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Adapting the Powered Roof Support to Diverse Mining and Geological Conditions

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  • Dawid Szurgacz

    (Center of Hydraulics DOH Ltd., 41-906 Bytom, Poland)

  • Jarosław Brodny

    (Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

Abstract

A powered roof support is one of the most important machines of a longwall system. Its basic task is to ensure the safety and continuity of the mining process. The conditions of coal mining process are constantly changing and have significantly deteriorated in recent years, which in turn has also resulted in a significant increase in the requirements for mining support. As a result, it is necessary to develop an appropriate methodology that will facilitate the design and testing process of a power roof support as well as will help to select a roof support adjusted to given conditions. The article presents such a methodology. It is based on forecasted load impacting on a roof support, tests covering selected systems and elements of the section as well as legal conditions regarding the admission of the roof support to operation. This idea was developed in the form of a procedure that, by combining the three areas, should support the decision-making process in the case of different underground conditions. In terms of the expected load impacting on the support, the research team identified the most dangerous phenomena occurring in the rock mass that can generate these loads. Stand tests included impact load and permanent clamping of an excavation. The element that significantly impacts the safety of the support operation is a hydraulic leg, and therefore it was tested together with the safety system and the control system. Model tests were also carried out for the system with a safety valve. The developed concept takes into account legal conditions, which should include test results and different support operating conditions in a more flexible way. The main purpose of the work was to develop a comprehensive methodology for testing and assessing the possibility of using a powered roof support for given mining and geological conditions based on an analysis of safety and control systems. The presented approach is undoubtedly new and original, and can be widely used. It enables better adaptation of the support to given conditions. It also fits the research and activities designed to minimize the presence of miners or service workers in hazardous underground exploitation zones and to improve efficiency and boost sustainable development of the mining industry.

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  • Dawid Szurgacz & Jarosław Brodny, 2020. "Adapting the Powered Roof Support to Diverse Mining and Geological Conditions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-22, January.
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    1. Wei-bin Guo & Hong-sheng Wang & Guo-wei Dong & Lei Li & Yao-guang Huang, 2017. "A Case Study of Effective Support Working Resistance and Roof Support Technology in Thick Seam Fully-Mechanized Face Mining with Hard Roof Conditions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(6), pages 1-17, June.
    2. Dawid Szurgacz & Jarosław Brodny, 2019. "Analysis of the Influence of Dynamic Load on the Work Parameters of a Powered Roof Support’s Hydraulic Leg," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-13, May.
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