Coking coal dust has strong hydrophobicity, and it is difficult to combine with droplets in the air and settle. In order to improve the ability of droplets to collect coking coal dusts, a spray dust suppressant for coking coal dusts was studied. Based on monomer optimization and compounding experiments, two types of surfactant monomers, fatty alcohol ether sodium sulfate (AES) and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS), were selected as the surfactant components for the dust suppressant. Meanwhile, the surfactant monomers were combined with four inorganic salts and the reverse osmosis moisture absorption of each solution was measured. By combining the results of both reverse osmosis moisture absorption and the water retention experiments, CaCl 2 was selected as the inorganic salt auxiliary component for the dust suppressant. Finally, the best concentration combination of the three components were obtained using orthogonal experiments, i.e., AES (0.05%), SDBS (0.03%), and CaCl 2 (0.6%). The dust suppressant solution constituted by this scheme had a high moisture absorption and great performance.

Coking coal dust is extremely hydrophobic; therefore, combination with droplets in the air is difficult and dust suppression is challenging. Here, a dust suppressant spray for coking coal dust was studied in order to improve of the combination of droplets and coking coal dust. Based on monomer optimization and compounding analysis, two surfactant monomers, fatty alcohol ether sodium sulfate (AES) and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) were selected as the surfactant components of the dust suppressant. The surfactant monomers were combined with four inorganic salts and the reverse osmosis moisture absorption of each solution was determined. By combining the reverse osmosis moisture absorption values with the water retention experimental results, CaCl2 was identified as the optimal inorganic salt additive for the dust suppressant. Finally, the optimal concentration of each component was obtained using orthogonal experimental design i.e., AES (0.03%), SDBS (0.05%), and CaCl2 (0.4%). The dust suppressant solution formulated using this method had a high moisture absorption capacity and excellent performance. Graphic Abstract