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Mining Publication: Horizontal Air Blocking Shelf Reduces Dust Leakage from Surface Drill Shroud
Keywords: Drills Dusts
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Original creation date: February 2009
Authors: JD Potts, WR Reed
Conference Paper - February 2009
Download PDF Document (0.29 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20035145
2009 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, February 22-25, Denver, Colorado, preprint 09-041. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2009; :1-5
Installation of a horizontal air blocking shelf around the inside perimeter of the surface mining drill deck shroud is proposed to improve dust capture. Without the use of this shelf, a strong coanda effect airflow pattern results in dust leakage to the environment, especially at the shroud-to-ground interface. Bailing air exits the drill hole and travels along the drill steel to the underside of the table, where it fans out across the bottom of the drill table and continues down the sides of the shroud. This dust-laden bailing air then strikes the ground and fans out under gaps between the shroud and the ground. The proposed shelf prevents dust-laden air from striking the ground by redirecting it toward the center of the enclosure, where it can be captured. Laboratory tests demonstrated that the shelf reduced dust levels outside of the shroud by 81% under operating conditions consisting of a 1.9:1 collector to bailing airflow ratio, and a 5.1-cm (2-in) gap between the shroud and ground. The shelf was 15.2 cm (6 in) wide and located at a height equal to 2/3 the distance measured from the bottom of the shroud to the bottom of the drill table. The air blocking shelf was also capable of overcoming the adverse impact of vertical leakage along the shroud seams as long as this leakage was confined to an area below the horizontal plane defined by the shelf location.
Image of publication Horizontal Air Blocking Shelf Reduces Dust Leakage from Surface Drill ShroudConference Paper - February 2009
Download PDF Document (0.29 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20035145
2009 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, February 22-25, Denver, Colorado, preprint 09-041. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2009; :1-5
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Page last reviewed: July 16, 2015
Page last updated: July 16, 2015
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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