Experimental and CFD Simulations of the Aerosol Flow in the Air Ventilating the Underground Excavation in Terms of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission

Energies

Tomasz Janoszek¹  Andrzej Walentek¹  Jerzy Jaroszewicz²  Lucjan Świerczek³  Zbigniew Lubosik⁴ 

[1] Department of Extraction Technologies, Rockburst and Mining Support, Central Mining Institute, Plac Gwarków 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland;Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Silesia, Aleja Legionów 49, 41-902 Bytom, Poland;Department of Mining Aerology, Central Mining Institute, Plac Gwarków 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland;Geoengineering and Industrial Safety, Central Mining Institute, Plac Gwarków 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland;

关键词: aerosol;    underground mine;    modelling;    CFD;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en14164743

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The paper presents the results of experimental and model tests of transport of dispersed fluid droplets forming a cloud of aerosol in a stream of air ventilating a selected section of the underground excavation. The excavation selected for testing is part of the ventilation network of the Experimental Mine Barbara of the Central Mining Institute. For given environmental conditions, such as temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and velocity of air, the distribution of aerosol droplet changes in the mixture of air and water vapor along the excavation at a distance was measured at 10 m, 25 m, and 50 m from the source of its emission. The source of aerosol emission in the excavation space was a water nozzle that was located 25 m from the inlet (inlet) of the excavation. The obtained results of in situ tests were related to the results of numerical calculations using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Numerical calculations were performed using Ansys-Fluent and Ansys-CFX software. The dimensions and geometry of the excavation under investigation are presented. The authors describe the adopted assumptions and conditions for the numerical model and discuss the results of the numerical solution.

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