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Design of Bord and Pillar method in coal mines
1. Design of BORD AND PILLAR
method in coal mines
AASHUTOSH CHHIROLYA
B.TECH (MINING) 6TH SEM.
AKS UNIVERSITY
SATNA MP
2. INTRODUCTION
The importance of mining is definitely
significant to human civilization. In fact, as one
of the earliest of human enterprises, mining and
its development correlate closely with cultural
progress.
Mining is the mother industry
for other industries. For effectiveness in mining,
different methods have been approached
keeping in mind the production and safety. One
of such methods is the Bord and Pillar method
of mining. Bord and Pillar method of mining is
one of the oldest methods.
3. INTRODUCTION
In India, about 98% of underground output of coal is
obtained by Bord and Pillar method and barely
about 2% by longwall methods. The other
countries where Bord and Pillar method
predominates are Australia, The USA and South
Africa.
The key to the successful Bord and Pillar
mining is selecting the optimum pillar size. If the
pillars are too small the mine will collapse. If the
pillars are too large then significant quantities of
valuable material will be left behind reducing the
profitability of the mine.
4. BASIC PRINCIPLE OF BORD AND PILLAR
METHOD
The development of mine by the method of working
known as Bord and Pillar consists of driving a
series of narrow roads, separated by blocks of solid
coal, parallel to one another, and connecting them
by another set of narrow parallel roadways driven
nearly at right angles to the first set. The stage of
formation of a network of roadways is known as
development or first working. And these roadways
are called BORD or GALLERY .
5. BASIC PRINCIPLE OF BORD AND PILLAR
METHOD
When the gallery are developed a solid block of
coal is left sourrounded the gallery are known as
PILLAR.
The coal pillars formed are extracted
after the development of the mine leasehold and
this later stage of extracting coal from pillars is
known as depillaring. This method is sometimes
called room-and-pillar mining. This can be better
understand with the help of follwing fig .
6.
7. APPLICABILITY OF BORD AND PILLAR METHOD
The Bord and Pillar method is adopted for working.
1. A seam thicker than 1.5 m,
2. A seam free from stone or dirt bands. Stone or dirt
bands, if present in a seam, can be easily disposed
of for strip packing in long wall advancing method of
mining.
3. Seams at moderate depth,
4. Seams which are not gassy,
5. Seams with strong roof and floor which can stand
for long period after development stage is over,
6. Coal of adequate crushing strength.
8. CLASSIFICATION OF BORD AND PILLAR
MINING SYSTEM
Develop the entire area into pillars and then extract
the pillars starting from the boundary
Develop the area into panels and extract pillars
subsequently panel wise. This is called panel
system of mining
“Whole” followed by “broken” working in which the
mine is opened out by a few headings only and
thereafter development and depillaring go on
simultaneously
9. DESIGN OF BORD AND PILLAR WORKING
The main elements of Bord and Pillar workings are as
follows –
1. Size of the Panel
2. Size of the Barrier
3. Size of Pillars
10. 1. SIZE OF THE PANEL
The main consideration in deciding the size of the panel
is the incubation period of the coal seam. The size is so
fixed that the entire panel can be extracted within the
incubation period without the occurrence of
spontaneous fire. The period in Indian coalfields
generally varies between 6 to 12 months. The other
factors that influences the size is the rate at which
extraction is done. With high rates of extraction made
possible by mechanization, the size of the panel can be
significantly increased. The extraction rate from
depillaring districts in Indian coalfield averages about
250-300 tons per day per panel.
Sometimes panel sizes are
determined by strata control considerations.
11. 2. SIZE OF THE BARRIER
The width of the barrier depends on the load which
it has to carry and its strength. Greater the depth of
working, wider is the barrier and also softer the
coal, the more, the width of the barrier. In practice,
the width of the barrier enclosing pillars in a panel is
usually the same as is the width of the coal pillars
which are enclosed within the panel. In deep mines
the width of the barrier may become quite large (up
to 45 m) and so during extraction they are thinned
down consistent with safety. Too much reduction in
the width of the barrier is not advisable as in that
case the barrier may be crushed and two goaves
may be joined, thus encouraging safety.
12.
13. 3. SIZE OF PILLARS
The size of the pillars is influenced by the following:
Depth from the surface and percentage extraction in the first
workings or development.
Strength of the coal: Seams with weak coal require large
pillars. Effect of atmosphere and escape of gas also influence
the size of pillars
The nature of the roof and floor : These influence the
liability to crush and creep. A strong roof tends to crush the
pillar edges whilst a soft floor predisposes it to creep and both
calls for large pillars.
Geological Considerations: In the vicinity of faults, large
pillars are required. Dip and presence of water also influences
the decision as to the size of pillars.
Time dependant strain: With time the strain goes on
increasing, the load remaining constant and if the size of the
pillar is not sufficiently large, then it may fail under the time
dependant strain, although initially it might be stable
14. SIZE OF PILLARS
Also, with the passage of time, weathering takes
place which reduce the strength of coal pillars. In
India, the dimensions of pillars and the width and
height of galleries are regulated by Regulation 99 of
Coal Mines Regulation 1957. It is stipulated that the
width of galleries shall not exceed 4.8 m and the
height of the galleries shall not exceed 3 m. For
width of galleries ranging from 3 m to 4.8 m, the
dimensions of pillars for various depths of working
are given in table -
16. SIZE OF PILLARS
It may be seen that the pillar size increases with the
increase in depth as well as with the galleries. As the
depth of the working increases the strata pressure
increases, the rate of increase being 0.2306 kg per cm2
per meter depth in Indian coalfields. Naturally, therefore,
to support the increased strata pressure, the size of the
pillars must be increased with depth. With the increase
in width of galleries, the percentage extraction is
increased which in turn results in greater strata pressure
per unit area of solid pillar. To counteract that, the size of
the pillars again requires to be increased with the
increase in the width of the galleries. Percentage
extraction in development at different depths are shown
in table -
18. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PILLAR DESIGN
Pillar are insitu rock remnants left between adjacent
underground openings. Rock pillar mainly serve as
underground supporting element in large underground
space. Without pillar it is very difficult to ground weight
of overburden material or withstands lateral pressure in
deep underground opening .
pillar design is essential exercise foir mining
engineer for estimating factor of safety of underground
working during development and depillaring . The pillar
is design is carried out for both underground coal and
metal mine. Conventional theory proposes that local
stabilty is ensured if pillar strength exceeds the stress
place on it .
19. PILLAR STRESS –
The ratio of pillar’s estimated strength to the pillars
stress is expressed as the factor of safety. In order
to estimate the safety factor , pillar strength and
pillar load have to be known . The process of
designing pillars involves determining there proper
size according to the accepted load on the pillars.
pillar stress may calculated
from the beam theory , numerical methods or photo
elastic techniques, but it is most commonly
estimated by the Tributary Area theory .
20.
21.
22. PILLAR STRENGTH
Pillar strength has been a subject of research of
many years with analytical formulas and
increasingly numerical methods used to estimate
the strength of a pillar based on the geometric
shape , mining height and material strength . The
most common feature of many these formulae is
that they define the coal pillar strength in relation
between width and height of the pillar. The most
common formula are in form of
23. EFFECT OF SIZE OF PILLAR ON STRENGTH
Coal strength can be determined by laboratory and in-situ
tests. The coal strength obtained from laboratory is
usually larger due to smaller size of specimens . This is
generally attributed coal contain natural discontinuities
which have an effect in its strength. Larger specimen
size the more cracks or fracture results smaller in
strength . So this test not give correct results
Bieniawaski (1968) performed aseries of in-situ
tests and found that for cubical specimen the strength is
decreases with increase the specimen size . And
become constant when it reach size of approximately 5
ft. for coal this means specimen may represent the
strength of insitu coal pillar . Thr grph is as follows -
24.
25. SHAPE EFFECT
In addition to the size effect coal strength is also
found to depend on specimen geometry or shape
effect . It is the ratio of diameter or width to height of
specimen (Evans et al obert Duvall 1967). The
shape effect was said to be a result if constraints
imposed in pillar through friction or cohension by
the roof and floor which ib turn to increse the
confinement to the core of the pillar . Thus strength
of pillar will increses . Das (1981) has conducted
laboratory investigation on various coal specimen
having different width & heightratioo. And it is
concluded from the investigationthat pillar strenght
increases with increasing w/h ratioof specimen as
shown in fig
26.
27. PILLAR STENGTH FORMULAE
Over a year many pillar strength formulae are
developed these are as follows –
Holland –gaddy Formula – Holland (1964)extended
gaddy’s work (1956) and proposed a formulafor
pillar strength as below
K is gaddy constant and the unit of wp & h is
expressed in inch.
This formula well being work for a coal pillar safety
factor with a wp/h ratio 2 to 8.
28. Holland formula –
In 1973 holland provide a formula –
Recommaded safety factor 2 to 8
Salamon – munro formula (1960)- after coalbrook disaster
salamon and munro analysed 125 case histories involving coal
pillar collapse in south african coalfields and proposed that the
coal pillar strength could be adequately determined using the
power formula using back calculation approach
The safety factor using this formula is 1.6 ranging b/w 1.31 to 1.88
29. Bieniawski Formula – This formula is based on
large scale testing of in situ coal samples in south
africa ans in USA ans is expressed as –
Recommanded safety factor 1.5 to 2.0
CMRI Formula
30. REFERENCES
Singh, R.D., “Principles And Practices Of Modern Coal
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2005, Chapter 6, pp. 156-168
Deshmukh D.J., “Element of Mining Technology vol. 1” ,
Denett & company, 8th Edition Chapter 11,12
Verma A.K., support design , Rock Mechanics for practicing
engineer by Department of mining engineering IIT khargpur ,
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Jawed M. , Sinha R. K. and Sengupta S. (2013) Chronological
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