Solid waste slurry grouting transformation mechanism of loose sand layer based on slurry-water replacement effect

Abstract

During coal mining, when loose water-bearing sand layers are exposed and connected, it is extremely easy to cause water and sand inrush accidents, threatening the lives and properties in mines. Because of the intricate and tortuous internal structure of the sand layer, the diffusion pattern of grouting slurry within the loose sand layer has not been accurately characterized. Improving the efficiency of grouting and reducing the cost of grouting are common difficulties faced by industrial and mining enterprises in the grouting renovation of loose water-bearing sand layers. This paper innovatively proposes the mechanism of slurry-water displacement effect based on the diffusion characteristics of grouting slurry within the water-bearing sand layer. It studies the power-law fluid seepage and diffusion mechanism of porous media tortuosity effect and slurry-water displacement effect and derives the spherical diffusion equation of power-law fluid seepage grouting considering the coupling of porous media tortuosity effect and slurry-water displacement effect. At the same time, an indoor experimental device considering the slurry-water displacement effect is designed to verify the rationality of the spherical seepage grouting diffusion equation considering the superimposed effects of the two. Furthermore, relying on the COMSOL Multiphysics platform, a three-dimensional numerical calculation model of the power-law fluid spherical seepage grouting mechanism considering the porous media tortuosity effect and slurry-water displacement effect is constructed. It analyzes the seepage and diffusion characteristics of power-law grouting slurry in water-bearing sand layers, and studies the influence of different porosity of loose water-bearing sand layers, spacing between slurry and water holes, grouting pressure, and slurry viscosity on the volume of loose water-bearing sand layers. The key factors affecting the volume of loose water-bearing sand layers are grouting pressure > spacing between slurry and water holes > porosity of sand layer > slurry viscosity. Compared with previous grouting technologies and processes, the slurry-water displacement grouting technology can solve the problems of small grouting diffusion range and poor grouting effect in high-pressure underwater water-bearing sand layers to a certain extent.