Method for classifying phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining

Abstract

A method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining includes the following steps: S1. arranging a monitoring hole in a coal mine working face and burying a telemetering water level gauge to perform water level monitoring; S2. monitoring a ground elevation, calculating a ground subsidence amount, and collecting mining advance distance information; S3. plotting variation relationship curves of mining advance distance and phreatic water level as well as mining advance distance and ground subsidence according to monitored information, respectively; and S4. comparing the curves with a no-leakage graph, a slight-leakage graph, and a heavy-leakage graph, and determining a leakage level; and S5. further classifying a studied area as an environmental disaster area or an environmentally friendly area.

Claims

1. A method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining, comprising the following steps: S1. collecting a mine plan of a to-be-mined coal seam working face in a mining area, arranging a monitoring point, and burying a telemetering water level gauge to monitor a water level; S2. according to the monitoring point arranged in the step S1, during mining of the to-be-mined coal seam working face, monitoring a ground elevation at the monitoring point, calculating a ground subsidence amount, and collecting information about a mining advance distance of the to-be-mined coal seam working face; S3. plotting variation relationship curves of the mining advance distance and a phreatic water level, and the mining advance distance and a ground subsidence according to the mining advance distance and the ground subsidence amount obtained in the step S2 and the water level monitoring information obtained in the step S1; and S4. comparing the relationship curve with a no-phreatic leakage graph, a slight-phreatic leakage graph, and a heavy-phreatic leakage graph, and classifying a mined coal seam working face as a no-phreatic leakage area, a slight-phreatic leakage area, or a heavy-phreatic leakage area.

2. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 1, wherein in the step S1, a location for arranging the monitoring point of the to-be-mined coal seam working face is located at the center of the to-be-mined coal seam working face, a buried depth of a probe of the telemetering water level gauge is below a monitored water level in a mining process, and water level monitoring is performed immediately after the telemetering water level gauge is completely buried.

3. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 2, further comprising the following step: S5. defining the no-phreatic leakage area as an environment friendly area, defining the heavy-phreatic leakage area as an environmental disaster area, calculating a water level buried depth of the slight-phreatic leakage area in the step S4, if the water level buried depth is deeper than a local ecological water level buried depth, classifying the mining coal seam working face as the environmental disaster area, and if the water level buried depth is shallower than the local ecological water level buried depth, classifying the mining coal seam working face as the environment friendly area.

4. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 3, wherein a formula for calculating the water level buried depth of the slight-phreatic leakage area in the step S4 is
S=He0Hw, wherein S is the water level buried depth, in meter; He0 is the initial ground elevation at the monitoring point, in meter; and Hw is a monitored water level of the telemetering water level gauge, in meter.

5. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 1, wherein in the step S2, a formula for calculating the ground subsidence amount at the monitoring point is as follows:
H=He0He, wherein H is the ground subsidence amount, in meter; He0 is an initial ground elevation at the monitoring point, in meter; and He is a ground elevation at the monitoring point during a mining process, in meter.

6. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 5, further comprising the following step: S5. defining the no-phreatic leakage area as an environment friendly area, defining the heavy-phreatic leakage area as an environmental disaster area, calculating a water level buried depth of the slight-phreatic leakage area in the step S4, if the water level buried depth is deeper than a local ecological water level buried depth, classifying the mining coal seam working face as the environmental disaster area, and if the water level buried depth is shallower than the local ecological water level buried depth, classifying the mining coal seam working face as the environment friendly area.

7. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 6, wherein a formula for calculating the water level buried depth of the slight-phreatic leakage area in the step S4 is
S=He0Hw, wherein S is the water level buried depth, in meter; He0 is the initial ground elevation at the monitoring point, in meter; and Hw is a monitored water level of the telemetering water level gauge, in meter.

8. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 1, wherein in the step S2, a precision of monitoring of the ground elevation at the monitoring point is 0.001 m.

9. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 8, further comprising the following step: S5. defining the no-phreatic leakage area as an environment friendly area, defining the heavy-phreatic leakage area as an environmental disaster area, calculating a water level buried depth of the slight-phreatic leakage area in the step S4, if the water level buried depth is deeper than a local ecological water level buried depth, classifying the mining coal seam working face as the environmental disaster area, and if the water level buried depth is shallower than the local ecological water level buried depth, classifying the mining coal seam working face as the environment friendly area.

10. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 9, wherein a formula for calculating the water level buried depth of the slight-phreatic leakage area in the step S4 is
S=He0Hw, wherein S is the water level buried depth, in meter; He0 is the initial ground elevation at the monitoring point, in meter; and Hw is a monitored water level of the telemetering water level gauge, in meter.

11. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 1, wherein in the step S4, a ground subsidence variation curve in the no-phreatic leakage graph, the slight-phreatic leakage graph, and the heavy-phreatic leakage graph is divided into five stages including a non-subsiding stage, a slow subsiding stage, an accelerated subsiding stage, a slowed-down subsiding stage, and a steady subsiding stage; and a water level variation curve in the no-phreatic leakage graph is divided into: a rapid water level lowering stage, a transient steady water level stage, a rapid water level rising stage, a slow water level rising stage, and a steady water level stage; a water level variation curve in the slight-phreatic leakage graph is divided into: a rapid water level lowering stage, a transient steady water level stage, a slow water level rising stage, and a steady water level stage; and a water level variation curve in the heavy-phreatic leakage graph is divided into: rapid water level lowering stage.

12. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 11, further comprising the following step: S5. defining the no-phreatic leakage area as an environment friendly area, defining the heavy-phreatic leakage area as an environmental disaster area, calculating a water level buried depth of the slight-phreatic leakage area in the step S4, if the water level buried depth is deeper than a local ecological water level buried depth, classifying the mining coal seam working face as the environmental disaster area, and if the water level buried depth is shallower than the local ecological water level buried depth, classifying the mining coal seam working face as the environment friendly area.

13. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 12, wherein a formula for calculating the water level buried depth of the slight-phreatic leakage area in the step S4 is
S=He0Hw, wherein S is the water level buried depth, in meter; He0 is the initial ground elevation at the monitoring point, in meter; and Hw is a monitored water level of the telemetering water level gauge, in meter.

14. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 1, further comprising the following step: S5. defining the no-phreatic leakage area as an environment friendly area, defining the heavy-phreatic leakage area as an environmental disaster area, calculating a water level buried depth of the slight-phreatic leakage area in the step S4, if the water level buried depth is deeper than a local ecological water level buried depth, classifying the mining coal seam working face as the environmental disaster area, and if the water level buried depth is shallower than the local ecological water level buried depth, classifying the mining coal seam working face as the environment friendly area.

15. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 14, wherein a formula for calculating the water level buried depth of the slight-phreatic leakage area in the step S4 is
S=He0Hw, wherein S is the water level buried depth, in meter; He0 is the initial ground elevation at the monitoring point, in meter; and Hw is a monitored water level of the telemetering water level gauge, in meter.

16. The method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining according to claim 14, wherein the ecological water level is a groundwater level buried depth capable of maintaining good development and growth of typical vegetation, and the ecological water level is determined according to typical ground cover vegetation of the coal mining area.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The accompanying drawings are merely used for the purpose of illustrating specific embodiments, and are not to be construed as limitations to the present invention. In all the accompanying drawings, the same reference numeral indicates the same component.

(2) FIG. 1 shows a flowchart of implementation of a method according to the present invention.

(3) FIG. 2 shows a no-phreatic leakage area graph, in which a distance between a mining advance distance and a monitoring point being a negative value indicates that the monitoring point has not been mined, and the distance being a positive value indicates that the monitoring point has been mined.

(4) FIG. 3 shows a slight-phreatic leakage area graph, in which a distance between a mining advance distance and a monitoring point being a negative value indicates that the monitoring point has not been mined, and the distance being a positive value indicates that the monitoring point has been mined.

(5) FIG. 4 shows a heavy-phreatic leakage area graph, in which a distance between a mining advance distance and a monitoring point being a negative value indicates that the monitoring point has not been mined, and the distance being a positive value indicates that the monitoring point has been mined.

(6) FIG. 5 shows a mine plan of a working face of a Jinjitan coal mine.

(7) FIG. 6 shows variation relationship curves of mining advance distance and phreatic water level as well as mining advance distance and ground subsidence of a working face of a Jinjitan coal mine, in which a distance between a mining advance distance and a monitoring point being a negative value indicates that the monitoring point has not been mined, and the distance being a positive value indicates that the monitoring point has been mined.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

(8) Preferred embodiments of the present invention are specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, where the accompanying drawings constitute a part of the present application, and are used together with the embodiments of the present invention to explain the principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

(9) The present invention provides a method for classifying a phreatic leakage disaster level in shallow coal seam mining, as shown in FIG. 1, including the following steps:

(10) S1. Collect a mine plan of a to-be-mined coal seam working face in a mining area, arrange a monitoring point, and bury a telemetering water level gauge.

(11) The step specifically includes: collecting a mine plan of a to-be-mined working face, arranging a monitoring point at the center of the working face, where the used telemetering water level gauge satisfies requirements of Instruments for stage measurement. Part 6: remote measuring stage gauge (GB/T11828.6-2008), and a buried depth of a probe of the water level gauge is located below a monitored water level during a mining process, and performing water level monitoring immediately after the water level gauge is completely buried.

(12) S2. According to the monitoring point arranged in step S1, during working face mining, observe a ground elevation at the monitoring point, calculate a ground subsidence amount, and collect information about a mining advance distance of the working face.

(13) The step specifically includes that: a start time of monitoring the ground subsidence amount at the monitoring point is a time when the distance between the mining advance distance and the monitoring point is L, and an end time thereof is a time when the monitored data becomes steady, that is, an accumulated ground subsidence amount continuously monitored in 5 days is less than 0.01 m; and the precision of monitoring of the ground subsidence is 0.001 m. A formula for calculating L is as follows:

(14) $L=\frac{h}{\tan w},$
where

(15) L is an advanced influence distance, in m; h is a mining depth, in m; and w is an advanced influence angle, in .

(16) A formula for calculating a ground subsidence amount at the monitoring point is as follows:
H=He0He, where

(17) H is a ground subsidence amount, in m; He0 is an initial ground elevation at the monitoring point, in m; and He is a ground elevation at the monitoring point during a mining process, in m.

(18) S3. Plot variation relationship curves of mining advance distance and phreatic water level as well as mining advance distance and ground subsidence according to the working face mining advance distance and the ground subsidence amount that are obtained in step S2 and water level monitoring information obtained in step S1.

(19) S4. Compare the curve with a no-phreatic leakage graph, a slight-phreatic leakage graph, and a heavy-phreatic leakage graph; and classify a mined coal seam working face as a no-phreatic leakage area, a slight-phreatic leakage area, and a heavy-phreatic leakage area.

(20) The foregoing no-phreatic leakage graph, slight-phreatic leakage graph, and heavy-phreatic leakage graph are rules generalized from the monitored information (working face mining advance distance data, water level gauge data, and ground subsidence data) of a plurality of coal mines in northwest China, and a classification basis is a correspondence between ground subsidence and a water level.

(21) As shown in FIG. 2, a ground subsidence variation curve in the no-phreatic leakage graph is divided into five stages: stage 1: a non-subsiding stage, stage 2: a slow subsiding stage, stage 3: an accelerated subsiding stage, stage 4: a slowed-down subsiding stage, and stage 5: a steady subsiding stage. A water level variation curve is divided into: stage a: a rapid water level lowering stage, stage b: a transient steady water level stage, stage c: a rapid water level rising stage, stage d: a slow water level rising stage, and stage e: a steady water level stage.

(22) As shown in FIG. 3, a ground subsidence variation curve in the slight-phreatic leakage graph is divided into five stages: stage 1: a non-subsiding stage, stage 2: a slow subsiding stage, stage 3: an accelerated subsiding stage, stage 4: a slowed-down subsiding stage, and stage 5: a steady subsiding stage. A water level variation curve is divided into: stage a: a rapid water level lowering stage, stage b: a transient steady water level stage, stage d: a slow water level rising stage, and stage e: a steady water level stage.

(23) As shown in FIG. 4, a ground subsidence variation curve in the heavy-phreatic leakage graph is divided into five stages: stage 1: a non-subsiding stage, stage 2: a slow subsiding stage, stage 3: an accelerated subsiding stage, stage 4: a slowed-down subsiding stage, and stage 5: a steady subsiding stage. A water level variation curve is divided into: stage a: a rapid water level lowering stage.

(24) Stage 1 in all of the three basic graphs corresponds to stage a, indicating that the coal mining activity in front of the mining area leads to a decrease in the water level at the monitoring point. At this time, it cannot be determined whether the water level is lowered because of the foregoing phreatic leakage of the mining area or the lateral recharge caused by the ground subsidence. In FIG. 2, stage 2 corresponds to stage b, that is, the ground at the monitoring point slightly subsides, and a water level of the water level gauge is not lowered, indicating that there is no-phreatic leakage in the mode of FIG. 2. A transient steady water level is caused by receiving a water level recharge from an area that has not been mined at the monitoring point because of ground subsidence, and stage 3 corresponds to stage c, in which the ground subsidence is severe, and the water level begins to rise sharply. Stage 4 corresponds to stage d, in which the ground subsidence is slow, and the water level rises slowly. Stage 5 corresponds to stage e, in which the ground subsidence ends, and the water level is also steady. The phenomena indicate that the variation of the water level at the monitoring point is not caused by a loss or subsidence. Therefore, FIG. 2 is defined as a no-phreatic leakage area, Stage 2 in both of FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 corresponds to stage a, but stage 3 in FIG. 3 corresponds to stage b, in which the water level can be ensured to be steady only when a large amount of lateral water supply is received, indicating that a loss occurs in the mode of FIG. 3, but is not severe, and a balance may be achieved by supply of lateral water. In stage 4, a small amount of supplied water leads to that a water volume slightly rises. Therefore, FIG. 3 is defined as a slight-phreatic leakage area. In FIG. 4, the water level never rises, indicating that even if lateral supply is received, the water level cannot be restored, which indicates that a heavy loss occurs. Therefore, FIG. 4 is defined as a heavy-phreatic leakage area.

(25) To better classify a phreatic leakage disaster level of a mining coal seam working face, the foregoing classifying method further includes the following step:

(26) S5. Define the no-phreatic leakage area as an environmentally friendly area, define the heavy-phreatic leakage area as an environmental disaster area, calculate a water level buried depth of the slight-phreatic leakage area in step S4, if the water level buried depth is deeper than a local ecological water level buried depth, classify the mining coal seam working face as an environmental disaster area, and if the water level buried depth is shallower than the local ecological water level buried depth, classify the mining coal seam working face as an environmentally friendly area. A formula for calculating a water level buried depth of the slight-phreatic leakage area in step S4 is as follows:
S=He0Hw, where

(27) S is the water level buried depth, in m; He0 is the initial ground elevation at the monitoring point, in m; and Hw is a monitoring level of the telemetering water level gauge, in m.

(28) It should be noted that the ecological water level is a groundwater level buried depth capable of maintaining good development and growth of typical vegetation, and the ecological water level is determined according to typical ground cover vegetation of the coal mining area.

Embodiment 1

(29) The technical solution of the present invention is described below in detail with reference to a specific example.

(30) FIG. 5 shows a coal-mining working face of a Jinjitan coal mine. The coal-mining working face of the Jinjitan coal mine has a length of 5300 m and a width of 300 m, and the working face was stopped in June 2016 at an average stopping speed of 10 m/d. A location for arranging the monitoring point is located at the center of the working face, and after being completely buried on Jan. 3, 2017, a water level gauge performs automatic water level monitoring, where a probe of a water level gauge is located 15 m below an initial water level, thereby ensuring that a water level variation can be monitored at any time during a mining process. In this case, a distance between a mining advance distance and the monitoring point is 265 m (a negative value indicates that the monitoring point has not been mined, and a positive value indicates that the monitoring point has been mined). A water level Hw of the water level gauge is recorded as shown in Table 1.

(31) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Monitored data and calculated data of a working face of a Jinjitan coal mine Distance Water between level a drilling of a Water footage water level and a level buried Ground Ground monitoring gauge depth elevation subsidence point/m Hw/m s/m He/m H/m 265 1225.80 1.01 260 1225.90 0.91 255 1225.89 0.92 250 1225.84 0.97 245 1225.84 0.97 240 1225.88 0.93 235 1225.85 0.96 230 1225.86 0.95 225 1225.91 0.90 220 1225.84 0.97 215 1225.82 0.99 210 1225.84 0.97 205 1225.83 0.98 200 1225.80 1.01 195 1225.77 1.04 190 1225.82 0.99 185 1225.84 0.97 180 1225.79 1.02 175 1225.77 1.04 170 1225.73 1.08 165 1225.72 1.09 160 1225.67 1.14 155 1225.62 1.19 150 1225.58 1.23 1226.787 0.023 145 1225.56 1.25 1226.796 0.014 140 1225.44 1.37 1226.776 0.034 135 1225.47 1.34 1226.772 0.038 130 1225.43 1.38 1226.763 0.047 125 1225.44 1.37 1226.750 0.060 120 1225.34 1.47 1226.760 0.050 115 1225.27 1.54 1226.760 0.050 110 1225.28 1.53 1226.786 0.024 105 1225.28 1.53 1226.779 0.031 100 1225.21 1.60 1226.757 0.053 95 1225.15 1.66 1226.762 0.048 90 1225.19 1.62 1226.755 0.055 85 1225.15 1.66 1226.724 0.086 80 1225.02 1.79 1226.746 0.064 75 1225.02 1.79 1226.748 0.062 70 1225.98 1.83 1226.750 0.060 65 1225.91 1.90 1226.740 0.070 60 1225.89 1.92 1226.784 0.026 55 1225.85 1.96 1226.720 0.090 50 1225.86 1.95 1226.685 0.125 45 1225.86 1.95 1226.723 0.087 40 1225.77 2.04 1226.703 0.107 35 1225.73 2.08 1226.718 0.092 30 1225.72 2.09 1226.771 0.039 25 1225.66 2.15 1226.702 0.108 20 1225.56 2.25 1226.654 0.156 15 1225.52 2.29 1226.683 0.127 10 1225.52 2.29 1226.610 0.200 5 1225.53 2.28 1226.643 0.023 0 1225.50 2.31 1226.455 0.023 5 1225.53 2.28 1226.405 0.405 10 1224.49 2.32 1226.369 0.441 15 1224.54 2.27 1226.346 0.464 20 1224.51 2.30 1226.193 0.617 25 1224.48 2.33 1226.043 0.767 30 1224.53 2.28 1225.648 1.162 35 1224.49 2.32 1225.477 1.333 40 1224.54 2.27 1225.339 1.471 45 1224.50 2.31 1225.059 1.751 50 1224.47 2.34 1224.970 1.840 55 1224.52 2.29 1224.896 1.914 60 1224.49 2.32 1224.854 1.956 65 1224.53 2.28 1224.680 2.130 70 1224.54 2.27 1224.623 2.187 75 1224.62 2.19 1224.573 2.237 80 1224.69 2.12 1224.528 2.282 85 1224.70 2.11 1224.487 2.323 90 1224.67 2.14 1224.449 2.361 95 1224.69 2.12 1224.415 2.395 100 1224.70 2.11 1224.384 2.426 105 1224.72 2.09 1224.356 2.454 110 1224.70 2.11 1224.329 2.481 115 1224.74 2.07 1224.305 2.505 120 1224.79 2.02 1224.282 2.528 125 1224.81 2.00 1224.261 2.549 130 1224.80 2.01 1224.241 2.569 135 1224.83 1.98 1224.222 2.588 140 1224.82 1.99 1224.205 2.605 145 1224.86 1.95 1224.189 2.621 150 1224.85 1.96 1224.174 2.636 155 1224.88 1.93 1224.159 2.651 160 1224.87 1.94 1224.145 2.665 165 1224.86 1.95 1224.132 2.678 170 1224.94 1.87 1224.117 2.693 175 1224.93 1.88 1224.111 2.699 180 1224.92 1.89 1224.129 2.681 185 1224.92 1.89 1224.122 2.688 190 1224.90 1.91 1224.115 2.695 195 1224.99 1.82 1224.109 2.701 200 1224.96 1.85 1224.103 2.707 205 1224.94 1.87 1224.098 2.712 210 1224.92 1.89 1224.093 2.717 215 1224.96 1.85 1224.088 2.722 220 1224.95 1.86 1224.083 2.727 225 1224.97 1.84 1224.078 2.732 230 1224.95 1.86 1224.074 2.736 235 1224.97 1.84 1224.070 2.740 240 1224.93 1.88 1224.066 2.744 245 1224.93 1.88 1224.063 2.747 250 1224.94 1.87 1224.059 2.751 255 1224.95 1.86 1224.056 2.754 260 1224.93 1.88 1224.052 2.758 265 1224.94 1.87 1224.049 2.761 270 1224.95 1.86 1224.046 2.764 275 1224.97 1.84 1224.044 2.766 280 1224.92 1.89 1224.041 2.769 285 1224.96 1.85 1224.038 2.772 290 1224.93 1.88 1224.036 2.774 295 1224.95 1.86 1224.033 2.777 300 1224.91 1.90 1224.032 2.778 305 1224.95 1.86 310 1224.92 1.89 315 1224.95 1.86 320 1224.94 1.87 325 1224.93 1.88 330 1224.97 1.84 335 1224.94 1.87 340 1224.96 1.85 345 1224.94 1.87 350 1224.96 1.85 355 1224.99 1.82 360 1224.96 1.83

(32) As shown in Table 1, an initial ground elevation He0 at the monitoring point is 1226.81; an average mining depth h of first mining nearby the monitoring point is 280 m, mining practice in the mining area has an advanced influence angle w of 62, and an advanced influence distance L is calculated by using a formula

(33) $L=\frac{h}{\tan w}$
to obtain that L is 148.87 m. Therefore, when the mining advance distance moves forward to 150 m in front of the monitoring point to start to monitor a ground subsidence amount at the monitoring point. Manual monitoring is performed at a monitoring frequency of 2 times/d, where monitoring time points are respectively 6:00 and 18:00. The monitored data of the ground elevation He at the monitoring point is shown in Table 1. As shown in Table 1, the ground subsidence amount H is calculated by using a formula H=He0He. The data is shown in Table 1. On May 8, 2017, a mining advance distance line exceeds the monitoring point by 300 m, and an accumulated ground subsidence amount continuously monitored in 5 days is less than 0.01 m, the ground subsidence becomes steady, and monitoring is stopped.

(34) Variation relationship curves of mining advance distance and phreatic water level as well as mining advance distance and ground subsidence are drawn according to the monitored data of Table 1, as shown in FIG. 6.

(35) FIG. 6 is compared with FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4, and it is found that a curve variation law in FIG. 6 is similar to that in FIG. 3. Therefore, a phreatic leakage in the working face of the Jinjitan coal mine is determined to be a slight-phreatic leakage area.

(36) In addition, to further determine a phreatic leakage disaster level of the working face of the Jinjitan coal mine, a water level buried depth in a loss process is compared with a local ecological water level buried depth. A formula for calculating a water level buried depth in a loss process is:
S=He0Hw, where

(37) S is the water level buried depth, in m; He0 is the initial ground elevation at the monitoring point, in m; and Hw is a monitoring level of the telemetering water level gauge, in m.

(38) A value range for calculating the water level buried depth S is 0.91 to 2.33, as shown in Table 1. In addition, the Jinjitan coal mine is located on an edge of the Mu Us desert, and the ground cover vegetation is mainly Shaliu and Saussure. According to the previous researches and previously published articles, Study on Ecological Safe Groundwater Level Buried Depth in Windy Beach Area of Northern Shaanxi and Division of Coal Mining Conditions Based on Ecological Water Level Protection for Northern Shaanxi, it is determined that the local ecological water level buried depth is 3 m. Upon analysis, a calculated value of the water level buried depth S is less than the local ecological water level buried depth of 3 m. Further, the coal-mining working face of the Jinjitan coal mine is classified to be environmentally friendly. It can be seen that although the water level is slightly lowered in the mining process, vegetation would not be seriously affected.

(39) In conclusion, in the present invention, a coal mining area is classified as a no-phreatic leakage area, a slight-phreatic leakage area, and a heavy-phreatic leakage area according to analysis on respective stages of ground subsidence amounts and monitored water level variations at an observation point and telemetering water, the coal mining area is classified into the no-phreatic leakage area, the slight-phreatic leakage area, and the heavy-phreatic leakage area; the calculated water level buried depth in the coal mining area loss process is compared with the local ecological water level buried depth, and the slight-phreatic leakage area is further classified as the environmentally friendly area and the environmental disaster area. The classifying method used in the present invention is simple and practical, where from a perspective of ecological protection, a water resource loss and an environmental disaster is determined for a shallow seam of a northwest coalfield, and a basis is provided for a choice of a mining manner in a mining area, and the method is of significance for ecological and environmental protection in a mining process of the northwest coalfield.

(40) The descriptions above are merely specific preferred implementations of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any change or replacement that can be easily conceived of by a person skilled in the art within the scope of the technology disclosed by the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.