The method employs both coal cutting of the lower portion of the coal seam accompanied by caving and reclamation of the ''top'' coal. Coal is first cut from the longwall face using a conventional shearer and AFC arrangement working under hydraulic face supports that incorporate a rear coal conveyor and cantilever / flipper arrangement.
Contact usLongwall mining is a form of underground coal mining where a long wall of coal is mined in a single slice (typically 0.6–1.0 m (2 ft 0 in–3 ft 3 in) thick). The longwall panel (the block of coal that is being mined) is typically 3–4 km (1.9–2.5 mi) long and 250–400 m (820–1,310 ft) wide.
Contact us· Longwall Top-Coal Caving: A Productive and Efficient Alternative . December 4, 2018 - In the right conditions, longwall mining is one of the safest, most productive and most efficient ways to produce coal. This is owed in part to the high degree of automation employed by modern longwall operations, which keeps shearers and roof supports advancing smoothly and people far from the …
Contact us· The present paper discusses the application of the longwall top coal caving method and its advantages and disadvantages compared with conventional longwall mining at the mine. In general adequate retreat rates were achieved once sufficient experience of the top coal caving method allowed the method to be refined.
Contact us· Long wall top coal caving 1. LONGWALL TOP COAL CAVING P SHASHIKANTH 16MT001042 2. LONGWALL TOP COAL CAVING GENERAL INFORMATION • It is the modified method of longwall mining system • Yancoal introduced the Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) mining technology in Australia at its Austar mine in 2006.
Contact us· In the past 13 years since the publication of Longwall Mining, 2 nd edition in 2006, although there have been no major changes in longwall mining technology and operations, many incremental developments in the whole system as well as various subsystems of the existing longwall mining operational technologies as detailed in the 2 nd edition have been added to this edition.
Contact usThis research area focuses on improving efficiencies in mining systems for the extraction of thick seams through novel techniques, technology developments and new approaches. Thick Seam Mining Methods - Longwall Top Coal Caving | UNSW Engineering
Contact us· Associate Professor, Coal Industry Engineering Research Center of Top Coal Caving Mining, China Univ. of Mining and Technology, D11 Xueyuan Rd., Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China. Email: [email protected]
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Contact us· The amount of coal for the production panel must be high enough to cover the initial investment of the mechanized longwall system. Longwall top coal caving (LTCC) is a part of longwall mining that is applicable for thick coal seams. China is an important country, which has best practices of LTCC in terms of high production rates.
Contact usLongwall Topcoal Caving (TCC) is a method of extraction for underground mining of thick seams. It uses a longwall set-up and natural forces to aid in the winning of coal. With this method of extraction only a single longwall is developed at the foot of the seam. The control of the roof layers at the face is by means of powered supports.
Contact us· 1. Introduction. Longwall top-coal caving (LTCC) mining technology is a productive and economical method to extract thick coal seams, and thus is widely used in many coal mines in China (Wang, 2009, Wang et al., 2014).Although some hypotheses on top-coal drawing process were proposed (e.g. Wang and Fu, 2002, Wang et al., 2004, Wang et al., 2010, Wang et al., 2014, Unver …
Contact usBased on the loose medium flow field theory, the loose top-coal drawing law of longwall top-coal caving (LTCC) mining technology is studied by using self-developed three-dimensional (3D) test device.
Contact uslongwall top coal caving mining. Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) Mining Technology. Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) is a special designed longwall mining method for very thick seams (thickness is more than 4.5m) where good quality coal is being left because "conventional" longwall equipment has not yet been designed to operate successfully beyond around 5m mining height. get price
Contact usLow Coal Seam Longwall Mining Units. There are abundant low coal seam coal reserves in China, with more than 80% coal area having reserve and total reserve 62 billion tones and occupation 17.5% in total reserve. The production occupies 10.4% in total mining production, with annual Production of …
Contact usAbstract—Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC), a relatively newer technology in India, is an underground mining method developed for thick seam extraction. Various …
Contact usThe Broadmeadow operation began by using a longwall to extract coal at 4.7 m (15 ft), leaving the top section of the seam to fall into the gob. The adjacent open-cut mine has been mining the full seam section for more than 30 years. Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) was introduced in 2012.
Contact us· In order to study the fracture patterns of hard main roof in longwall top coal caving (LTCC) with large mining height, a two-dimensional physical similarity model was created to simulate the mining process of No. 8100 large mining height face in Tongxin coal mine, China. The results show that there are three positions of broken line in hard main roof presented with the advance of longwall face ...
Contact us· It is intended to provide an introduction to the longwall top coal caving (LTCC) mining method through an interactive simulation. A 360-degree view is provided of the cutting sequence at a hypothetical LTCC face. This allows the viewer to look around and observe the relationship between the supports, the armoured face conveyor (AFC) and the ...
Contact us· Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) is a special designed longwall mining method for very thick seams (thickness is more than 4.5m) where good quality coal is …
Contact usThick coal seam no. 3, block V, Lupeni mine was mined by longwall top coal caving (LTCC). After the coal mining, the ground surface underwent continuous subsidence, but since 2008, three sinkholes have appeared on the surface with important dimensions, atypical for the geo-mining conditions in this coal basin. This article is a synthesis of the study meant to decipher the geo-mechanical ...
Contact usLongwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) is a special designed longwall mining method for very thick seams (thickness is more than 4.5m) where good quality coal is being left because "conventional" longwall equipment has not yet been designed to operate successfully beyond around 5m mining height. It enables an increased recovery for only an incremental ...
Contact us· Longwall in India First mechanized powered support longwall caving face was introduced in August 1978 at Moonidih, CIL. First Longwall face introduced in GDK.7 Incline in September 1983 in SCCL. There is no much improvement taken place in India in respect of Longwall technology due to various reasons. 13.
Contact us· Longwall Top Coal Caving has been considered as one of the most effective technologies for the extraction of underground thick coal seams. A large number of studies on the applicability of Longwall Top Coal Caving into new mine sites have linked the success of its application to the geomechanical understanding of the cavability of the top coal.
Contact usLongwall Top-Coal Caving isn''t just an alternative mining technique; it can be the difference between a productive, profitable mine and an unsustainable operation. The technology reduces waste and operating costs, making for a more efficient operation. "By achieving the highest productivity possible, operations can stay profitable even in ...
Contact usFigure 3 - Longwall top coal caving system GEOTECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR LONGWALL TOP COAL CAVING Development and installation roadways . The development process at Austar is no different to that of a traditional longwall mining operation. The normal development roadway dimensions are < 5.2 m wide x 3.2 m high, these dimensions are at the
Contact usThe longwall top coal caving (LTCC) mining method to be employed at the Eynez East underground coal mine is a special type of longwall mining applicable to seams thicker than 6 meters (20 feet). Conventional longwall equipment has not yet been designed to operate successfully in seams thicker than approximately 6 meters (20 feet) mining height.
Contact usLongwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) technology. Yancoal introduced the Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) mining technology to Australia at its Austar mine in 2006. Developed in China, top coal caving uses a modified long wall mining system. LTCC allows the excavation of thick coal seams of 5 to 12 metres at one pass of the longwall machine ...
Contact us2015 MINING.CA T 6 Roof Support Technology Since 2006, has specialized in designing and supplying special shields for the longwall top coal caving method (LTCC), where extremely thick seams are being mined. This method utilizes a second AFC behind the shields to take the coal on top of the longwall outside of the face.
Contact us· The disadvantages of top coal caving are that the recovery rate of top coal at both ends of the face is very low and the coal left in the gob is the source for spontaneous combustion. Therefore, the ultra-thick whole seam one slice longwall mining was developed to increase the recovery rate and safety of ultra-thick coal seams in 2009.
Contact usA brief description of longwall top coal caving (LTCC) is included at the end of the Longwall section of the Fundamentals of Coal Mining module of this web site. Despite the fact that there are numerous coal seams in Australia which are thick enough for LTCC to be used to increase recoveries, potentially at a reduced cost/tonne, there has been ...
Contact usBased on the loose medium flow field theory, the loose top-coal drawing law of longwall top-coal caving (LTCC) mining technology is studied by using …
Contact us2Zhangji Coal Mine, Xuzhou Mining Bureau, Xuzhou 221147, Jiangsu Province, P.R of China ABSTRACT Longwall top-coal caving technology has developed rapidly in China, in recent years. The application of longwall top-coal caving can double both the productivity and the efficiency of a working face and reduce the cost of production by 30 to 40o/o.
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Contact usLow coal seam mining ground adjustment . Our advantages. The longwall coal mining technology has been successfully applied in coal mine with thickness of 0.8m, the maximum dip angle 45 °. Low coal seam comprehensive mechanized mining range 0.45m ~ 2.5m. Low Coal Seam Longwall Coal Mining Units Equipment . Low coal seam series drum electric ...
Contact usLongwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) is a special designed longwall mining method for very thick seams (thickness is more than 4.5m) where good quality coal is being left because "conventional" longwall equipment has not yet been designed to operate successfully beyond around 5m mining height. It enables an increased recovery for only an incremental ...
Contact us· The preferred mining method for these thick coal seams is the Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC). The connection of both the top coal caving and its compactness are still rare; therefore, the capability of top coal caving mechanism is the most significant factor in LTCC that must be adequately explained and examined.
Contact us· Since the last plow longwall mine was closed in 2018, the chapter on plow longwalling has been dropped and in its place Automation of Longwall Components and System is added. Also, a new chapter Longwall Top Coal Caving Mining (LTCC) is added due to its successful application in Australia since 2005.
Contact usLongwall Top Coal Caving. Longwall top coal caving (LTCC) is a special type of longwall mining applicable to very thick seams (greater than 4.5m) where good quality coal is being left because "conventional" longwall equipment has not yet been designed to operate successfully beyond around 5m mining …
Contact usexample chock convergences, top coal failure behaviour, strata caving mechanism, abutment stresses and vertical stresses, were evaluated for a mine using COSFLOW. Key word : LTCC, COSFLOW, Cosserat, FEM, Modelling and Simulation 1. Introduction Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) is an underground mining method
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