Introduced and improved over the last 20 years, the Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) method, used for extracting thick seams (greater than 4.5 m), was recently launched in Australia. More than 90 such longwalls already operate in China.
INTERNATIONAL Longwall News brings you two detailed reports on the status of longwall top coal caving in Australia.
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.
2011 Underground Coal Operators' Conference The AusIMM Illawarra Branch 10 – 11 February 2011 29 GEOTECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR LONGWALL TOP COAL CAVING AT AUSTAR COAL MINE Adrian Moodie1and James Anderson ABSTRACT: Austar Coal Mine has had a long association with difficult strata control conditions associated with depth of mining and a highly jointed/cleated coal .
10 yielding, coal face spalling, strong deformations of goaf-side entry, and severe ground pressure 11 dynamic events typically occur at the longwall top coal caving longwall faces. Based on the Key 12 strata theory an overburden caving model is proposed here to predict the multilayered hard strata 13 behaviour. The proposed model together with ...
A 3D particle-based numerical approach to simulate the longwall top coal caving (LTCC) process was proposed, which for the first time the effect of continuous support advance and the face-end ...
Longwall top coal caving (LTCC) is a relatively new method of mining thick coal seams that is currently achieving high productivity and efficiency in application, particularly in China. The technique is similar to traditional longwall mining in that a cutting head slices coal from the lower section of the coal seam onto a conveyor belt [.]
PDF | A good understanding of the caving mechanisms of loose top-coal is significant for longwall top-coal caving (LTCC) mining. In this paper, the equations of the particle motion, top-coal ...
1. Introduction. Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) can provide substantially less economic sensitivity and a reduced level of technical risk over other thick seam mining methods. 1 A reliable evaluation of LTCC's applicability at the feasibility stage of a new mining project is therefore of importance to the effective and productive extraction of thick coal seams.
Longwall Top-Coal Caving: A productive and efficient alternative. Longwall mining is one of the most productive ways to produce coal, but longwall mines have trouble efficiently mining seams higher than 6 m (19.6 ft). Longwall Top-Coal Caving can more than double the resource recovery rate of normal longwall equipment working in high seams.
Caving mechanism in the top-coal-caving method top-coal-caving production method where a 2.8 m high longwall face was operated at the floor of the coal seam Undoubtedly, caving of naturally fractured or blasted top coal under gravity is the most critical factor in determination of mining method-related parameters such as geometry and dimensions ...
Longwall 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.
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.
In longwall top coal caving (LTCC), fractures in the top coal are the most significant factors to consider when assessing top coal cavability. Fractures in the floor have an adverse impact on longwall mining practice and play a significant role in safe mining above confined aquifers.
assigned a uniform height of 3.5m and the top coal was assigned with remaining height of the coal seam. The bottom part was extracted using the normal longwall extraction method. The top coal was extracted in such a way that it mimics the real top coal caving mechanism, i.e. top coals located
May 14, 2019· The Broadmeadow mine was started 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, investigations and evaluations were made into the Top Coal Caving method and its suitability for the operation.
Jul 02, 2014· The 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 .
Both longwall systems are designed for longwall top coal caving (LTCC) in a coal seam with an average thickness of 25 meters (82 feet). is the leading supplier for the coal producing industry in Turkey with four out of five longwall underground mining systems in operation.
equipment for a Longwall Top Coal Caving face. Photo courtesy of Joy Manufacturing Company Pty Ltd A 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.
Apr 12, 2016· The Principle of Longwall Top Coal Caving (LTCC) - Duration: 3:58. ... This video provides a basic description of the long-wall mining method for extracting coal underground. It includes an ...
Feb 19, 2014· LTCC • Longwall Top coal Caving (LTCC) 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. 4.
Today, the top-coal caving longwall mining is the major mining method for thick seam coal mining in China. In the Datong coal district, the annual production is 1.5 million metric tons per panel. The top-coal caving longwall mining has attained outstanding achievements in coal mines with favorable conditions.
Longwall 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.
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 seam...