CFD Simulations of the New Construction of Light Brattice Wall for Mine Shafts

Tomasz Rokita, Paweł Kamiński, Hubert Ruta and Zbigniew Szkudlarek
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Tomasz Rokita: Department of Machinery Engineering and Transport, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Adama Mickiewicza Ave. 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Paweł Kamiński: Department of Mining Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Hubert Ruta: Department of Machinery Engineering and Transport, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Adama Mickiewicza Ave. 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Zbigniew Szkudlarek: Division of Machines and Equipment, KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-15

Abstract: Brattice walls in mine shafts are used for various purposes, for example, permanent brattice walls can be used to separate ventilation sections. They can be also used in the case of modernization of the hoisting system, as it is in Shaft no. 1 of the Szczygłowice department, part of the Knurów-Szczyłowice coal mine. To shorten the time and reduce costs of the hoist modernization, the shaft is to be partitioned into two sections—with the hoist operating in one of them and another one being modernized in the other section. The new construction of the light brattice wall was designed for this purpose. To prove its usefulness and safety it was tested in the laboratory and computer simulations. The following paper presents CFD simulations of the brattice—its methodology and results together with an overview of works to be conducted in the shaft.

Keywords: brattice wall; composites for mining industry; mine shaft; hoisting system modernization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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