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Research on Hydraulic Fracturing Technology for Roof Stratigraphic Horizon in Coal Pillar Gob-Side Roadway
by Tong Sun, Zhu Li, Qingyuan He, Dan Ma, Benben Liu and Xuefeng Gao
Appl. Sci. 2025, 15(9), 4759; https://doi.org/10.3390/app15094759 - 25 Apr 2025
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The return roadway in Limin Coal Mine experiences strong mine pressure during the mining work of the I030902 working face, which poses potential safety hazards to production and management. Therefore, hydraulic fracturing is used to relieve pressure on the free coal pillar roof. [...] Read more.
The return roadway in Limin Coal Mine experiences strong mine pressure during the mining work of the I030902 working face, which poses potential safety hazards to production and management. Therefore, hydraulic fracturing is used to relieve pressure on the free coal pillar roof. Hydraulic fracture simulation tests using gelatin materials were conducted, and the propagation of the hydraulic fracturing cracks in gelatin simulating different key strata was obtained, which led to the design of the hydraulic fracturing used in the I030902 working face at Limin Coal Mine. According to the analysis of the on-site tests, after fracturing, the roof pressure decreased by 17.8%, the average pressure step distance reduced by 18.0%, the average daily rate of the roof and floor convergence decreased by 63.86%, and the average daily rate of the roof and floor convergence was reduced by 72.4%. Therefore, the feasibility of the hydraulic fracturing in weak structure formation in hard roof strata and roadway deformation control has been verified, providing a theoretical foundation and on-site date for the relief of free roadway roof pressure. Full article
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Improving Hard Rock Materials Cuttability by Hydraulic Fracturing at Mining Working Face
by Haojie Li, Benben Liu, Qingyuan He, Yanan Gao, Dan Ma, Haiyan Yang, Jingyi Cheng, Jiqing Ye and Guoqiang Liu
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(24), 11908; https://doi.org/10.3390/app142411908 - 19 Dec 2024
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During advancing the working face at Guojiawan Coal Mine, hard rock faults are encountered, which hinder the normal cutting of the shearer. Hydraulic fracturing is applied to pretreat the hard rock materials. Un-directional hydraulic fracturing experiments in transparent gelatin samples are carried out. [...] Read more.
During advancing the working face at Guojiawan Coal Mine, hard rock faults are encountered, which hinder the normal cutting of the shearer. Hydraulic fracturing is applied to pretreat the hard rock materials. Un-directional hydraulic fracturing experiments in transparent gelatin samples are carried out. The influence of the differential stress, the borehole dip angle on the initiation and propagation of un-directional hydraulic fractures (HFs) are investigated. Three field test schemes of hydraulic fracturing are proposed and implemented at the 51207 working face of Guojiawan Coal Mine. Compared with the results of different test schemes, the cutting current ratio of the shearer is reduced by 51.70% and the cutting efficiency is increased by 89.93%. Therefore, the feasibility of hydraulic fracturing to improve the cuttability of the hard rock materials is verified, which provides a theoretical basis and field guidance for hydraulic fracturing pretreatment of the hard rock materials at a coal mining working face. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rock Mechanics in Geotechnical and Tunnel Engineering)
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Visualized Hydraulic Fracture Re-Orientation in Directional Hydraulic Fracturing by Laboratory Experiments in Gelatin Samples
by Hua Zhang, Benben Liu and Qingyuan He
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(5), 2047; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14052047 - 29 Feb 2024
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Directional hydraulic fracturing (DHF) is popular with hydraulic fracturing operations in coal mining to create cave-hard roofs, in which radial initial notches are created around open borehole walls before injecting high-pressurized fluid. Despite extensive field application of DHF, the three-dimensional irregular hydraulic fracture [...] Read more.
Directional hydraulic fracturing (DHF) is popular with hydraulic fracturing operations in coal mining to create cave-hard roofs, in which radial initial notches are created around open borehole walls before injecting high-pressurized fluid. Despite extensive field application of DHF, the three-dimensional irregular hydraulic fracture (HF) geometry in DHF remains unclear, and the HF re-orientation mechanism requires comprehensive understanding. Here, we experimentally examined factors affecting HF re-orientation in DHF in transparent gelatin samples with a self-developed experimental device. We found that it is the ratio between the differential stress and gelatin elastic moduls that determines HF re-orientation rather than the absolute magnitudes of these two factors. Both shear failure and tensile failure occur during HF re-orientation. The HF tends to propagate asymmetrically, and the step-like HF geometry is likely to form in gelatin samples with low elastic moduli and under high differential stresses. HF re-orientation is not necessarily a near-borehole effect, and HFs can propagate along the notch direction for longer distances in stiffer gelatin samples under relatively low or moderate differential stresses. Finally, recommendations are provided for the effective utilization of DHF at coal mine sites. Full article
(This article belongs to the Topic Complex Rock Mechanics Problems and Solutions)
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