The spontaneous combustion of broken coal is one of the main causes for mine
safety accidents in goafs. To determine the effect of different air-leakage
conditions on the spontaneous combustion of leftover coal, the air-leakage
passage of the goaf was designed based on the principle of Sudoku grid in an
inflammable coal seam. The temperature rise during the auto-ignition
oxidation of coal was studied using a self-built experimental platform. By
changing the air flow rate, the laws of the change in the oxygen consumption
rate and the heat-release intensity with the coal temperature were analyzed.
Results show that the oxygen consumption rate had three obvious peaks at
48?C, 75?C and 105?C, respectively. Above 80?C, spontaneously combustion of
the experimental coal samples began. The exothermic intensity increased
exponentially with the rise of temperature. Furthermore, an exponential
relationship was observed between the air supply at the working face and the
spontaneous combustion of broken coal in the goaf. In addition, the increase
in air supply in the fully-mechanized mining face increased the width of the
oxidation zone.