Ventilation control of tunnel drilling dust based on numerical simulation

Abstract

In order to control the dust pollution produced by air leg rock drill in the trolley area during the excavation of long-distance single ended tunnel, the full-scale physical model of working face was established by using FLUENT software, and the numerical simulation analysis of tunnel drilling ventilation and dust removal parameters was carried out. The results show that it is difficult to control the dust pollution of the face by conventional ventilation, and the drilling dust is distributed in the range of 10 m from the face; after the introduction of the long pressure and short suction ventilation scheme, when the ratio of compressed air volume to exhaust air volume is 0.72, the height of the pressure fan is 2.5 m, the distance between the pressure fan and the palm face is 20 m, and the exhaust fan is 12 m away from the palm, the dust concentration control efficiency of the working face is increased by about 60%. Therefore, in the similar long-distance single head tunnel construction, it is appropriate to adopt the dust removal method of long-distance short suction and exhaust fan to ensure the working environment.