Possible mechanisms of organic compounds extracted in the mine water
Phenol is a potentially dangerous substance that causes the risk of many diseases in humans, as well as one of the main pollutants emitted in the mine water, alongside with the nitrogen compounds, petroleum, sulfates, chlorides and heavy metals. The analysis of the chemical structure of a molecule of coal, coal oxidation processes, processes of formation of organic compounds in mine waters is given. The source of the formation of phenols in mine waters are the physical and chemical processes occurring in coal seams, endogenous fires ignited by self-heating of coal in the process of auto-oxidation of coal seams together with the processes of underground combustion and gasification of coal, aimed at obtaining electricity and thermal energy.