ON THE AMBIGUITY OF INTERPRETATION OF THE TEMPERATURE FIELD OF THE FROZEN ROCK MASS USING BOREHOLE THERMOMETRY

The relevance. Sinking vertical mine shafts using artificial ground freezing requires controlling the state of the frozen wall formed around the shaft under construction. The most widespread and informative method of experimental control of the frozen wall state is borehole thermometry. The borehole...

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Main Authors: Mikhail A. Semin, Lev Yu. Levin, Alexander V. Bogomyagkov, Aleksey V. Pugin
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Language:Russian
Published: Tomsk Polytechnic University 2021-06-01
Series:Известия Томского политехнического университета: Инжиниринг георесурсов
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Online Access:http://izvestiya.tpu.ru/archive/article/view/3231/2480
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author Mikhail A. Semin
Lev Yu. Levin
Alexander V. Bogomyagkov
Aleksey V. Pugin
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Lev Yu. Levin
Alexander V. Bogomyagkov
Aleksey V. Pugin
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description The relevance. Sinking vertical mine shafts using artificial ground freezing requires controlling the state of the frozen wall formed around the shaft under construction. The most widespread and informative method of experimental control of the frozen wall state is borehole thermometry. The borehole thermometry data is used to adjust the parameters of the model (thermophysical properties of rocks) to re-create the temperature field in the entire volume of the frozen rock mass by means of mathematical modeling. Adjustment of the model parameters under certain conditions can lead to ambiguity in determining the model parameters, the reason for which is currently not studied. The main aim is to study the conditions for ambiguity occurrence in the calculated thermophysical properties of the rock mass as a result of the adjusting the parameters of the model according to the measurement data in the control boreholes. The object of the research is a frozen water-saturated rock mass around two mine shafts of the potash mine of the Nezhinsky mining and processing complex under construction. Research methods included the collection and processing of borehole thermometry data, the formulation of a mathematical model of heat transfer in the frozen rock mass, the numerical solution of the direct and inverse Stefan problems and the theoretical interpretation of the mismatch between the measured and calculated temperatures of the rocks. Results. We studied the mismatch between the measured and numerically calculated temperatures in the control boreholes on the phase plane of the adjusted parameters of the model – the thermal conductivities of frozen and unfrozen rocks. It is shown that the minimum of the mismatch functional under certain conditions moves over time or is not unique. The analysis of the arising ambiguity is carried out on the basis of a simplified mathematical model of the heat balance at the boundary of the phase transition front. It was found that at the ice growing stage, an unreliable determination of thermal conductivity in the frozen rock is possible due to the high temperature gradient in the rock mass near the control boreholes and the error of borehole inclinometry. At the ice holding stage, an unreliable determination of both thermal conductivities is possible, since the solution of the problem depends mainly on their ratio.
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spelling doaj.art-bbd74e629968455f859858a62fb0d1e72022-12-21T21:35:26ZrusTomsk Polytechnic UniversityИзвестия Томского политехнического университета: Инжиниринг георесурсов2500-10192413-18302021-06-01332671810.18799/24131830/2021/6/3231ON THE AMBIGUITY OF INTERPRETATION OF THE TEMPERATURE FIELD OF THE FROZEN ROCK MASS USING BOREHOLE THERMOMETRYMikhail A. Semin0Lev Yu. Levin1Alexander V. Bogomyagkov2Aleksey V. Pugin3Mining Institute of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesMining Institute of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesMining Institute of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesMining Institute of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesThe relevance. Sinking vertical mine shafts using artificial ground freezing requires controlling the state of the frozen wall formed around the shaft under construction. The most widespread and informative method of experimental control of the frozen wall state is borehole thermometry. The borehole thermometry data is used to adjust the parameters of the model (thermophysical properties of rocks) to re-create the temperature field in the entire volume of the frozen rock mass by means of mathematical modeling. Adjustment of the model parameters under certain conditions can lead to ambiguity in determining the model parameters, the reason for which is currently not studied. The main aim is to study the conditions for ambiguity occurrence in the calculated thermophysical properties of the rock mass as a result of the adjusting the parameters of the model according to the measurement data in the control boreholes. The object of the research is a frozen water-saturated rock mass around two mine shafts of the potash mine of the Nezhinsky mining and processing complex under construction. Research methods included the collection and processing of borehole thermometry data, the formulation of a mathematical model of heat transfer in the frozen rock mass, the numerical solution of the direct and inverse Stefan problems and the theoretical interpretation of the mismatch between the measured and calculated temperatures of the rocks. Results. We studied the mismatch between the measured and numerically calculated temperatures in the control boreholes on the phase plane of the adjusted parameters of the model – the thermal conductivities of frozen and unfrozen rocks. It is shown that the minimum of the mismatch functional under certain conditions moves over time or is not unique. The analysis of the arising ambiguity is carried out on the basis of a simplified mathematical model of the heat balance at the boundary of the phase transition front. It was found that at the ice growing stage, an unreliable determination of thermal conductivity in the frozen rock is possible due to the high temperature gradient in the rock mass near the control boreholes and the error of borehole inclinometry. At the ice holding stage, an unreliable determination of both thermal conductivities is possible, since the solution of the problem depends mainly on their ratio.http://izvestiya.tpu.ru/archive/article/view/3231/2480artificial freezing of rocksfrozen wallcontrol boreholesinverse stefan problemmathematical modelingthermal conductivity of rocks
spellingShingle Mikhail A. Semin
Lev Yu. Levin
Alexander V. Bogomyagkov
Aleksey V. Pugin
ON THE AMBIGUITY OF INTERPRETATION OF THE TEMPERATURE FIELD OF THE FROZEN ROCK MASS USING BOREHOLE THERMOMETRY
Известия Томского политехнического университета: Инжиниринг георесурсов
artificial freezing of rocks
frozen wall
control boreholes
inverse stefan problem
mathematical modeling
thermal conductivity of rocks
title ON THE AMBIGUITY OF INTERPRETATION OF THE TEMPERATURE FIELD OF THE FROZEN ROCK MASS USING BOREHOLE THERMOMETRY
title_full ON THE AMBIGUITY OF INTERPRETATION OF THE TEMPERATURE FIELD OF THE FROZEN ROCK MASS USING BOREHOLE THERMOMETRY
title_fullStr ON THE AMBIGUITY OF INTERPRETATION OF THE TEMPERATURE FIELD OF THE FROZEN ROCK MASS USING BOREHOLE THERMOMETRY
title_full_unstemmed ON THE AMBIGUITY OF INTERPRETATION OF THE TEMPERATURE FIELD OF THE FROZEN ROCK MASS USING BOREHOLE THERMOMETRY
title_short ON THE AMBIGUITY OF INTERPRETATION OF THE TEMPERATURE FIELD OF THE FROZEN ROCK MASS USING BOREHOLE THERMOMETRY
title_sort on the ambiguity of interpretation of the temperature field of the frozen rock mass using borehole thermometry
topic artificial freezing of rocks
frozen wall
control boreholes
inverse stefan problem
mathematical modeling
thermal conductivity of rocks
url http://izvestiya.tpu.ru/archive/article/view/3231/2480
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