Research of Reliability Criteria of Frozen Wall in Monitoring and Control of Artificial Ground Freezing

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  • Mining Institute of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Perm, Russian Federation
  • Mining Institute of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Perm, Russian Federation
  • Mining Institute of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Perm, Russian Federation

Abstract

Three thermodynamic criteria of frozen wall reliability are investigated, which determine and combine its thickness and temperature in different ways. Boundary isotherms for different criteria are determined based on 1) the freezing temperature of porous water; 2) the temperature for which the frozen wall thicknesses were calculated based on strength and creep conditions, and 3) a floating temperature value determined as a supremum of a zone with a given average temperature inside the frozen wall. The considered criteria are used in the process of thermal monitoring of the frozen wall statement when assessing its bearing capacity. Each criterion was described in detail, the sufficient conditions for the reliability of the frozen wall associated with it were presented, and the problem of optimal control of the coolant temperature increasing, which could be solved with its use, was presented. A comparative analysis of the criteria was carried out from the standpoint of optimal control of the artificial freezing regime, ensuring the minimum possible energy costs for the frozen wall holding during its life cycle while maintaining the required safety of mining operations. The "optimal" graph for the coolant temperature increasing within each criterion was determined by a series of numerical calculations of the thermophysical problem in the specialized software product "FrozenWall". Based on the results of the study, the third, most flexible criterion with a floating temperature value determining the boundary isotherms of the frozen wall as a supremum of a zone with a given average temperature was recommended for practical application. For the other two criteria, the temperatures of the frozen wall boundaries are rigidly fixed, which significantly limits the upper limit of the increase in the temperature of the coolant in the brine network and leads to lower energy efficiency of the freezing system as a whole. The results of the work will be useful to specialists in the field of thermal monitoring in the construction of mine workings using the method of artificial ground freezing.

Keywords

artificial freezingrockice wallthermometric controltemperature fieldisothermcriterionfreezing modecontrol

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Published
31 October 2024
Issue date
31 October 2024
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Vol. 24, No. 4 (2024)
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