China Safety Science Journal ›› 2023, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (S1): 97-104.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2023.S1.0016

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Research progress and prospect of multi-phase synergistic explosion suppression of coal mine gas

ZHANG Licong(), LI Siman, ZHOU Zhenxing   

  1. School of Safety Engineering, North China Institute of Science and Technology, Langfang Hebei 065201, China
  • Received:2023-01-14 Revised:2023-04-08 Online:2023-06-30 Published:2023-12-31

Abstract:

In order to deeply study the explosion suppression process, parameter change, and practical application of various kinds of coal mine gas explosion suppressants, the types, action mechanism, and research methods of gas explosion suppressants in China and abroad were analyzed, and it is concluded that there are five kinds of explosion suppressants: inert gas, water mist, powder, porous medium, and halogenated hydrocarbon. The mechanism includes physical effects such as dilution of reactant concentration, decomposition and heat absorption of explosion suppressant, absorption of free radicals, and wave absorption and vibration reduction, as well as chemical effects such as consumption of key free radicals including hydrogen radical and hydroxyl radical. The synergistic suppression effect of N2-water mist on flame propagation is better than that of CO2-water mist, but the explosion suppression effect of CO2 is better than that of N2 under the same conditions in terms of overpressure peak and pressure time history. On the basis of experiments, numerical simulation can show the development process of explosion suppression in real coal mine environments and make the turbulent disturbance and the quantity change of each free radical in the process of explosion suppression more detailed and specific. Finally, in the development of gas explosion suppressants, it is necessary to start with the elementary reaction of active free radicals such as hydrogen radical and hydroxyl radical, reduce its content, and delay the gas explosion process, so as to achieve the purpose of explosion suppression.

Key words: coal mine gas, numerical simulation, synergistic explosion suppression, active free radical, inert gases