The Temperature Influence On The Properties Of The Fine – Grained Suspension Used In Underground Workings

Abstract

Abstract Underground hard coal exploitation is often done under conditions of spontaneous fire hazard. The primary way to combat this threat is advanced, active or passive fire prevention. An important activity is the isolation of gobs using aqueous suspensions of fly ash as well as mineral binders. Therefore, the fine-grained suspension are often used in conditions of elevated temperature. The paper presents results of research on the effect of temperature (up to 80°C) on the properties of suspensions in a liquid state, including their rheological parameters and setting time. Suspensions prepared using the ashes from the hard coal combustion in fluidized bed boilers, and with the addition of Portland cement CEM I 42.5. During the research it was noted that the increased temperature significantly affect the acceleration of solidification processes of suspensions. In the case of rheological properties, the effect of temperature is ambiguous, among others, due to the phenomenon of sedimentation. However, in most cases, particularly for suspensions of higher solids content a marked increase in shear stress and viscosity of the suspensions with increasing temperature were observed.