JP2009270288A - Tunnel ventilation method and tunnel ventilation equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently perform ventilation including an intermediate section of a tunnel, while minimizing power costs, in the ventilation of the tunnel during excavation work. <P>SOLUTION: In a tunnel ventilation method, ventilation is performed by sending outside air into the tunnel 2 during the excavation work, via an air pipe 12 elongated to the vicinity of a cutting face 2a, by an air blower 11 driven and controlled by a control unit 15A. The control unit 15A detects a position of polluted air on the basis of output signals from a plurality of sensors 15a, 15b and 15c which are arranged in prescribed positions in the tunnel 2 so as to detect the condition of air pollution, and selects blow off valves 14a, 14b and 14c, suitable for the dilution and discharge of the polluted air, from among the blowoff valves 14a, 14b and 14c arranged in one or more locations midway through the air pipe 12, depending on the position of the polluted air, so as to perform valve opening operations. Thus, the air flowing through the air pipe 12 is partially discharged midway through the air pipe 12, so as to promote the dilution and discharge of the polluted air. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a tunnel ventilation method and a tunnel ventilation device, and more particularly to a tunnel ventilation method used for discharging contaminated air generated by work and keeping the air in the tunnel clean in a tunnel during excavation work. And a tunnel ventilation device.

  In tunnels under excavation work, a large amount of dust and combustion gas are continuously generated on the face of the tunnel due to blasting with dynamite and excavation with an excavator. In addition, combustion gas from vehicles traveling in the tunnel and dust accompanying spraying work are added to this. And since this polluted air stagnates in a tunnel, it will become a problem that the construction itself will be disturbed or the health of construction workers will be impaired.

  To solve this problem, for example, a tunnel ventilation device 1C as shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-28000 and shown in FIG. 5 is known. This tunnel ventilator 1C has a fresh air pipe 12 extending from a blower 11 arranged on the entrance side of the tunnel 2 with its tip open near the face 2a during excavation and driving the blower 11. The function of pushing out the contaminated air generated in the tunnel 2 to the outside by sending in the outside air.

  In the tunnel ventilation device 1C, the blower 11 is driven and controlled by the control device 15C. The control device 15C drives the blower 11 by detecting the generation of dust and harmful gas by a signal from the sensor 15a. The air in the tunnel 2 is ventilated by the output of the blower 11 that is required when contaminated air is generated.

  However, in such a tunnel ventilation device 1C, in order to send fresh external air to the target location in the tunnel 2 without waste, it is normal to minimize air leakage in the middle of the wind pipe 12. In some cases, even when polluting air generated in the middle of the tunnel 2 is discharged, it is necessary to send all the necessary air to the tip near the face 2a, so that the power cost required for ventilation tends to increase. There is.

  Also, in a large and long tunnel, it takes time to discharge the polluted air in the middle part of the tunnel, and the residence time of the polluted air tends to be long, so various adverse effects are likely to occur. Further, when the wind pipe is extended with the progress of tunnel excavation, it is necessary to stop the blowing because the external air is discharged only from the tip of the wind pipe. For example, when the flammable gas exists, From the viewpoint of continuation, it is likely to be a problem.

  On the other hand, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-149100, in parallel with the air duct for blowing extending from the first blower to the vicinity of the face, it is extended from the vicinity of the face to the second blower of the tunnel opening. A tunnel ventilator has been proposed in which an exhaust wind pipe is provided, an exhaust introduction valve that can be opened and closed is provided in the middle of the exhaust wind pipe, and polluted air in the middle of the tunnel can be discharged directly. Yes.

However, in addition to requiring power to send all the air to the vicinity of the face, this device also requires power from the exhaust blower, which increases power costs and keeps up with the progress of excavation work. However, since it is necessary to extend the two wind pipes for sending and exhausting, it is difficult to actually adopt from the viewpoint of construction efficiency.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-28000 JP-A-5-149100

  The present invention is intended to solve the above-described problems, and allows for efficient ventilation of tunnels during excavation work, including the middle part of the tunnel, while minimizing power costs. This is the issue.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a tunnel ventilation method in which ventilation is performed by sending external air into a tunnel under excavation work through a wind pipe extended to the vicinity of a face by a blower driven and controlled by a control device. The control device detects the position of the contaminated air based on an output signal from a sensor that detects a plurality of air contamination states arranged at predetermined positions in the tunnel, and in the middle of the wind pipe according to the position of the contaminated air. By selecting and opening the vent valve suitable for diluting / exhausting the contaminated air among the vent valves arranged in at least one location, a part of the air flowing in the wind pipe is It was decided to promote the dilution and discharge of the contaminated air.

  In this way, it is possible to efficiently dilute and discharge the contaminated air by opening the air release valve suitable for diluting and discharging the contaminated air in the middle position of the tunnel to release the air. Compared with the conventional example in which all the air is sent to the tip of the wind tube, the power cost associated with ventilation can be minimized, and the wind tube can be extended without stopping the blowing.

  Further, in this case, the selection of the air release valve to be opened is that the control device detects that contaminated air passes in front of the predetermined air release valve, and selects the air release valve that has passed therethrough. Thus, the contaminated air can be discharged efficiently by pushing it out toward the tunnel entrance.

  Further, in the tunnel ventilation method described above, the air discharge valve also serves as an air curtain injection means for assisting the dust collection work by the dust collector, and the control device increases the dust collection efficiency according to the position of the contaminated air and the position of the dust collector. If the ventilating valve suitable for raising the valve is opened, it is easy to realize a good ventilation state while assisting efficient dust collection.

  Furthermore, in the tunnel ventilation method described above, if at least one of a dust sensor and a methane gas sensor is used as the sensor, the position of methane gas or the like that may cause a dust or an explosion accident during excavation is detected and the contamination is detected. Air can be diluted and discharged efficiently.

  In addition, a blower arranged on the tunnel entrance side, a wind pipe extending from the blower and arranged near the face of the tunnel, and at least one place in the middle of the wind pipe, the air in the wind pipe is halfway A discharge valve for discharging the air, a sensor for detecting the contamination status of a plurality of air disposed in the tunnel, and a control device for detecting an output signal from the sensor and driving the blower and the discharge valve. If the tunnel ventilation device is characterized by implementing the above-described tunnel ventilation method, the above-described operation and effect of the present invention can be realized only by placing the tunnel ventilation device in a tunnel during excavation work.

  According to the present invention, which dilutes and discharges air by opening a vent valve in the middle of the wind pipe to pollute air existing in the middle position of the tunnel, while minimizing the power cost Including the middle part of the tunnel, efficient ventilation can be performed.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a state in which a tunnel ventilation device 10 </ b> A that automatically performs the tunnel ventilation method of the present embodiment is arranged in a tunnel 2. In the drawings used for the following description, for convenience of illustration, the left and right sides (full length direction) of the tunnel are shortened, and the tunnel 2 is assumed to be long, for example, 400 m or more.

  The tunnel ventilator 10A includes a blower 11 disposed on the entrance side of the tunnel 2, a wind tube 12 extending from the blower 11 and disposed near the face 2a of the tunnel 2, and disposed at predetermined intervals in the middle of the wind tube 12. And air discharge portions 14a, 14b, 14c provided with air discharge valves for discharging the air flowing in the tunnel 2 at a midway position of the tunnel 2 and for detecting the air pollution status arranged at predetermined positions in the tunnel 2 Sensors 15a, 15b, 15c, and a control device 15A for detecting output signals from the sensors 15a, 15b, 5c and driving the blower 11 and the air discharge valves of the air discharge portions 14a, 14b, 14c. It is.

  Referring to FIG. 2 showing an enlarged partial view of the air discharge part 14a, the air discharge part 14a is provided with a wind release valve 140 which is an electric on-off valve on the side surface of the cylindrical member connected to the wind pipe 12. The opening and closing and the opening degree are manipulated by a drive signal from the control device 15A, and when the valve is opened, a part of fresh air introduced from the outside sent by the blower 11 is released at an intermediate portion in the middle of the tunnel 2. It has become. In addition, from the viewpoint of ensuring flexible compatibility at the site, the vent valve 140 may be manually opened and closed.

  On the other hand, the control device 15A normally performs drive control of the blower 11, but continuously detects detection signals from the sensors 15a, 15b, and 15c arranged in the tunnel 2, and controls the air in the tunnel 2 The contamination status and the position of the contaminated air in the tunnel 2 are recognized. These sensors 15a, 15b, and 15c are generally assumed to be dust sensors that detect dust generated by cutting. However, if there is a concern about the filling of flammable gas such as methane, A carbon oxide sensor may be used, and it is more preferable if it has these functions.

  And 15 A of control apparatuses are in the position suitable for diluting and discharging | cleaning contaminated air among the vent valves 14a, 14b, 14c distribute | arranged in the middle of the wind pipe 12 according to the position of the detected contaminated air. Control is performed so as to promote dilution and discharge of the contaminated air at the intermediate position of the tunnel 2 by selecting and opening the valve.

  That is, by being pushed by the air discharged from the tip of the wind pipe 12, the contaminated air generated inside the tunnel 2 moves toward the entrance of the tunnel 2, but the control device 15A is located immediately upstream of the air discharge section 14a. It is detected by the sensor 15a arrange | positioned in that the contaminated air passed the front of the air discharge valve 140 with which the air discharge valve part 14a was equipped. As a result, the control device 15A opens the ventilating valve 140 that has passed therethrough to release a part of the air that passes through the wind pipe 12 at that position into the tunnel 2, and thereafter, similarly The same operation is repeated in the units 14b and 14c.

  When the control device 15A executes such control, fresh air is released immediately upstream of the contaminated air, diluting the contaminated air while minimizing the time lag, and pushing it out toward the exit of the tunnel 2 And exhaust efficiently. And since it was set as the structure which does not discharge | release all the air from the front-end | tip of the wind pipe 12 in this way, since the burden of the air blower 11 is reduced, the motive power cost required for ventilation can be reduced significantly.

  In addition, according to the tunnel ventilation method of the present embodiment, the residence time of the contaminated air in the middle of the tunnel 2 can be greatly shortened as compared with the conventional example in which ventilation is performed only with the discharge air from the tip of the wind tube 12, and It is possible to flexibly cope with contaminated air generated at an intermediate position other than the tip of the tunnel 2. Furthermore, even when the tip of the wind tube 12 is extended following the tunnel excavation work, the blower 11 needs to be stopped in the conventional example in which all the air is discharged from the tip of the wind tube 12. On the other hand, in this Embodiment, there also exists an advantage which can continue ventilation by branching ventilation in the middle.

  Next, operation | movement of 15 A of control apparatuses which implement the tunnel ventilation method of this Embodiment is demonstrated in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When the control is started, first, the control device 15A measures the presence and position of contaminated air from the detection signals of the sensors 15a, 15b, and 15c (A1). Then, it is determined whether or not contaminated air has passed through the first air discharge valve 14a (A2). If it has passed, the first air discharge valve 14a is opened (A3). Next, similarly to the above, it is determined whether or not the contaminated air has passed through the second air discharge valve 14b (A4), and if it has passed, the second air discharge valve 14b is opened. The same is done for the air release valve 14c.

  In this way, the control device 15A can discharge the air introduced from the outside by the air discharge valve immediately upstream thereof while continuously recognizing the position of the contaminated air in the tunnel 2. Thereby, the dust generated in the face 2a is efficiently discharged out of the tunnel 2, and the contaminated air generated in the middle of the tunnel 2 is also discharged in a short time with a minimum power.

  FIG. 2 shows an application example of this embodiment. In tunnel excavation, it is normal to place a dust collector 16 in the vicinity of the face 2a to capture dust generated by the work in a short time, but in order to increase the dust collection efficiency, an air curtain by an air flow is used. Techniques for generating and keeping dust within a predetermined range are well known. However, in the case of such a technique, the air curtain of the dust collector 16 may be partially destroyed by a vehicle traveling in the tunnel 2, and dust leakage may occur.

  Therefore, as shown in the figure, a predetermined amount of air is emitted radially from the air discharge portion 14a disposed on the entrance side of the tunnel 2 with respect to the dust collector 16, thereby blocking the air curtain derived from the wind tube 12 from the traveling direction of the dust. Thus, the dust collection efficiency can be further increased while further preventing the diffusion of dust.

  In this case, the air supply amount Q4 and the processing air amount Q3 of the dust collection air 6 are controlled to a predetermined operation according to the sensor signal, and the opening operation of the air discharge valve 140 in the air discharge part 14a and the blower 11 are controlled. By controlling the air discharge amount Q2 and the face discharge air amount Q1 by driving operation, the air curtain effect derived from the wind tube 12 can be exhibited at an appropriate timing, so that favorable tunnel ventilation can be realized. In addition, what is necessary is just to enable it to set or adjust arbitrarily each operation | movement air volume setting, the opening degree adjustment of each discharge valve, and taking in of a control signal according to the condition of a field.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the tunnel ventilation during excavation work can be efficiently ventilated including the middle portion of the tunnel while minimizing the power cost.

The longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial view of an air discharge unit in FIG. 1. The flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the control apparatus of FIG. The longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the application example of embodiment of FIG. The longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

2 tunnel, 2a face, 10A, 10B tunnel ventilator, 11 blower, 12 wind pipe, 14a, 14b, 14c ventilator, 15A, 15B controller, 15a, 15b, 15c sensor

Claims (5)

  In a tunnel ventilation method in which ventilation is performed by sending external air into a tunnel under excavation work through a wind pipe extending to the vicinity of the face by a blower driven and controlled by the control device, the control device includes The position of contaminated air is detected on the basis of an output signal from a sensor that detects the contamination status of air that is arranged at a plurality of predetermined positions, and is arranged at least in the middle of the wind pipe according to the position of the contaminated air. A part of the air flowing in the wind pipe is released halfway by selecting the air release valve suitable for diluting / exhausting the contaminated air from the air release valves and opening the air. Tunnel ventilation method characterized by promoting dilution and discharge of water.   2. The tunnel ventilation method according to claim 1, wherein the air vent valve to be opened is selected by the control device detecting that the contaminated air has passed in front of the predetermined air vent valve. 3.   The air discharge valve also serves as an air curtain injection means for assisting the dust collection work by the dust collector, and the control device is suitable for increasing the dust collection efficiency according to the position of the contaminated air and the position of the dust collector. 3. The tunnel ventilation method according to claim 1, wherein the ventilating valve is opened.   The tunnel ventilation method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the sensor is at least one of a dust sensor and a methane gas sensor. The blower disposed on the entrance side of the tunnel, the wind pipe extending from the blower and disposed near the face of the tunnel, and disposed in at least one place in the middle of the wind pipe. The air discharge valve for releasing air halfway, the sensor for detecting the contamination status of a plurality of air disposed in the tunnel, an output signal from the sensor, and the blower and the air discharge valve A tunnel ventilation device comprising the control device for driving and operating the tunnel ventilation method according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4.

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