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US 12,571,293 · App. 18/364,720 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Method for remining residual coal pillar in residual mining area by collaboration of pillar-side backfilling and in-situ gasification

Inventors: Guorui Feng (Taiyuan City, CN); Jian Li (Taiyuan City, CN); Jinwen Bai (Taiyuan City, CN); Jun Guo (Taiyuan City, CN); Junbiao Ma (Taiyuan City, CN); Xudong Shi (Taiyuan City, CN)
Assignee: TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
E21B43/295E21F15/00
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Patent No.
US 12,571,293
App. No.
18/364,720
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for remining a residual coal pillar in a residual mining area by collaboration of pillar-side backfilling and in-situ gasification. The method includes the following steps of: ascertaining geological and hydrological conditions, a geometric shape and a reserve of a residual coal pillar; carrying out side supporting on the residual coal pillar in a goaf by using a pillar-side backfilling method; and carrying out the underground gasification mining on the residual coal pillar by means of an underground coal gasification process.

Claims (17)

1 . A method for remining a residual coal pillar in a residual mining area by collaboration of pillar-side backfilling and in-situ gasification, comprising following steps of:

ascertaining geological and hydrological conditions, a geometric shape and a reserve of the residual coal pillar;

carrying out side supporting on the residual coal pillar in a goaf by using the pillar-side backfilling; and

carrying out underground gasification mining on the residual coal pillar by means of an underground coal gasification process.

2 . The method for remining a residual coal pillar in a residual mining area by collaboration of pillar-side backfilling and in-situ gasification according to claim 1 , comprising:

drawing a distribution pattern map of the residual coal pillar in the residual mining area;

arranging:

a gas inlet pipeline and an exhaust pipeline in a pillar mining area beside the residual coal pillar, wherein one end of the gas inlet pipeline is arranged in the residual coal pillar, an other end of the gas inlet pipeline is connected to a gas pump on ground, one end of the exhaust pipeline is arranged in the residual coal pillar, and an other end of the exhaust pipeline is connected to a diffusing tower and a gas collection device on the ground; and

a backfilling pipeline in the pillar mining area beside the residual coal pillar, wherein one end of the backfilling pipeline is arranged in the pillar mining area or connected to the gas inlet pipeline, and an other end of the backfilling pipeline is connected to backfilling equipment on the ground;

injecting a backfilling material uniformly into the pillar mining area at both sides of the residual coal pillar under an action of the backfilling equipment so as to form a pillar-side backfill body;

heating the residual coal pillar by an ignition device at the one end of the gas inlet pipeline, continuously introducing a gasifying agent into the residual coal pillar by using the gas pump on the ground, enabling coal of the residual coal pillar to start burning and continuing a gasification reaction; and exhausting a combustible gas generated by the gasification reaction to the diffusing tower and the gas collection device on the ground through the exhaust pipeline until the residual coal pillar is completely gasified;

after the gasification reaction of the residual coal pillar is completed, repeating the arranging, injecting and heating, continuing to carry out the pillar-side backfilling and the in-situ gasification on a next residual coal pillar which is adjacent to the completely gasified residual coal pillar in the residual mining area, and carrying out the underground gasification mining on remaining residual coal pillars in the mining area step by step.

3 . The method for remining a residual coal pillar in a residual mining area by collaboration of pillar-side backfilling and in-situ gasification according to claim 2 , wherein the residual coal pillar in the residual mining area has a thickness of greater than 2 m and a buried depth of greater than 300 m.

4 . The method for remining a residual coal pillar in a residual mining area by collaboration of pillar-side backfilling and in-situ gasification according to claim 2 , wherein the pillar mining area has a width from 20 m to 160 m.

5 . The method for remining a residual coal pillar in a residual mining area by collaboration of pillar-side backfilling and in-situ gasification according to claim 2 , wherein the backfill body comprises following raw materials in weight percentage: 15%-30% of cement, 10%-20% of coal ash, 10%-20% of water, 55%-65% of sand/building debris, and 1%-3% of water reducer.

6 . The method for remining a residual coal pillar in a residual mining area by collaboration of pillar-side backfilling and in-situ gasification according to claim 2 , wherein the gasifying agent comprises air, oxygen, water vapor, and carbon dioxide.

7 . The method for remining a residual coal pillar in a residual mining area by collaboration of pillar-side backfilling and in-situ gasification according to claim 2 , wherein a temperature generated by the ignition device is from 600° C. to 1,500° C.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2023
From: FENG, GUORUI; LI, JIAN; BAI, JINWEN; GUO, JUN; MA, JUNBIAO; SHI, XUDONG
To: TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 064490/0515 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202310222693.8 · Mar 7, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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