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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | A computational study of particulate emissions from an open pit quarry under neutral atmospheric conditions |
Author: | Silvester, S. Lowndes, I. Hargreaves, D. |
Citation: | Atmospheric Environment, 2009; 43(40):6415-6424 |
Publisher: | Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
ISSN: | 1352-2310 |
Statement of Responsibility: | S.A. Silvester, I.S. Lowndes, D.M. Hargreaves |
Abstract: | The extraction of minerals from surface mines and quarries can produce significant fugitive dust emissions as a result of site activities such as blasting, road haulage, loading, crushing and stockpiling. If uncontrolled, these emissions can present serious environmental, health, safety and operational issues impacting both site personnel and the wider community. The dispersion of pollutant emissions within the atmosphere is principally determined by the background wind systems characterized by the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). This paper presents an overview of the construction and solution of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model to replicate the development of the internal ventilation regime within a surface quarry excavation due to the presence of a neutral ABL above this excavation. This model was then used to study the dispersion and deposition of fugitive mineral dust particles generated during rock blasting operations. The paths of the mineral particles were modelled using Lagrangian particle tracking. Particles of four size fractions were released from five blast locations for eight different wind directions. The study concluded that dependent on the location of the bench blast within the quarry and the direction of the wind, a mass fraction of between 0.3 and 0.6 of the emitted mineral particles was retained within the quarry. The retention was largest when the distance from the blast location to the downwind pit boundary was greatest. |
Keywords: | Open pit Quarry Dust Dispersion Modelling |
Rights: | © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.006 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.006 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Civil and Environmental Engineering publications |
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