers focused on, but not limited to, the following interdisciplinary fields:
- Geomechanics and permeability evolution of deep coal seams;
- Gas occurrence patterns and transport mechanisms in deep coal seams;
- Efficient gas drainage technologies;
- Stress relief and permeability enhancement technologies for coal seams;
- Chemical and biological stimulation technologies for gas drainage;
- Intelligent monitoring, early warning, and prevention of gas disasters;
- New materials and equipment for gas governance;
- Deep mine ventilation and gas control;
- Synergistic development of gas governance and coalbed methane;
- Numerical simulation and big data analysis in gas governance engineering.
Dr. Chun Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- deep coal seams gas control
- gas drainage/extraction
- permeability stress relief and permeability enhancement
- hydraulic fracturing
- coal and gas outburst intelligent monitoring
- safety engineering
- coalbed methane (CBM)
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