China Safety Science Journal ›› 2025, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 231-238.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2025.01.0170

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Numerical simulation of dust suppression characteristics in regeneration of old industrial buildings

TIAN Wei1(), MA Ruihao1, GUAN Xiaojie1, GAO Mingzhe1, TAN Xiao2   

  1. 1 School of Civil Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an Shaanxi 710055, China
    2 Glodon Company Limited, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2024-08-08 Revised:2024-10-14 Online:2025-01-28 Published:2025-07-28

Abstract:

To explore the effects of dust-generating processes and environmental fluids on the spatiotemporal distribution of dust during the regeneration of old industrial buildings, field studies and numerical simulation was used to investigate the dust suppression characteristics inside the construction area under different processes and background wind speeds. The dust source characteristics in the main processes of re-construction of old industrial buildings were clarified by analyzing a large amount of dust data. Typical old industrial buildings were selected for the field studies of sanding and shoveling processes. Numerical simulation was performed to investigate the dust mass concentration distribution under five inlet air velocities and two dust-producing processes and to identify the dust-aggregation zones in the reclaimed construction space of old industrial buildings. The results showed that the maximum dust mass concentration in the grinding process exceeded the limit by 54 and 37 times in the grinding and shoveling process, respectively. Inlet wind speed affected the dust mass distribution of the main impact zones in the construction area and changed the process of dust reaching dynamic equilibrium. Dust-generating process variations impacted on the dust mass concentration distribution. Moreover, the workload increase of a specific process resulted in a proportional increase in downstream dust mass concentrations. This study can provide fundamental knowledge for dust management in the reconstruction of old industrial buildings.

Key words: old industrial building regeneration, construction dust, suppression characteristics, numerical simulation, dust mass concentration

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