Simulation analysis and experimental verification of coal suction characteristics of the new railway tunnel fallen coal dust collection device
YANG Wei-jie1,2, MENG Wen-jun1,2, WU Si-min1,2, LIU Bao-lin1,2, QI Xiang-dong1
1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China;
2. Shanxi Key Laboratory of Intelligent Logistics Equipment, Taiyuan 030024, China
Due to air turbulence, large areas of coal will fall when the special coal-transportation trains pass the tunnel exits and entrances. Aiming at the problems of low efficiency and high cost of manual cleaning for long distance coal cleaning in the tunnel, a new railway tunnel fallen coal dust collection device which was composed of a main conveying coal feeding pipe and multiple branch pipes of coal suction was designed. It was used to clean the small particles and lightweight railway tunnel fallen coal. Firstly, the gas-solid two-phase flow model based on the Euler-Lagrange approach for the design of the main conveying coal feeding pipe was established in the coal conveying pipelines. Secondly, the effect of the coal particles' incident angle and multiple branch pipe spacing on the main coal conveying pipe flow field, which was based on Fluent finite element simulation software, was studied. What was more, the optimal angle of incidence and the optimal value of the number of branch coal suction pipe, which was installed on the main conveying pipe, were analyzed. Finally, the finite element simulation was verified by field test. Simulation and experimental results showed that it was more conducive to the railway tunnel fallen coal transportation when coal particles' incident angle was less than 45° and the branch pipe spacing was in the vicinity of 750 mm. For that when incident angle was less than 45°, the main conveying coal pipe pressure-drop became weaker and particle flow could obtain large horizontal transport velocity. And when the branch pipe spacing was in the vicinity of 750 mm, the horizontal transport velocity had a smaller fluctuation range and the transportation of coal was larger than that of the other groups. The research results are of great significance to improve the structure of the main conveying coal pipe, increase the efficiency of tunnel coal conveying and optimize the railway tunnel coal dust collection device.
YANG Wei-jie, MENG Wen-jun, WU Si-min, LIU Bao-lin, QI Xiang-dong. Simulation analysis and experimental verification of coal suction characteristics of the new railway tunnel fallen coal dust collection device. Chinese Journal of Engineering Design, 2017, 24(2): 174-181.
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