Slow oxidation of coal during storage and transportation poses significant risks, making it essential to identify hot spots and understand the heat generation and gas production patterns in coal stockpiles. This study leverages the advantages of adiabatic oxidation experiments, which account for time effects, to accurately describe the low-temperature oxidation process of coal through warming and gas production dimensions. Additionally, the warming and gas production patterns of three-dimensional coal stockpiles with varying stacking parameters were investigated. The results indicate that activation energy for heat generation increases linearly with particle size. In anthracite and bituminous coals, the activation energy for gas production was lower than that for heat generation below 70°C, but higher above 70°C. Lignite showed a general trend of lower activation energy for heat generation compared to gas production. Under forced convection, airflow paths within the three-dimension coal stockpile became more complex, resulting in 3 distinct flow patterns. As external wind speed increased, the dominant factor in coal oxidation shifted from oxygen concentration control to heat dissipation control. Maintaining porosity below 0.15, particle size under 5mm, height under 8m, and slope angle below 40° can effectively delay the oxidation process. The factors influencing coal storage efficiency, ranked by importance, are wind speed, porosity, geometry, and particle size. This study offers theoretical insights for optimizing coal storage and transportation processes.
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