自燃是煤矿、煤场以及煤渣废物（垃圾）堆放场面临的一个大难题。国内外有关学者，特别是我校邓军教授团队在这方面做了大量的实验与研究，取得了突破性科研成果，已广泛应用于生产实际中。在最近学科服务工作中，笔者阅读了数篇有关“煤自燃”方面的英文文献，并对一些关键术语（语句）进行了收集整理与翻译，在这里愿与大家分享，望其对撰写相关主题英文论文的作者有一定的参考作用。尽管occur等不是专业术语，也收集在其中，将有关例句附后，因为笔者发现有些作者不能正确使用这些“常见”词汇。

★表面温度,地面温度 surface temperature

★参数 parameters 例如，Internationally, it has been established that spontaneous combustion leading to fire in a coal mine depends both on intrinsic and extrinsic parameters. The intrinsic parameters are mainly associated with the nature of the coal, i.e. its physico-chemical characteristics, petrographic analysis and mineral matter content. Extrinsic parameters are mainly site specific and are related to geological, mining methods and environmental conditions prevailing during extraction of coal.

★初始氧化 initial oxidation

★点火，燃烧 ignite, ignition 例如，When coal is exposed to oxygen, its temperature rises and generates heat and in turn promotes further oxidation, which can cause it to ignite suddenly.

★多元回归分析 multiple regression analysis

★二次氧化 second oxidation

★发生，出现 occur, occurance 例如，to prevent a spontaneous combustion from occurring; Once combustion occurs or comes close to igniting….

★反应 reaction 例如，The oxidation of coal causing spontaneous combustion is an exothermic reaction. Heat produced by this action, if not properly diluted, accelerates and speed up the reaction. Finally, it automatically leads to spontaneous combustion of coal.

★反应时间 reaction time

★放热氧化 exothermal oxidation 例如，Furthermore, coal exposed to the air leads to exothermal oxidation of the carbon.

★非易燃煤层 non-fiery coal seams

★风化煤 weathered coal

★过热煤 overheated coal

★火灾灾害 fire hazard 例如，fighting fire hazards

★交点温度 crossing point temperature 例如，It may be mentioned here that the lower is the crossing point temperature of coal, the higher is its susceptibility to spontaneous combustion.

★主焦煤 prime coking coal:

★炼焦煤 coking coal

★半焦煤 semi-coking coal

★非炼焦煤 non-coking coal

★煤层发火，煤层火灾 coal seam fire 例如，Coal seam fire can smolder underground for decades and possibly hundreds of years and have numerous social, economic, and ecological impacts around the world; The precise remote detection of coal seam fires is necessary prior to developing any strategies to remediate them.

★煤尘 coal dust 例如，As more coal dust rises into the air the chance of a spontaneous combustion rises.

★煤火，煤火灾 coal fires 例如，Just in People's Republic of China, approximately 750 coal fires were burning in 1997. Problems associated with coal fires include the destruction of energy resources, the ignition of forest fire, the subsidence of surface infrastructure including houses and building, and the formation of toxic fumes escaping from vents and contaminant plumes in the shallow groundwater.

★煤样 coal sample

★煤渣，煤矸石等含煤废物（垃圾) coal-waste 例如，Coal-waste typically contains appreciable amounts of coal from seams that are not economic to recover, and a variety of different host rocks, e.g., pyrite-bearing carbonaceous shales and sandstones. Organic matter (coal, wood and garbage) usually comprises 20-30% of the waste.

★煤渣，煤矸石等含煤废物（垃圾)场 coal-waste dump

★煤渣，煤矸石等含煤废物（垃圾)发火（火灾） coal-waste fire

★煤自燃倾向性 susceptibility of coal to spontaneous combustion

★潜在（可能的）自然 potential self combustion 例如，We have to look to a way uncover potential self combustion hazards before they happen.

★浅煤层发火，浅煤层火灾 shallow coal seam fire

★燃点 burning point 例如，A combination of the two methods based on the joint or combined inversion of the two dataset and use of attributes can be used to localize quite precisely the position of the burning point.

★热点 hot spot 例如，In the study, it managed to observe the evolution of self-heating areas, i.e., the appearance of hot spots, their migration and their disappearance were observed.

★热强度 heat intensity

★三次氧化 third oxidation

★特征温度 characteristic temperature

★危险，灾害 risk 例如，The technique helps prevent the risk of coal spontaneous combustion.

★位置，方位 position 例如，However, one of these geophysical methods can be used to diagnose with certainty the position of a coal seam fire.

★温度测点 temperature measuring point

★悬浮煤尘 airborne coal dust

★氧，氧气 oxygen 例如，to release oxygen out of the coal pile.

★氧化 oxidate, oxidation 例如，When coal is exposed to oxygen, its temperature rises and generates heat and in turn promotes further oxidation, which can cause it to ignite suddenly.

★氧化煤 oxidated coal 例如，The oxidated coal is prone to the spontaneous combustion.

★易燃煤层 fiery coal seams

★属性，特征 attribute 例如，In geophysics, an attribute is defined as a quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to a geological feature or process.

★自发热 spontaneous heating

★自发热区域（面积）self-heating areas, self-heated areas 例如，The NDSI is useful in specifying the exact location of self-heating areas.

★自然 spontaneous combustion 例如，Spontaneous heating or combustion is one of the crucial issues in coal mines; Spontaneous combustion leading to fire is a recurrent danger in coal mining industry of the world.

★自热，自发热 self-heating 例如，The many features that increase the susceptibility to self-heating include climate, coal rank, ash, surface areas exposed (particle size), mineral composites (especially pyrite), volatile matter, organic matter type (exinite, inertinite) and storage time. The layered structure of coal-waste dumps, their shape and their degree of compaction also play an important role in self-heating.