Role of temperature, wind, and precipitation in heavy metal contamination at copper mines: a review

A Punia - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
The increasing demand for minerals pressurizing the mining authorities to extract low-grade
ore results in more mining waste and degradation of the environment. The main aim of …

[HTML][HTML] A bibliometric and visualized overview for the evolution of process safety and environmental protection

J Xue, G Reniers, J Li, M Yang, C Wu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a bibliometric overview of the publications in the principal international
journal Process Safety and Environmental Protection (PSEP) from 1990 to 2020 retrieved in …

Effects of air volume ratio parameters on air curtain dust suppression in a rock tunnel's fully-mechanized working face

H Wang, W Nie, W Cheng, Q Liu, H Jin - Advanced Powder Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
To investigate the effects of the air volume ratio parameters (axial-to-radial flow ratio of the
wall-attached air cylinder “δ” and the forced-to-exhaust ratio of the ventilation system “β”) on …

Research on a new method of “blocking-sealing” dust control and removal in fully mechanized heading face

S Xie, H Yu, Y Ye, J Zhao, C Hou, D Zhao - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The fully mechanized heading face has the disadvantages of a large open space, difficult to
seal, and low dust reduction efficiency. To overcome these issues, a new “blocking-sealing” …

The diffusion of dust in a fully-mechanized mining face with a mining height of 7 m and the application of wet dust-collecting nets

D Chen, W Nie, P Cai, Z Liu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
In order to gain a more in-depth knowledge of the diffusion and pollution rules of dust from
multiple sources in a fully-mechanized mining face with a mining height of 7 m, and design …

Effects of forced-to-exhaust ratio of air volume on dust control of wall-attached swirling ventilation for mechanized excavation face

P Wang, Y Li, R Liu, Y Shi - Tunnelling and underground space technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Wall-attached swirling ventilation is a new type of ventilation for the mechanized excavation
face. The dust control effect of the wall-attached swirling ventilation is affected by the forced …

An assessment of the dust suppression performance of a hybrid ventilation system during the tunnel excavation process: Numerical simulation

X Cai, W Nie, S Yin, Q Liu, Y Hua, L Guo… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The high concentration of dust particles produced during excavation processes in mine
tunnels are a serious threat to workers' health. Accordingly, in order to ensure safe …

An adaptive neural fuzzy interface structure optimisation for prediction of energy consumption and airflow of a ventilation system

AS Hati, P Kumar - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Coal mines are prone to fatal vulnerabilities due to improper airflow, a susceptible threat that
leads to vitiating safety and human resources. Hence, continuous monitoring of the …

Research on environmental dust pollution: ventilation and dust space–time evolution law of a fully mechanized mining face with 7-m mining height

D Chen, W Nie, Z Xiu, B Yang, T Du, Q Liu… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
To investigate the influence of dust produced by multi-dust sources at a fully mechanized
mining face with a large mining height on the safety conditions in a coal mine, the No. 22305 …

Numerical study of gas-solid two-phase flow around road-header drivers in a fully mechanized excavation face

S Hu, Q Liao, G Feng, Y Huang, H Shao, Y Fan, Y Ye - Powder technology, 2019 - Elsevier
It is known that high-concentrations of dust threaten the health of road-header drivers in fully
mechanized excavation faces. The regulation of the gas-solid two-phase flow in fully …