Simulation experiments on the controllability of dust diffusion by means of multi-radial vortex airflow

Nie, Wen; Wei, Wenle; Cai, Peng; Liu, Zhiqiang; Liu, Qiang; Ma, He; Liu, Huajun

doi:10.1016/j.apt.2017.12.027

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“…This kind of material has to be good enough in strength and deformation characteristics to ensure the safety and sustainability of civil infrastructure [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. To capture and improve the behavior of geological materials, many studies have been carried out [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. In many engineering applications, however, soils with unsatisfactory engineering properties are encountered [18,19], triggering the rapid development and wide application of soil improvement…”

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Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced and Lime-Stabilized Clayey Soil in Triaxial Tests

Wang

Guo

et al. 2019

Applied Sciences

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The beneficial role of combining fiber reinforcement with lime stabilization in altering soil behavior has been established in the literature. However, the coupling effect of their combination still remains unclear in terms of its magnitude and microscopic mechanism, especially for natural fibers with special microstructures. The objective of this study was to investigate the coupling effect of wheat straw fiber reinforcement and lime stabilization on the mechanical behavior of Hefei clayey soil. To achieve this, an experimental program including unconsolidated–undrained (UU) triaxial tests and SEM analysis was implemented. Static compaction test samples were prepared on untreated soil, fiber-reinforced soil, lime-stabilized soil, and lime-stabilized/fiber-reinforced soil at optimum moisture content with determining of the maximum dry density of the untreated soil. The lime was added in three different contents of 2%, 4%, and 6%, and 13 mm long wheat straw fiber slices with a cross section one-quarter that of the intact ones were mixed in at 0.2%, 0.4%, and 0.6% by dry weight of soil. Analysis of the derived results indicated that the addition of a small amount of wheat straw fibers into lime-stabilized soil improved the intensity of the strain-softening behavior associated with mere lime stabilization. The observed evidence that the shear strength increase brought by a combination of 0.4% fiber reinforcement and 4% lime stabilization was smaller than the summation of the shear strength increases brought by their presence alone in a sample demonstrated a coupling effect between fiber reinforcement and lime stabilization. This coupling effect was also detected in the comparisons of the secant modulus and failure pattern between the combined treatment and the individual treatments. These manifestations of the coupling effect were explained by a microscopic mechanism wherein the fiber reinforcing effect was made more effective by the ways in which lime chemically stabilized the soil and lime stabilization development was quickened by the water channels passing through the surfaces and honeycomb pores of the wheat straw fibers.

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Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced and Lime-Stabilized Clayey Soil in Triaxial Tests

Wang

Guo

et al. 2019

Applied Sciences

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“…In addition, dust dispersion has a strong tendency to cause accidents. Specifically, at certain coal yards of thermal power plants, dispersed coal dust may accumulate at steam pipelines and electric cables and eventually catches fire spontaneously, which severely affects the normal operation and reduces the service time of the mechanical and electrical equipment as well as pipelines . Therefore, coal dust pollution constitutes a major issue for the modern society, and there exists an urgent need to develop effective techniques to mitigate the dust dispersion pollution at open‐pit coal mines …”

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Preparation and characterization of a novel environmentally friendly coal dust suppressant

Nie

Zhang

et al. 2018

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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To mitigate the dust dispersion pollution in the open-pit coal mines, this study experimentally develops a novel environmentally friendly coal dust suppressant. The experiment uses naturally biodegradable soybean protein isolate (SPI) as the main material and utilizes anion surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) to modify SPI. In the carboxymethylcellulose sodium and sodium silicate and other auxiliary agents, this process produces gives rise to the SDS-SPI coal dust suppressant. Experimental characterization of the developed dust suppressant reveals that the viscosity of the 5% dust suppressant solution can reach 24.6 mPa s. Correspondingly, the compressive strength reaches 0.48 MPa, and the dust suppression efficiency can reach 93.47% with the presence of force 9 wind. Furthermore, this study uses Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) to analyze the dust suppression mechanism of the developed dust suppressant. It is observed that a layer of compact hardened shell is formed at the surface of the coal powder treated with the newly developed dust suppressant. Also, there exists a strong cementing effect among dust particles, yielding a decent cementing performance. Therefore, the present dust suppressant can effectively suppress dust dispersion in the open-pit coal mines, allowing a mitigation of the environmental pollution.

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“…Currently, the main dust prevention methods in underground coal mine include preinjection of water into coal, ventilation, exhausting of dust, purification of air by dust remover, spraying, and dust isolation via enclosing [19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. Spraying has been extensively applied in underground mines for dedusting due to the low cost, convenient operation, and practicability [26][27][28][29][30][31].…”

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Effects of Metamorphic Degree of Coal on Coal Dust Wettability and Dust‐Suppression Efficiency via Spraying

Wang

Han

Liu

et al. 2020

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

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Currently, spraying is a main means for dust prevention and control in underground coal mines. The dust-suppression efficiency via spraying is highly correlated with the wettability of coal dusts. There are many factors affecting the wettability of coal dust, among which coal’s metamorphic degree has great influence. In order to gain in-depth knowledge of the effects of coal metamorphic degree on coal dust wettability and the dust-suppression efficiency via spraying, 6 coal dust samples with different metamorphic degrees were collected and used in the study. In the experiments, the microproperties, wetting performance, and dust-suppression efficiency via spraying were measured. According to the experimental results of coal’s microproperties, with the improvement of metamorphic degree, the content of hydrophilic oxygen-containing functional groups on the surface, the surface roughness, the specific surface area, and the interpore diameter all decreased. In addition, as coal’s metamorphic degree was enhanced from lignite to meager-lean coal, the wettability of the coal dust dropped. On the other hand, as the metamorphic degree of coal quality continued to be improved to anthracite, the wettability of the coal dust increased instead. The measured results revealed that the dust-suppression efficiency via spraying was highly correlated with the wettability of coal dust. The coal dust with better wettability exhibited higher dust-suppression efficiency via spraying. With the increase of water-supply pressure, the effect of coal dust wettability on the dust-suppression efficiency via spraying was weakened, and the difference of dust-suppression efficiency among different coal dust samples was narrowed.

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Simulation experiments on the controllability of dust diffusion by means of multi-radial vortex airflow

Cited by 97 publications

References 19 publications

Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced and Lime-Stabilized Clayey Soil in Triaxial Tests

Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced and Lime-Stabilized Clayey Soil in Triaxial Tests

Preparation and characterization of a novel environmentally friendly coal dust suppressant

Effects of Metamorphic Degree of Coal on Coal Dust Wettability and Dust‐Suppression Efficiency via Spraying

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