Comprehensive method to improve gas emission management during mining operations

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30686/1609-9192-2023-S2-18-25

E.N. Kozyreva, M.S. Plaksin, M.V. Shinkevich, R.I. Rodin, A.A. Ryabtsev
Federal Research Center for Coal and Coal Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
Russian Mining Industry №S2 / 2023 р. 18-25

Abstract: This article presents methods, the integrated application of which is aimed at improving the management of gas emission during underground mining operations. The developed methods are based on the classical laws of gas dynamics and geomechanics, and are supplemented by the results obtained during fundamental research in gas kinetic reaction of gas-bearing coal beds to technological impact. The integrated character is explained by joint application of methods to determine gas-kinetic properties, gas-bearing and gas-dynamic activity of coal seam, methods to predict and monitor methane mobility in the development workings, production faces and mining areas. Application of these methods is aimed at solving mining and technological problems of mines in order to ensure safe operating modes of production faces in terms of the gas factor in conditions of variability of coal bed properties and the state of the rock mass under man-made impact with account for mining and technological conditions.

Keywords: coal seam, development working, mining area, method, geomechanical processes, non-uniformity of gas release, forecast of methane mobility, gas release management

Acknowledgments: The work was performed within the framework of the state assignment of the Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Project FWEZ-2021-0001 'Creation of multipurpose systems for monitoring and forecasting of gas-dynamic phenomena, control of the stress state, development of methods for their prevention and efficiency assessment during underground development of coal deposits' (Reg. No.АААА-А21-121012290020-4).

For citation: Kozyreva E.N., Plaksin M.S., Shinkevich M.V., Rodin R.I., Ryabtsev A.A. Comprehensive method to improve gas emission management during mining operations. Russian Mining Industry. 2023;(S2):18–25. https://doi.org/10.30686/1609-9192-2023-S2-18-25

Article info

Received: 30.07.2023

Revised: 23.08.2023

Accepted: 24.08.2023

Information about the authors

Elena N. Kozyreva – Cand, Sci. (Eng.), Leading Researcher, Federal Research Center for Coal and Coal Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kemerovo, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Maksim S. Plaksin – Cand, Sci. (Eng.), Senior Researcher, Federal Research Center for Coal and Coal Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kemerovo, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Maksim V. Shinkevich – Cand, Sci. (Eng.), Senior Researcher, Federal Research Center for Coal and Coal Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Kemerovo, Russian Federation

Roman I. Rodin – Researcher, Federal Research Center for Coal and Coal Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kemerovo, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Andrey A. Ryabtsev – Researcher Federal Research Center for Coal and Coal Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Kemerovo, Russian Federation

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interests. All the authors have read and approved the final version of this paper.

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