Mine Face Ventilation: A Comparison of CFD Results Against Benchmark Experiments for the CFD Code Validation

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• Personal Author:
  Huang G ; Taylor, Charles D. ; Vytla S ; Wala AM
• Description:
  Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a continually developing numerical technique by which complex fluid-flow problems can be solved on computers. To be able to transfer CFD expertise to analyze and design a face-ventilation system, a comprehensive validation study of current CFD tools against mining-related benchmark experiments is required. In the last four years, such studies, funded by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) under Grant #R01 CCR415822, were conducted in the Department of Mining Engineering at the University of Kentucky. A wide array of ventilation schemes and mining configurations were considered. Recently, an additional study was performed in cooperation with the NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory. This study was dedicated to the methane behavior in the empty (containing no equipment) face area with a blowing curtain and a 10.7-m (35-ft) setback. In this paper, the authors present and discuss the computer-simulation data and compare them with data collected during the laboratory studies at the NIOSH lab. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Fatigue Mental Health Mining Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-flow Coal-mining Computer-models Mining-industry Models Simulation-methods Underground-mining Ventilation Ventilation-systems
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0026-5187
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  49-55
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032723
• Citation:
  Min Eng 2007 Oct; 59(10):49-55
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, 626 Cochrans Mills Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990701
• Source Full Name:
  Mining Engineering
• End Date:
  20030630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9dd7dc4f1b13aa3d778a6e70fa3c69506604d81a40a53314e4b0a07882e6476e5f3ca5798407005802762aca42579c6150df5ce30e1bd65e84202b9fff725f45
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226840/cdc_226840_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.39 MB ]