Study of radiation heat exchange processes in a double-acting heat collector for mining enterprises

One of the problems of mining enterprises (e.g., ore mines) is their remoteness from centralized energy sources that provide the needs for hot water supply, heating, cooling and air conditioning of mining mines. The purpose of the work is to develop a double-acting thermal collector to meet the thermal and low-potential energy needs of ore mines. The developed model of a double-acting thermal collector with a special highly selective coating applied to its surface has been shown to be effective for both daytime heating and nighttime cooling below ambient temperature. As a result of experimental and numerical-analytical studies, taking into account the needs in thermal and low-potential energy of mining enterprises, a direct dependence of heating and cooling efficiency on the number of layers of substance applied to the surface, as well as on the concentration of the active substance in the solution applied to the heat exchanger was noted. The obtained dependencies became the basis for designing energyefficient engineering systems based on renewable energy sources for the mining industry. The article presents the results of calculation of the required area of a double-acting heat collector to provide heating, conditioning and cooling of mine air for a mine located in Khabarovsk Krai.

Shein V. M., Sulin A. B., Nikitin A. A., Krivosheev V. E., Muraveinikov S. S. Study of radiation heat exchange processes in a double-acting heat collector for mining enterprises. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2024;(7-1):176-192. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/ 0236_1493_2024_71_0_176.

V.M. Shein¹, Graduate Student, Assistant, e-mail: vmshein@itmo.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0777-651X,
A.B. Sulin¹, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor, e-mail: miconta@rambler.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4580-6070,
A.A. Nikitin¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Assistant Professor, e-mail: andyquest@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0084-7282,
V.E. Krivosheev, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Assistant Professor, e-mail: krvdm@yandex.com, ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2365-1861, Samara State Technical University, Samara, 443100, Russia,
S.S. Muraveinikov¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Assistant Professor, e-mail: mur_618@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7295-5904,
¹ ITMO University, Saint-Petersburg, 197101, Russia.

V.M. Shein, e-mail: vmshein@itmo.ru.

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