Research on dust control mechanism of fully-mechanized mining face based on a new air distribution dust control method

Abstract

In order to improve the problem of serious dust pollution in the fully-mechanized mining face, a new air distribution dust control method with air separator installed was proposed for the fully-mechanized mining face of Daliuta Coal Mine in Yulin, Shaanxi Province. Fluent was used to simulate the dust diffusion rule of the new-type air distribution dust control method, and the influences of different distances between the air pressure outlet and the working face and different pressure-pumping ratios on the change of dust diffusion rule were analyzed. When the air pressure outlet is 10-20 m away from the working face, dust accumulates and settles in the bottom of the roadway in the working face area, and the dust concentration is low at the driver’s side, and the dust control effect is better. When the distance between the air pressure outlet and the working face is 10 m and the pressure-pumping ratio is 1.0, the high concentration of dust accumulates in the working face area, and the dust concentration at the driver is controlled below 50 mg/m3, and the dust control effect is better. Through field measurement, the error between dust concentration and simulation results is less than 15.2%.

Keywords

• dust pollution
• fully-mechanized mining face
• air separator
• pressure-pumping ratio
• dust control mechanism