The Recent Progress China Has Made in the Backfill Mining Method, Part III: Practical Engineering Problems in Stope and Goaf Backfill

• Published in: Minerals (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 88
• Main Authors: Yu, Haoxuan, Li, Shuai, Wang, Xinmin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Backfill; Engineering; Flow velocity; Hydraulics; Mines; Mining; mining engineering; Mining industry; Monitoring systems; Particle size; Reliability analysis; Sedimentation & deposition; Slurries; stope and goaf backfill; Submarine pipelines; Technology; Transportation; Viscosity; China
• ISSN: 2075-163X; 2075-163X
• DOI: 10.3390/min12010088

With the continuous innovation and development of science and technology, the mining industry has also benefited greatly and improved over time, especially in the field of backfill mining. Mining researchers are increasingly working on cutting-edge technologies, such as applying artificial intelligence to mining production. However, in addition, some problems in the actual engineering are worth people’s attention, and especially in China, such a big mining country, the actual engineering faces many problems. In recent years, Chinese mining researchers have conducted a lot of studies on practical engineering problems in the stope and goaf of backfill mining method in China, among which the three most important points are (1) Calculation problems of backfill slurry transportation; (2) Reliability analysis of backfill pipeline system; (3) Stope backfill process and technology. Therefore, this final part (Part III) will launch the research progress of China’s practical engineering problems from the above two points. Finally, we claim that Part III serves just as a guide to starting a conversation, and hope that many more experts and scholars will be interested and engage in the research of this field.