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Tracer gas measurement and simulation of turbulent diffusion in mine ventilation airways

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Journal of Coal Science and Engineering (China)

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The effective diffusion coefficients in mine ventilation-flows had been obtained as 4 to 200 m2/s by matching the measured concentration-time curves with the advection-diffusion equation. The turbulent diffusion coefficients in the simple airways have good agreement with the equation proposed by Taylor. However, for complex airways in operating mines, the evaluated effective diffusion coefficients in the mines show higher values than that calculated by the Taylor’s equation. A numerical simulation model using with movements of discrete particles dosed into ventilation flows has been developed to simulate diffusion phenomena of gas or dust in mine airways. Numerical simulations had been conducted on distribution of tracers in single airways with ordinary profiles of mean velocity, velocity fluctuations and Reynolds stress. As one of results, long band of diffused particles is obtained at the single airway of 600 m in length, and large effective diffusion coefficient is evaluated as 20 m2/s.

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  1. Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0383, Japan

    Gabriel Arpa & Kyuro Sasaki

  2. Department of Mining Engineering, Institute Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia

    Arif Widiatmojo & Nuhindro Priagung Widodo

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Correspondence to Kyuro Sasaki.

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(50375026)

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Arpa, G., Widiatmojo, A., Widodo, N.P. et al. Tracer gas measurement and simulation of turbulent diffusion in mine ventilation airways. J Coal Sci Eng China 14, 523–529 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12404-008-0401-x

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