Chemical Dust Suppression Technology and Its Applications in Mines (Open-pit Mines)

This book focuses on the study of chemical dust suppression in mine dust pollution control by means of theories, experiments, computer simulation, and case application, aiming at providing chemical dust suppression solutions for mining worksites. It has seven chapters, including the following contents: (1) introduces fundamental theories and applications of chemical dust suppression, analyzes the dust source intensity of worksites and the mechanisms of dust generation, and summarizes the dust control measures for different mining worksites. (2) According to the mechanisms of dust generation in different mining worksites, targeted dust suppressants were developed. Through optimization by monomer experiment and orthogonal experiment, the optimum formula of different types of dust suppressants was obtained, and its properties were characterized. (3) The dust suppressant field application process was introduced, and the economic benefits were analyzed. This book is expected to provide valuable references both for researchers and engineering technicians engaged in environmental engineering, safety engineering, occupational health, and mining metallurgical engineering, and it also serves as a textbook for graduate students in above disciplines.

About the Author

Yuan Wang is a lecturer of University of Science and Technology Beijing, focuses on the study of mine dust control, occupational health and safety, mining intelligent ventilation, road dust suppression technology, undertook/participated in the one national “13th Five-Year Plan” major project; one NSF project; one project supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities; more than ten horizontal projects, has won two provincial-and-ministerial second-class scientific and technical awards, obtained two authorized patents, and published over ten papers.

Cuifeng Du is a professor of University of Science and Technology Beijing, a member of CSM metallurgy safety and health specialized committee, a non-coal mine safety expert of Shandong Emergency Management Office, mainly engaged in research fields of mine dust and toxic gases control, mine ventilation and cooling, mine disaster prevention and control technology, occupational health safety, undertook one NSF project; one provincial-and-ministerial level project; more than fifty horizontal projects, has won eleven provincial-and-ministerial level scientific and technical awards, published four monographs, obtained three authorized patents, and published over forty papers.

Jiuzhu Wang has a Ph.D. of University of Science and Technology Beijing and mainly engaged in the research of mine dust pollution control, participated in three projects including NSF Project, National Key Research and Development Project of China, and published two papers as the first author. During the doctoral period, Jiuzhu Wang focused on studying the mechanisms of dust generation in different mine worksites through numerical simulation based on similarity theory, analyzed the mechanisms of dust generation in different mine worksites and the flow field distribution of the dust in the environment, and proposed targeted dust control measures according to the dust time–space distributioncharacteristics in hope of provide guidance for mine dust pollution control.

Huaiyu Li is a professor of University of Science and Technology Beijing, has been engaged in scientific research and teaching tasks in the field of mine safety and environmental protection for a long time, has successively completed the national Eighth Five-Year Public Relations Project, “Blasting Smoke Pollution Comprehensive Prevention Technology Research in Deep Concave Open-pit Mine” and “Intermittent Continuous System and Post Dust Prevention Comprehensive Technology Research,” won the national second prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Economic and Trade Commission and the third prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Liaoning Province and published more than 30 papers.