IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v17y2025i9p3875-d1642398.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Selected Meteorological Factors Influencing Gas Emissions from an Abandoned Coal Mine Shaft—Results of In Situ Measurements

Author

Listed:
  • Paweł Wrona

    (Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

  • Zenon Różański

    (Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

  • Grzegorz Pach

    (Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

  • Adam P. Niewiadomski

    (Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

  • Małgorzata Markowska

    (Central Mining Institute-National Research Institute (GIG-PIB), Plac Gwarkow 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland)

  • Aleksander Król

    (Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Krasińskiego 8, 40-019 Katowice, Poland)

  • Małgorzata Król

    (Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

  • Andrzej Chmiela

    (Industrial Development Agency JSC, Mikołowska 100, 40-065 Katowice, Poland)

Abstract

With climate change, more intense weather events are observed, including pressure drops associated with the arrival of atmospheric fronts. These pressure drops are the primary cause of gas emissions from closed mines to the surface, with inactive mine shafts serving as the most likely emission pathways. The most significant emitted gases are carbon dioxide and methane, posing a dual challenge: greenhouse gas emissions and gas-related hazards. This study analyses changes in gas emission intensity in response to short-term (hourly) pressure fluctuations. Additionally, it presents the results of gas emission measurements from an inactive shaft, considering the impact of temperature differences between the air and emitted gases. The findings indicate that gas emissions are subject to inertia, which is crucial for gas monitoring around mine shafts, as emissions may still occur in the early stages of a pressure increase. Furthermore, the results show that temperature differences between the atmosphere and emitted gases could have a major influence on the process.

Suggested Citation

  • Paweł Wrona & Zenon Różański & Grzegorz Pach & Adam P. Niewiadomski & Małgorzata Markowska & Aleksander Król & Małgorzata Król & Andrzej Chmiela, 2025. "Selected Meteorological Factors Influencing Gas Emissions from an Abandoned Coal Mine Shaft—Results of In Situ Measurements," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(9), pages 1-12, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:9:p:3875-:d:1642398
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/9/3875/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/9/3875/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:9:p:3875-:d:1642398. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.