Analysis of Methods for Preventing and Fighting the Self-Heating Phenomena of Coal Used in Jiu Valley Mines

Abstract This paper deals with the analysis of two cases of coal self-heating from two longwall mining within the coal exploitations belonging to Complexul Energetic Hunedoara, phenomena that started similarly but later evolved differently, as a result of prevention methods applied or not applied in each case. For the analysis of these self-heating phenomena, the data collected after the occurrence of the first signs were used, respectively the emission of carbon monoxide in the longwall mining area, until the moment of desertion and closure of the longwall with dams in the first case and eradication of the phenomenon in the second case. By analyzing in parallel the two cases, several conclusions are drawn which may help to counteract these types of phenomena that may occur in the longwall exploited in similar conditions.