Modeling of the dynamic behaviors of heat transfer during the construction of roadway using moving mesh

Heat hazard is major challenge for the safe and efficient exploitation of deep resources. Understanding the heat transfer behaviors in roadway is the premise of temperature prediction and ventilation design. A fully coupled model incorporated with a moving mesh method was developed, which considers the convective heat transfer between surrounding rock and airflow, unsteady-state heat transfer in rock, and non-isothermal flow in roadway. The characteristics of thermal performance and its evolution law in an excavating roadway were obtained. The numerical model was validated against previous experimental data with a deviation of less than 3%. Analysis of the airflow and temperature field revealed the characteristic of convection heat transfer in the wall and local heat accumulation in roadway. The air temperature in roadway is associated with the airflow characteristics, and a local high temperature zone is presented in the vortex zone. By comparing the heat flux of the surrounding rock and excavation condition, it is found that the heat released from the working face poses a crucial effect on the airflow temperature in roadway. The present study provided a robust theoretical basis for improving cooling efficiency and thermal comfort in roadway construction.