Quantum Fundamentals of Coal Bed Methane Hazards
- I.E. Kolesnichenko, E.A. Kolesnichenko, E.I. Lyubomishchenko, E.I. Kolesnichenko
Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), Shakhty, Russian Federation
Russian Mining Industry №1 / 2021 р. 91-97
Abstract: The paper focuses on the challenges concerned with prevention of methane and coal outbursts. It provides data on outbursts in 2017-2020. It is shown that there are no effective ways to prevent such phenomena, as no methods are available for predicting the outburstprone areas in the coal seams. The research objectives and methods are presented. The problem needs to be solved through identification of the outburstprone areas in the coal seams with the account for objective patterns in peat deposition and development of cyclic energy processes of formation and increase in the methane dynamic pressure based on the quantum theory. Five objective criteria are shown that are justified with documented and instrumental data based on analysis of 267 outbursts within the same field. The main features are the interbed layers at the seam junctions and similar contour lines within the neighboring mines. It is noted that the known hypotheses consider physical and chemical processes inside the coal seam without taking into account the energy sources. The authors describe the quantum theory of energy sources inside the coal seam. The objective application conditions of this theory are justified. For the first time ever it was proved that electromagnetic irradiation of atoms in the molecular structure of the coal matter with electrons is the reason for methane formation and the metamorphic processes. It has been demonstrated that separation of atoms is triggered by electromagnetic radiation and by force. The force mechanism is manifested through the compression of atoms, and it is the main process accompanying the seam subsidence in areas of geological faults and in the impact zone of mining excavations. It is recommended to investigate the ways to prevent the forced processes of increasing the temperature and methane dynamic pressure in hazardous coal seam layers using the quantum theory.
Keywords: methane hazard, quantum fundamentals, outbursts, methane, electron, electromagnetic emissions, energy, dynamic pressure, methane content, photons, power method, radiation chain reaction
For citation: Kolesnichenko I.E., Kolesnichenko E.A., Lyubomishchenko E.I., Kolesnichenko E.I. Quantum Fundamentals of Coal Bed Methane Hazards. Gornaya promyshlennost = Russian Mining Industry. 2021;(1):91–97. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.30686/1609-9192-2021-1-91-97.
Article info
Received: 12.01.2021
Revised: 19.01.2021
Accepted: 25.01.2021
Information about the author
Igor E. Kolesnichenko – Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Motor Road Design and Construction Department, Deputy Director for Educational Activities of the Shakhty Road Institute (branch), Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), Shakhty, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Evgeny A. Kolesnichenko – Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Professor at the Motor Road Design and Construction Department of the Shakhty Road Institute (branch), Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), Shakhty, Russian Federation; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9495- 7385; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ekaterina I. Lyubomishchenko – Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Assis-tant Professor at the Motor Road Design and Construction Department of the Shakhty Road Institute (branch), Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), Shakhty, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Evgeny I. Kolesnichenko – Student at the Motor Road Design and Construction Department of the Shakhty Road Institute (branch), Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), Shakhty, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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