The Preparation of Active Support-Based Sealing Material and Sealing Effect Analysis

Abstract

To improve the effect of gas drainage, with the aim of overcoming the problem of air leakage of conventional sealing materials, this study proposed the concept of gas drainage borehole sealing with active support and developed a new type of sealing material with the properties of permeability, fluidity, expansibility, early strength and compressive resistance through orthogonal tests. Using a specially designed active support testing device, this study analyzed the development law of borehole fracture under the action of active support force, which was then verified via field tests at a mine in Henan Province, China. The results show that the higher the expansion rate, the smaller the internal friction angle and cohesion, which is reflected in the sharp decline in the peak strength of the sealing material. The active support force of the sealing material has a significant time effect. It increases rapidly at first, before its growth rate slows down and tends toward a certain value. The greater the active support force provided by the sealing material, the smaller the radius of the plastic zone and breakage zone; this observation is also true of the displacement around the borehole. The active support force of sealed boreholes can effectively inhibit the development of cracks around the hole and reduce the generation of gas leakage channels. Under the action of the same burial depth and active support force, the larger the mechanical parameters of rock, the smaller the radius of the plastic zone and the breakage zone, as well as the smaller the displacement around the borehole. As has been proven by engineering practice, under the same conditions, the gas drainage concentration of the new sealing material is 47.5%, which is 84.8% higher than that of the original sealing material.