Identifying water source from chemical characteristics of spilled water at the mining areas with hierarchical cluster analysis method

Author

Shi, Chen ; Cao, Haidong

Author_Institution

CCTEG, Xi´an Res. Inst. of China Coal Technol. & Eng. Group Corp, Xi´an, China

Volume

2

fYear

2011

Firstpage

944

Lastpage

946

Abstract

Identifying water source is basic problem for preventing and controlling mine water disaster. This paper presents a method of identifying water source from analyzing the chemical characteristics of spilled water. Twenty six water samples were collected, which were divided into six groups according to their different chemicals with Hierarchical Cluster analysis method. A piper plot was also drawn according to the chemicals in each sample. The water source was determined from the Hierarchical Cluster analysis results and the piper plot analysis, which provided a reference for the coal mine dewatering and water supply management..

Keywords

mining industry; pattern clustering; water resources; chemical characteristics; coal mine dewatering; hierarchical cluster analysis; mine water disaster; mining areas; piper plot analysis; spilled water; water source; water supply management; Chemicals; Coal; Coal mining; Reservoirs; Springs; Water; hierarchical cluster analysis; identification of water source; mine water disaster;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Water Resource and Environmental Protection (ISWREP), 2011 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-339-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5893166

Filename

5893166