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Surface Pre-grouting and Freezing for Shaft Sinking in Aquifer Formations

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Special techniques are used for shaft sinking in aquifer formations. In the unstable aquifer formations encountered in Chinese coal mines, freezing is always adopted for shaft constructions in an aquifer alluvium, while surface pre-grouting is generally adopted in bedrock formations. So far, freezing has been used to construct 500 vertical shafts, comprising a total length of 80 km, and surface pre-grouting has been used in more than 150 vertical shaft sinking projects. The maximum depth of freezing is about 700 m, while the maximum depth of surface pre-grouting exceeds 1000 m.

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  1. Beijing Research Inst of Mine Construction, Qingniangou Rd E, Hepingli 10013 Beijing, China

    Chunlai Yang

  2. Zhengzhou Coal Corp Engineering Co, 2 Hanghai Rd, Zhengzhou 450006 Henan, China

    Zongmin Wang

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Yang, C., Wang, Z. Surface Pre-grouting and Freezing for Shaft Sinking in Aquifer Formations. Mine Water Environ 24, 209–212 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10230-005-0097-8

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