IMPROVEMENT OF MEANS OF LOCALIZATION OF COAL DUST EXPLOSIONS

Abstract

Purpose. Improving the design of coal dust explosion localization devices to increase their speed, premature creation of an effective barrier from the cloud of extinguishing agent by reliable suppression of the fire front and, as a consequence, stop the spread of explosion on the mine, which will increase personnel protection from negative explosion factors. Methods. A comprehensive approach was used, which includes analysis and generalization of statistical data on explosions of methane-air and dust-air mixtures in mines of Ukraine, critical analysis of means for localization of coal dust explosions, computer modeling of rock deformations during the explosion. Results. The obtained data on the redistribution of explosion energy in the mountain massif allowed to scientifically substantiate a qualitatively new approach to obtaining information about the approach of the shock front. The results of the study confirmed that the loosening of dust accumulations under the influence of seismic waves, which are significantly ahead of the explosion front moving along the production, creates conditions for the formation of explosive dust concentration in front of the fire front. But early signaling from the seismic sensor of the presence of an explosion contributes to the formation of an explosion-proof environment to the approach of the fire front and provides prevention of the combustible environment and the creation of a non-combustible zone in the path of the fire front. Scientific novelty. A fundamentally new approach to explosion detection in mining is substantiated and a new design of a device for localization of coal dust explosions based on the disclosure of the mechanism of explosion energy propagation in the mountain environment is proposed. Practical significance. The use of the proposed device for localization of coal dust explosions allows to accelerate the localization of dust explosions, to create an effective barrier from the cloud of extinguishing agent by reliably suppressing the fire front and as a result to create an explosion-proof environment in mining.