TY  - JOUR
PB  - China University of Mining and Technology
SN  - 20952686
EP  - 662
AV  - none
N1  - cited By 69
TI  - Prediction of air flow, methane, and coal dust dispersion in a room and pillar mining face
SP  - 657
Y1  - 2017///
JF  - International Journal of Mining Science and Technology
A1  - Yueze, L.
A1  - Akhtar, S.
A1  - Sasmito, A.P.
A1  - Kurnia, J.C.
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85019397058&doi=10.1016%2fj.ijmst.2017.05.019&partnerID=40&md5=c738cc951858be12e86a21280a70e130
VL  - 27
N2  - In underground coal mines, uncontrolled accumulation of methane and fine coal dust often leads to serious incidents such as explosion. Therefore, methane and dust dispersion in underground mines is closely monitored and strictly regulated. Accordingly, significant efforts have been devoted to study methane and dust dispersion in underground mines. In this study, methane emission and dust concentration are numerically investigated using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach. Various possible scenarios of underground mine configurations are evaluated. The results indicate that the presence of continuous miner adversely affects the air flow and leads to increased methane and dust concentrations. Nevertheless, it is found that such negative effect can be minimized or even neutralized by operating the scrubber fan in suction mode. In addition, it was found that the combination of scrubber fan in suction mode and brattice results in the best performance in terms of methane and dust removal from the mining face. © 2017
IS  - 4
ID  - scholars8567
KW  - Air; Coal; Coal dust; Coal mines; Computational fluid dynamics; Dispersions; Dust; Earthmoving machinery; Methane; Mine dust; Mine ventilation; Scrubbers
KW  -  Dust concentrations; Dust dispersion; Dust removal; Methane emissions; Mining face; Mining machines; Underground coal mine; Underground mine
KW  -  Room and pillar mining
ER  -