US 12,416,237 B1
Methods for grout injection repair and water retention in goaf
Yifan Zeng, Beijing (CN); Hao Li, Beijing (CN); Qiang Wu, Beijing (CN); Weihong Yang, Beijing (CN); Donghui Yang, Beijing (CN); Aoshuang Mei, Beijing (CN); and Anqi Zhou, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, Beijing (CN)
Filed by CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, BEIJING, Beijing (CN)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/232,933.
Claims priority of application No. 202410809925.4 (CN), filed on Jun. 21, 2024.
Int. Cl. E21F 15/00 (2006.01); E21C 41/18 (2006.01); E21F 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC E21F 15/00 (2013.01) [E21C 41/18 (2013.01); E21F 15/08 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for grout injection repair and water retention in a goaf, comprising:
determining extraction information on the goaf and a coal seam;
forming a barrier wall through performing a first grouting operation at a side of the goaf near the coal seam based on the extraction information, including: determining a first cross-sectional pattern of the goaf based on the extraction information; forming, starting from the coal seam near a corner of the first cross-sectional pattern, a first trajectory line through extending along an edge of the first cross-sectional pattern into the goaf; wherein first trajectory lines corresponding to each corner of the first cross-sectional pattern connect to each other to form a first grouting pattern; and performing the first grouting operation according to the first grouting pattern to form the barrier wall, including:
controlling, at a ground area corresponding to a starting point of each of the first trajectory lines of the first grouting pattern, a drilling device to perform vertical drilling based on a vertical drilling parameter to obtain a plurality of first grouting holes; for each of the plurality of first grouting holes, controlling the drilling device to perform horizontal drilling along a first trajectory line corresponding to the first grouting hole based on a horizontal drilling parameter to obtain a plurality of first branch holes; controlling a plurality of low-pressure grouting pumps to perform the first grouting operation on each of the plurality of first branch holes based on a first grouting pressure to form the barrier wall; wherein a distance between the first trajectory line and an adjacent edge of the first cross-sectional pattern is less than or equal to a target grouting radius; and a distance between a starting point of the first trajectory line and an adjacent edge of the first cross-sectional pattern is greater than or equal to the target grouting radius;
performing a second grouting operation to complete a grout injection repair from outside to inside in the goaf based on the extraction information, including: determining a second cross-sectional pattern of the barrier wall and a lowest point of a water level in the goaf based on the extraction information; forming, starting from any corner of the second cross-sectional pattern, a second grouting pattern through spirally extending along an edge of the second cross-sectional pattern toward the lowest point of the water level; and performing the second grouting operation according to the second grouting pattern to complete the grout injection repair, including:
controlling, at a ground area corresponding to a corner of the second grouting pattern, the drilling device to perform vertical drilling based on the vertical drilling parameter to obtain a plurality of second grouting holes; controlling the drilling device to perform horizontal drilling on the plurality of second grouting holes along at least one second trajectory line based on the horizontal drilling parameter to obtain a plurality of second branch holes; controlling a plurality of high-pressure grouting pumps to perform the second grouting operation one by one on the plurality of second branch holes from outside to inside in the goaf based on a second grouting pressure to complete the grout injection repair; wherein the first grouting pressure of the first grouting operation is less than the second grouting pressure of the second grouting operation; the second grouting pattern includes a plurality of second trajectory lines connected end to end, and a distance between a plurality of second trajectory lines parallel to a same edge of the second cross-sectional pattern is less than or equal to two times the target grouting radius; and a distance between a second trajectory line located at an outermost portion of the second grouting pattern and an adjacent edge of the second cross-sectional pattern is less than or equal to the target grouting radius.