Nonlinear characteristics and prediction of gas and temperature in coal spontaneous combustion oxidation process

To investigate the gas and temperature variation laws during coal spontaneous combustion oxidation and achieve accurate prediction of high-temperature points in coal spontaneous combustion, coal samples from Dafosi Coal Mine were collected for experimental research on coal spontaneous combustion. Th...

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Main Authors: Ping ZHAN, Changkui LEI, Renhui CHENG
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Published: Editorial Office of Safety in Coal Mines 2025-08-01
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description To investigate the gas and temperature variation laws during coal spontaneous combustion oxidation and achieve accurate prediction of high-temperature points in coal spontaneous combustion, coal samples from Dafosi Coal Mine were collected for experimental research on coal spontaneous combustion. The characteristic indicators during coal oxidation were analyzed, including high-temperature point migration, gas volume fraction changes, oxygen consumption rate, and gas production rate. A random forest (RF) model for nonlinear prediction of coal temperature was established and validated using on-site monitoring data. The results showed that coal temperature rise exhibits staged variation characteristics and oxygen-deficient oxidation properties, with continuous temperature increases observed even when oxygen volume fraction remains between 4% and 5%, and rapid oxidation reactions still occurred under stable airflow conditions. Both oxygen consumption rate and gas production rates generally follow exponential growth trends, showing slow increases before reaching critical temperature and rapid acceleration after exceeding the dry cracking temperature. During coal oxidation heating, high-temperature points within the furnace demonstrate dynamic migration towards the air inlet, gradually shifting from the initial 45 cm position at the beginning of the experiment to the 5 cm position near the air inlet. The RF model demonstrated significantly superior predictive performance compared to support vector regression (SVR) and multiple linear regression (MLR) models under equivalent conditions, with prediction results showing mean absolute rercentage error (MAPE) <2.39% and coefficient of determination (R2) >0.99, while SVR and MLR models exhibited MAPE values exceeding 5%. Notably, the MLR model performed the worst, with a MAPE of 9.53% during the testing stage, highlighting the inadequacy of linear models in capturing the nonlinear relationships between gas products and temperature in coal spontaneous combustion. Further validation using on-site monitoring data confirmed the superior performance of RF model, achieving MAPE of merely 1.796% during testing stage, compared to 3.825% and 5.169% for SVR and MLR models, respectively.
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spelling doaj-art-c76521d1dee142df818b41c49ecc87692025-08-20T03:38:55ZzhoEditorial Office of Safety in Coal MinesMeikuang Anquan1003-496X2025-08-01568596810.13347/j.cnki.mkaq.20250685cMKAQ20250685Nonlinear characteristics and prediction of gas and temperature in coal spontaneous combustion oxidation processPing ZHAN0Changkui LEI1Renhui CHENG2Shanxi Lu’an Group Sima Coal Industry Co., Ltd., Changzhi 047100, ChinaSchool of Safety and Emergency Management Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, ChinaSchool of Safety Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, ChinaTo investigate the gas and temperature variation laws during coal spontaneous combustion oxidation and achieve accurate prediction of high-temperature points in coal spontaneous combustion, coal samples from Dafosi Coal Mine were collected for experimental research on coal spontaneous combustion. The characteristic indicators during coal oxidation were analyzed, including high-temperature point migration, gas volume fraction changes, oxygen consumption rate, and gas production rate. A random forest (RF) model for nonlinear prediction of coal temperature was established and validated using on-site monitoring data. The results showed that coal temperature rise exhibits staged variation characteristics and oxygen-deficient oxidation properties, with continuous temperature increases observed even when oxygen volume fraction remains between 4% and 5%, and rapid oxidation reactions still occurred under stable airflow conditions. Both oxygen consumption rate and gas production rates generally follow exponential growth trends, showing slow increases before reaching critical temperature and rapid acceleration after exceeding the dry cracking temperature. During coal oxidation heating, high-temperature points within the furnace demonstrate dynamic migration towards the air inlet, gradually shifting from the initial 45 cm position at the beginning of the experiment to the 5 cm position near the air inlet. The RF model demonstrated significantly superior predictive performance compared to support vector regression (SVR) and multiple linear regression (MLR) models under equivalent conditions, with prediction results showing mean absolute rercentage error (MAPE) <2.39% and coefficient of determination (R2) >0.99, while SVR and MLR models exhibited MAPE values exceeding 5%. Notably, the MLR model performed the worst, with a MAPE of 9.53% during the testing stage, highlighting the inadequacy of linear models in capturing the nonlinear relationships between gas products and temperature in coal spontaneous combustion. Further validation using on-site monitoring data confirmed the superior performance of RF model, achieving MAPE of merely 1.796% during testing stage, compared to 3.825% and 5.169% for SVR and MLR models, respectively.https://www.mkaqzz.com/cn/article/doi/10.13347/j.cnki.mkaq.20250685coal spontaneous combustionoxidation processindicator gasnonlinear characteristicrandom forest
spellingShingle Ping ZHAN
Changkui LEI
Renhui CHENG
Nonlinear characteristics and prediction of gas and temperature in coal spontaneous combustion oxidation process
Meikuang Anquan
coal spontaneous combustion
oxidation process
indicator gas
nonlinear characteristic
random forest
title Nonlinear characteristics and prediction of gas and temperature in coal spontaneous combustion oxidation process
title_full Nonlinear characteristics and prediction of gas and temperature in coal spontaneous combustion oxidation process
title_fullStr Nonlinear characteristics and prediction of gas and temperature in coal spontaneous combustion oxidation process
title_full_unstemmed Nonlinear characteristics and prediction of gas and temperature in coal spontaneous combustion oxidation process
title_short Nonlinear characteristics and prediction of gas and temperature in coal spontaneous combustion oxidation process
title_sort nonlinear characteristics and prediction of gas and temperature in coal spontaneous combustion oxidation process
topic coal spontaneous combustion
oxidation process
indicator gas
nonlinear characteristic
random forest
url https://www.mkaqzz.com/cn/article/doi/10.13347/j.cnki.mkaq.20250685
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