COURSE SYLLABUS

For International Summer School at CUMT

Modern Mining Technology

JUNE, 2017

Instructor information:

Name Email Office Cell phone

B502-2, School of
Lei ZHANG,
leizcumt@163.com Mines, Nanhu +86-18796204151
Ph.D.
Campus, CUMT
A609, School of
Guichen LI, 15805215566@126.c
Mines, Nanhu +86-15805215566
Ph.D. om
Campus, CUMT
B402, School of
Jian LI, lijiancumt10@163.co
Mines, Nanhu +86-15205211879
Ph.D. m
Campus, CUMT

OBJECTIVES:
1) To provide basic theoretical knowledge on the subjects of modern mining
general knowledge, coal gas coextraction and water protection mining,
roadway support and rapid excavation, back filling mining etc. Contents
include: concepts, definition, practical technology, etc.
2) To train the research report/essay writing skills for the above mentioned mining
subjects.

REQUIRED TEXTS & READING:

1) Sydney S. Peng, Longwall Mining (in English), 1984, New York John Wiley &
Sons publisher.
2) Sydney S. Peng, Coal Mine Ground Control (in English) third edition, 2009.
3) Ratan Raj Tatiya. Surface and Underground Excavations – Methods, Techniques
and Equipment, 2005, A.A. Balkema Publisher.
4) Ji-xiong Zhang, Xie-xing Miao, Backfill Mining Method and Its Applications (in
 Chinese), 2015, Science Press.
5) Ji-xiong Zhang, Xie-xing Miao, Guang-li Guo, Consolidated Solid Backfill
Mining Method and Its Application (in Chinese), 2015, Science Press.
6) Zai-kang Lin, Ji-ping Du, Jia-lin Xu, Guang-ming Feng, The Coal Mining
Method (in English), 2004, CUMT press.
7) Distributed research report and teaching notes.

GRADING POLICY:
Totally three reports/essays are scheduled (each 1/3 total grade), one each from the
three instructors.

Submission Guidelines
All students should submit their reports/essays using the following format:
1) All pages should be numbered. All pages should have student name on header.
2) All technical reports should professionally include the parts of abstract, main
report content, discussion, reference.

Letter Grade
The scores will be given according to your report/essay. You will get:
A if 80% ≥
B if you get 70% to 80%
C if you get 60% to 70%
D if less than 60%

Office Hours
Office Hours of Instructor: M-F: 9:00AM~5:00PM or by appointment

Students with Disabilities:

If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, or if you
have medical information to discuss, please make an appointment with me as soon as
possible.
Tentative Schedule
Time in
Day # Topic Instructor classroom
(hrs)
Modern coal mining general
knowledge
A/Prof. Lei
1 1.1 Coal mining worldwide 2
ZHANG
1.2 Underground mining system
1.3 Green mining principle
Coal gas coextraction and water
protection mining
2.1 Coal seam gas generation and flow A/Prof. Lei
2 2
2.2 Coal seam gas hazards ZHANG
2.3 Coal and gas coextraction technology
2.4 Water protection mining
Roadwaylayout and roadway support
3.1 Roadway layout Prof. Guichen
3 2
3.2 Rock drift and coal drift excavation LI
3.3 Roadway support
Pillar design in coal mines
4.1 Types of coal pillars Prof. Guichen
4 2
4.2 Design approach LI
4.3 Case study
Modern back filling mining
5.1 Background and Significance
5 5.2 Back filling material Dr. Jian LI 2
5.3 Transportation and back filling system
5.4 Key equipment and subsidence control
Case learning on back filling
6.1 Solid back filling in Henan province
6 Dr. Jian LI 2
6.2 Paste filling back filling in Inner
Mongolia
Mining model study
7.1 Mining system model A/Prof. Lei
7 2
7.2 Longwall mining workingface model ZHANG
7.3 Backfilling mining model
Mining research visiting study
A/Prof. Lei
8 8.1 Mining research workshop visit 2
ZHANG
8.2 Gas sorption and flow lab visit