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Frontiers in Energy >> 2019, Volume 13, Issue 4 doi: 10.1007/s11708-019-0643-x

Theoretical and technological exploration of deep

. Institute of Deep Underground Science and Green Energy, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China; Institute of Clean Energy, Shenzhen 518060, China; Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.. State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China; Frontier Scientific Research Centre for Fluidlized Mining of Deep Underground Resources, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221006, China.. State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China; China Coal Research Institute, Beijing 100013, China.. State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221006, China.. China Coal Technology and Engineering Group Co., Ltd., Beijing 100013, China.. State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China; School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China

Accepted: 2019-08-30 Available online: 2019-08-30

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Abstract

Mining industries worldwide have inevitably resorted to exploiting resources from the deep underground. However, traditional mining methods can cause various problems, e.g., considerable mining difficulty, environmental degradations, and frequent disastrous accidents. To exploit deep resources in the future, the concept of mining must be reconsidered and innovative new theories, methods, and technologies must be applied. To effectively acquire coal resources deeper than 2000 m, new theoretical and technological concepts about deep fluidized mining are required. The limits of mining depth need to be broken to acquire deep-coal resources in an environmentally friendly, safe, and efficient manner. This is characterized by ‘There are no coal on the ground and no men in the coal mine’. First, this paper systematically explains deep fluidized coal mining. Then, it presents a new theoretical concept, including the theories of mining-induced rock mechanics, three-field visualization, multi-physics coupling for transformation, and mining, transformation and transport. It also presents key technological concepts, including those of intelligent, unmanned, and fluidized mining. Finally, this paper presents a strategic roadmap for deep fluidized coal mining. In summary, this paper develops new theoretical and technological systems for accomplishing groundbreaking innovations in mining technologies of coal resources in the deep underground.

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