Abstract
The spontaneous combustion of coal is affected by many factors, among which the influence of water is significant and complicated. To explore the influence of water on the spontaneous combustion characteristics of goaf residual coal, coal samples with similar particle size distributions to those of goaf residual coal were prepared. After the coal samples were immersed in water for 7–21 days and the external flowing water was drained, spontaneous combustion experiments were carried out using a temperature-programmed method. The results showed that soaking in water could promote and inhibit the spontaneous oxidative combustion of large coal particles in different temperature ranges. When the coal temperature was below 50 °C, water immersion had a significant inhibition effect on coal oxidation and spontaneous combustion. When the temperature of coal was 50–110 °C, soaking in water for 7 days could promote the oxidation and spontaneous combustion of coal. However, soaking for 14 and 21 days had a significant inhibition effect in this temperature range. When the coal temperature was higher than 110 °C, water immersion had a significant inhibition effect on the coal. Moreover, a prolonged immersion time significantly enhanced the inhibition effect. When the immersion time was less than 21 days, the spontaneous combustion of large coal particles by short-term soaking was mainly inhibited.
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