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STUDY ESTIMATE DISTRIBUTION VARIABILITY OF TOTAL

MOISTURE IN SEAM COAL USE METHOD OF GPR
Eddy Ibrahim, Lilik Hendrajaya, Gunawan Handayani, Umar Fauzi, Syaiful Islam

INTRODUCTION
This article depict development of technique of
GPR for the measurement of total moisture
content at coal either through temporal and
spasial. Measurement technique the developed is
technique of reflection profiling acquisition by
determining orientation both of antenna
unshielded to yield the polarization of
propagation perpendicular to bedding plane of
seam coal and place direct both of antenna
above outcrop coal ( figure 1) at same of rank of
coal which is definition with path length 6.05 m
( figure 2) while at outcrop coal with different
of rank of coal by lateral with path length is 3.12
m ( figure 3) used by geometry height of
antennas is 0,1 ( figure 3 a).
Usage of this technique with frequency of
antenna 100 MHZ where the analysis of using
attribute interval have succeeded determined of
total moisture content in seam coal at sameness
rank of coal where by lateral zone 1 having
compared to higher total moisture content of
zone 2 due to result of analysis of proximate (
laboratory test) by channel sampling ( figure 4, 5
). To result of clear process that quantitatively
due to amplitude value of zone 2 the magnitude
intensity storey level of compared to higher of
zone 1 where the value show highly lower total
moisture content of seam coal by lateral ( figure
6 ). While from attribute interval to entire trace
focussed at seam coal for time window ( 4.2 ns
- 22.5 ns) can more show total moisture content
lateral variability of seam coal and according to
after validated with result testing of laboratory (
analyse of proximate) (figure 7 and 7a). While to
clarify boundary of lateral difference of the
physical used by phase spectrum analysis where
value phase angular of average vertically to
entire trace focussed at seam coal for time
window ( 4.2 ns - 22.5 ns) hence earning seen
clear of boundary area of lateral between coal of

high total moisture content with coal of total

moisture content low where lower right side the
phase angular value of expressing high
amplitude value while the boundary area of
expressed by the happening of phase inversion (
figure 8 and 8a)
For the determined of seam coal which by
lateral differ rank of coal also succeed to be
conducted by using frequency of antenna 200
MHZ where because of this traverse line do not
be conducted by analysis of proximate ( test of
laboratory) hence boundary information of rank
of coal obtained from PTBA and data drill
closest ( figure 9 ). As for process result earn
seen that ( figure 10) visually still difficult
differentiate between coal of antharacite ( left
side) from trace 1 - 50 and coal of dry coal (
right side) from trace 51 - 104. Because
amplitude intensity and pattern either through
lateral and vertical cannot quantified directly,
more than anything else phase angle able to be
used for determined of seam coal boundary by
lateral. To overcome this problem of usage
attribute interval in the reality can differentiate
expressly due to measurement of peak of
amplitude value at coal of anthracite ( trace 1 50) is 726,53602 DN happened at trace 11 while
at coal of dry coal ( trace 51 - 104) peak of value
of is 380,74705 DN at trace 56 and 598,15242
DN at trace 90 (figure 11). Thus can be
concluded by that because of peak of value
yielded amplitude is result of from level average
assess per trace and per sample hence can clarify
that total moisture content for the coal of lower
anthracite far than coal of Dry coal. While to
determine boundary area by lateral between both
rank of coal earn determined by using phase
angle value where frontier both of rank of coal at
trace to 52 with phase angle value - 1.4012
radian of trace to 53 with phase angle value
1,15244 radian ( figure 12).

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Figure 1. Mode of acquisition of reflection profiling for frequency antenna

100 MHz direct above outcrop coal

coal

Interburden

Figure 2 . : Outcrop coal physical model measured.

This coal seam by lateral at the rank of coal is sameness. That is
bituminuous coal( seam B2)

Line boundary (rank of

coal) (from PTBA)
Indicator
boundary

Dry coal
Antracite

Figure 3. : Outcrop coal physical model with path length of 3.12 M

This seam coal by lateral is difference of rank of coal

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Figure 3a. : Mode of acquisition of reflection profiling at path length 3.12 M

Frequency of antenna 200 MHz with height 0,1 above outcrop
coal.

Figure 4. : Schematic of acquisition of channel sampling

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High

Zona 1

Zona 2

Low
Figure 5.: Profile result of analysis of proximate from channel sampling
direction of horizontal expressed position take channel
sampling and direction of vertical is thick of coal seam and scale
bar expressing obstetrical gradation of total moisture in coal seam

Figure 6.: Profile result of process at physical model outcrop coal with
path length 6.05 M

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Figure 7 : . Graph of average amplitude value by vertical to entire trace

at outcrop coal model with path length 6.05 M

Figure 7a : . Graph of peak of amplitude values per trace at outcrop coal

model with path length is 6.05 m

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Figure 8.: Graph of average phase angle values by vertical to entire

trace at outcrop coal model with path length is 6.05 M

Figure 8a : Graph of peak of phase angle values per trace at outcrop coal
model with path length is 6.05 m

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Seam coal
measured

Figure 9 : Data information of lithology at mine Air Laya Where

Outcrop coal model with path length 3.12m
The model is lay in seam C.

Antracite

Dry coal

Figure 10 : Profile result of process use frequency of antenna 200 MHz

At outcrop coal model with path length is 3.12 M

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Figure . 11 : Average of amplitude values by vertical to entire trace

( trace 1 104) at seam coal zone with path length is
3.12 m by using frequency of antenna is 200 MHz

Figure . 12 : Average of phase angle values by vertical to entire trace

( trace 1 104) at seam coal zone with path length
is 3.12 M by using frequency of antenna 200 MHz