China Safety Science Journal ›› 2022, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (6): 44-52.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2022.06.2326

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Research on ice block cooling technology during railway tunnel construction

ZHOU Jiamei1(), SHEN Wenjie1, ZHU Yu2, FAN Ji1, YIN Jian'gang1, WU Qi1   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Transportation Tunnel Engineering, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chendu Sichuan 610031, China
    2 Jiangsu Transportation Engineering Construction Bureau, Nanjing Jiangsu 210001, China
  • Received:2022-01-14 Revised:2022-04-15 Online:2022-06-28 Published:2022-12-28

Abstract:

In order to optimize usage amount and layout parameters of ice blocks used for cooling effect in high geothermal tunnel construction, a numerical model of tunnel ventilation and ice block cooling was established based on solidification and melting theory. With volume fraction as a research index, influence of usage amount, specific surface area and placement height on melting rate of ice blocks was studied. Then, evolution characteristics of tunnel temperature fields under different working conditions were compared and analyzed, and optimal ice block cooling scheme was obtained. The results show that average temperature in the tunnel decreases by 8 ℃ when ice volume increases from 1 m3/side to 2.5 m3/side. The melting rate of thin-walled ice block with specific surface area of 6×10-6 m2/g is 1.6 times higher than that of the block with 5×10-6 m2/g. Moreover, after the block is lifted by 2 m, temperature at the same time is reduced by about 2 ℃ compared with non-lifting condition. Remarkable cooling effect in tunnel can be achieved for the scheme with 1.5-2.5 m3/side thin-wall ice being lifted by 2 m.

Key words: tunnel construction, ice cooling, high ground temperature, volume fraction, temperature field