Numerical Simulation of Ventilation Performance for Large-scale Underground Cavern Group Considering Effect of Ventilation Shaft Structure

• Published in: Arabian journal for science and engineering (2011) Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 4093 - 4104
• Main Authors: Xia, Yimin, Xiao, Xuemeng, Zhang, Yazhou, Wang, Shuying, Lin, Laikuang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Air flow; Caverns; Computational fluid dynamics; Diameters; Engineering; Error analysis; Fluid flow; Fluid mechanics; Humanities and Social Sciences; Inclination; Mathematical models; multidisciplinary; Power plants; Pumped storage; Research Article-Civil Engineering; Science; Simulation; Three dimensional models; Underground caverns; Underground construction; Underground storage; Underground structures; Velocity distribution; Ventilation; Construction ventilation; Air velocity distribution; Underground cavern group; Numerical simulation; Ventilation shaft
• ISSN: 2193-567X; 1319-8025; 2191-4281
• DOI: 10.1007/s13369-021-05914-y

Construction ventilation runs through the entire construction process of large underground caverns and is the key to ensuring construction progress and project safety. For the specific underground cavern group of pumped-storage power plants, a three-dimensional model is constructed, and the CFD method based on fluid mechanics theory is used to simulate the ventilation flow field of the underground cavern group. Through the comparison of the airflow in the main caverns and the air velocity distribution law, Quantitative analysis of the influence of the diameter of the ventilation shaft and the inclination of the shaft on the ventilation flow field shows that when the diameter of the ventilation shaft is 8 m and the inclination of the shaft is 80°, the ventilation effect in the underground cavern group is the best. Applying this scheme to engineering practice and conducting on-site tests, the average relative error of the measuring points is 11.32% by comparing the measured data and the simulation results, which verifies the correctness of the CFD method used. It provides reference value for studying the construction ventilation of underground caverns.