MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER PROCESSES IN SAFETY LABOUR PROBLEMS : DUST AND HEAT POLLUTION

Problem statement. The operation of many industries is associated with dust and thermal air pollution. Particularly intense dust pollution of the air occurs during the operation of the mining complex. Intense thermal air pollution occurs during fires. Fires are a dangerous phenomenon at industrial and civil facilities. If a fire occurs at an industrial facility where oil storage facilities are located, a very intensive area of thermal pollution of the atmospheric air arises. This creates a risk of thermal injury to workers and a risk of ignition of oil storage facilities located near the source of ignition. An important practical task arises − reducing the risk of ignition of neighboring storage facilities. One of the means of reducing the risk of ignition is the use of protective screens, gabions at industrial sites. For practice, it is important to determine in advance the stability of such structures under the influence of a heat wave and to assess the "contribution" of these structures to reducing the air temperature near neighboring oil storage facilities. Reducing the air temperature near neighboring storage facilities increases the stability of bulk structures. Solving this class of problems requires the use of specialized mathematical models of aerodynamics and heat transfer. The purpose of the article. Creation of a CFD model for assessing thermal fields at an industrial site in the event of a fire and development of numerical models for predicting dust pollution of the air environment. Methodology. To simulate thermal fields at an industrial site, a potential flow and heat transfer model is used. To simulate the heating of a protective structure (shield), a one-dimensional heat conduction equation is used. Numerical integration of the modeling equations is carried out using explicit schemes. A mass transfer equation is used to model dust air pollution. Scientific novelty. Two numerical models are proposed for a comprehensive solution to the problem of determining the temperature field at an industrial site and inside a protective structure (screen) used to reduce the thermal load on a neighboring oil storage facility. Proposed numerical models for the analysis of dust air pollution. Practical significance. The implementation of the developed numerical models is implemented in real time. With the practical implementation of numerical models, almost all information regarding thermal fields formed on an industrial site during a fire can be obtained. This information allows you to identify areas with an intense increase in temperature, i.e. areas with a significant risk of injury to workers. Conclusions. Effective numerical models are proposed for solving complex problems in the event of a fire at an industrial site and in case of dust emission. The models make it possible to assess the level of thermal pollution of atmospheric air at the site and the effectiveness of using a protective screen to reduce the air temperature near a neighboring storage facility.