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Underground miners in Australia are facing continued threats from dust-related diseases. To address these issues, improved knowledge of airflow migration patterns and respirable dust dispersion characteristics within a continuous-miner-driven heading under an exhausting ventilation system is required. Based on site-specific conditions of a development heading in New South Wales, a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was constructed and validated with onsite dust monitoring...

When a longwall face approaches the finish-off line, 1 month is normally required to relocate the longwall equipment and seal the longwall panel, during which time the goaf gas atmosphere changes and the risk of spontaneous combustion and gas explosion considerably increases. To minimise the occurrence of these hazards, an improved insight into gas flow dynamics within the longwall panel is essential during the panel sealing-off process. Based on mining conditions of an Australian underground co...

Softening and Melting (S&M) experiments have evolved alongside the blast furnace as a crucial tool for burden characterisation and optimisation. Modern blast furnaces derive a base load of hydrogen from various sources. However, with hydrogen-enrichment of the blast furnace being considered to mitigate emissions, new S&M test conditions are required. In this study, a 2-D axisymmetric CFD model is used to simulate the internal conditions of a modern blast furnace operation, and a future o...