A statistical analysis of monitored data for methane prediction
This research describes an investigation into the application of a statistical method for the prediction of methane concentration in longwall coal districts. An important and necessary part of the research was the acquiring of representative mine environmental and coal production data and a number o...
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| description | This research describes an investigation into the application of a statistical method for the prediction of methane concentration in longwall coal districts. An important and necessary part of the research was the acquiring of representative mine environmental and coal production data and a number of shortcomings were identified in this area. The monitored data was used to build univariate time series models of general air body methane concentration, air velocity, barometric pressure, coal production and methane drainage variables of varying timescales according to the Box-Jenkins method of time series analysis. The univariate models were used to identify causal relationships between methane concentration and its explanatory variables. Coal production was found to be the dominant variable in the determination of the quantity of methane emitted and where appropriate, multivariate time series models were built in which expressions for methane concentration in terms of coal production were obtained. Forecasts of methane concentration values were generated from both univariate and multivariate models and a comparison was made of their forecasting capabilities. Finally, suggestions were made as to the potential use of time series models for application to mining process control. |
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| spelling | nottingham-129772025-02-28T11:22:26Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12977/ A statistical analysis of monitored data for methane prediction Dixon, Darron William This research describes an investigation into the application of a statistical method for the prediction of methane concentration in longwall coal districts. An important and necessary part of the research was the acquiring of representative mine environmental and coal production data and a number of shortcomings were identified in this area. The monitored data was used to build univariate time series models of general air body methane concentration, air velocity, barometric pressure, coal production and methane drainage variables of varying timescales according to the Box-Jenkins method of time series analysis. The univariate models were used to identify causal relationships between methane concentration and its explanatory variables. Coal production was found to be the dominant variable in the determination of the quantity of methane emitted and where appropriate, multivariate time series models were built in which expressions for methane concentration in terms of coal production were obtained. Forecasts of methane concentration values were generated from both univariate and multivariate models and a comparison was made of their forecasting capabilities. Finally, suggestions were made as to the potential use of time series models for application to mining process control. 1992 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12977/1/334922.pdf Dixon, Darron William (1992) A statistical analysis of monitored data for methane prediction. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Mine workings Methane gas Mathematical models Fluid mechanics Firedamp |
| spellingShingle | Mine workings Methane gas Mathematical models Fluid mechanics Firedamp Dixon, Darron William A statistical analysis of monitored data for methane prediction |
| title | A statistical analysis of monitored data for methane prediction |
| title_full | A statistical analysis of monitored data for methane prediction |
| title_fullStr | A statistical analysis of monitored data for methane prediction |
| title_full_unstemmed | A statistical analysis of monitored data for methane prediction |
| title_short | A statistical analysis of monitored data for methane prediction |
| title_sort | statistical analysis of monitored data for methane prediction |
| topic | Mine workings Methane gas Mathematical models Fluid mechanics Firedamp |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12977/ |