Influence mechanism of cutting turbulent wind on coal dust lateral dispersal in large mining height fully mechanized mining face

The large size shearer drum in the large mining height working face generates more obvious turbulent wind in cutting the coal body, which causes the local wind speed of the working face to change, and the horizontal diffusion of dust particles to the sidewalk area. In order to clarify the influence mechanism of cutting turbulent wind on the dust mass concentration distribution along the working face with large mining height, a coupled mathematical model of airflow and dust was constructed by numerical simulation method for 85219 working face, and the airflow distribution, dust migration and dust mass concentration distribution at the height of the breathing zone were studied. The results show that, compared with the flow field under system ventilation only, the partial velocity of negative drift increases significantly at the front and back of the drum and at the moving frame, and a “wind drift zone” with negative drift wind velocity value of -1.06 m/s is generated near the drum. Under the disturbance of cutting turbulent wind, dust masses with a mass concentration of more than 151.85 mg /m³ at the front and back rollers have transverse dispersion to the sidewalk area. In the state of downwind coal cutting, the ability of cutting turbulent wind at the front rollers to induce transverse dispersion of cutting coal dust is higher than that at the back rollers. The dust mass concentration in the breathing zone of the sidewalk near the front roller was increased by 64.77% compared with the condition of system ventilation only. The comparison between the simulated data and the field-measured data shows that the relative error is less than 12.57%, and the simulated data is relatively accurate. Based on this, a dust-bearing air flow dust control device shearer is proposed, which is applied in the field and its dust control effect is tested. The dust removal efficiency in the working area of the working face is more than 78.31%, and the total dust removal efficiency is more than 89.93%.