Numerical simulation of the dust movement rule in fully-mechanized coal faces

A mathematical model of dust movement was derived from the gas-solid two-phase flow theory. According to characteristics of the fully-mechanized coal face in mines and related survey data, numerical simulation of the dust movement rule was made with CFD software FLUENT. The result shows that most of dust moves with wind, and little of dust disperses at random. Dust control in the work face should focus on the place within 10 m under the coal mining machine near the coal wall, and wetting the coal face before coal cutting is also important for dedusting.