Prevention of Thermodynamic Disasters in Mines and Environmental Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

Thermodynamic disasters are caused by uncontrolled combustion and explosions underground in coal mines, including spontaneous coal combustion, exogenous fires, gas combustion explosions, coal dust explosions, etc. These disasters not only damage equipment and lead to casualties but also cause a series of environmental problems such as land subsidence, air pollution, and water resource pollution. After the occurrence of thermodynamic disasters in mines, a variety of secondary disasters can occur, such as roof falls, secondary or multiple explosions of gas, mine fires, the destruction of ventilation systems, the generation of high temperature and toxic and harmful gases, the abnormal emission of gas, coal dust (multiple) explosions, etc. These secondary disasters are usually more destructive than primary disasters, and the consequences are more serious. Therefore, it is extremely important to conduct research on the prevention of thermodynamic disasters in mines and environmental sustainability.

This Special Issue aims to study the mechanisms of disaster occurrence and causation, safe and efficient prevention techniques, and practical and reliable environmental protection strategies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Environmental restoration and sustainability;
• The mechanism of coal fires/spontaneous combustion;
• The risk assessment of gas explosion accidents;
• New theories and technologies for mineral dust prevention;
• Sustainable methods for thermodynamic disaster prevention;
• The early warning of spontaneous coal combustion and gas explosions;
• Gas extraction and utilisation;
• The thermokinetic mechanism of coal oxidation.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Changkui Lei
Dr. Jun Nian
Dr. Xiaobo Lv
Guest Editors

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