Monitoring, Process Control and Prevention Measures for Safety Problems in Coal Mining
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Process Control and Monitoring".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2026 | Viewed by 129
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mine safety; gas flow theory in coal; dynamic disasters in coal mines
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Interests: gas adsorption; gas diffusion; gas seepage; coal and gas outburst
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Interests: gas explosion; gas disaster prevention and control; coal bed methane extraction; coal seam water injection; hydraulic fracturing
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Interests: mine gas disaster prevention; numerical simulation of deep coalbed methane mining; characterization of structural characteristics of seam holes and fractures; gas/liquid migration mechanism of porous media in coal reservoir
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the gradual depletion of coal resources and the increasing exploitation intensity of these resources in mining areas, coal mining has entered a phase of deep mining. In deep environments, the coal and rock mass in the "three high and one low" stress environment will have a more intense mechanical response, accompanied by more serious engineering disasters, such as coal and gas outbursts, rock bursts, gas dust explosions, roadway deformation, and other disaster problems. Therefore, it is of great significance to study the monitoring, process control, and preventive measures of coal mining safety problems for the safe and efficient mining of coal resources.
This Special Issue solicits original research articles and review papers reflecting the advances in research concerning process safety in coal mining. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Mechanisms and prevention of dynamic disasters;
- Prevention of coal mine gas and fire coupling disasters;
- Gas extraction technology of low-permeability coal seams;
- Coal mine gas explosions;
- Coal bed gas adsorption, desorption, and diffusion;
- Roadway surrounding rock control.
Dr. Yangyang Guo
Dr. Yingfeng Sun
Dr. Jian Chen
Dr. Hao Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mechanisms and preventions
- coal seams
- gas extraction technology
- coal bed gas adsorption
- coal mine gas explosions
- process control
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