In order to gain a knowledge of the heat emitted from a variety of sources at the blind heading of an underground gold mine, the present study conducts an in situ measurement study in a blind heading within the load haul dumps (LHDs) that are operating. The measurements can provide a reliable data basis for the setting of numerical simulations. The results demonstrate that the distances between the forcing outlet and the mining face (denoted as Zm), as well as the heat generation from LHDs (denoted as QL), has brought significant impacts on the airflow velocity, relative humidity, and temperature distributions in the blind heading. Setting Zm to 5 m could achieve a relative optimal cooling performance, also indicating that when the LHD is fully operating in the mining face, employing the pure forcing system has a limited effect on the temperature decrease of the blind heading. According to the numerical simulations, a better cooling performance can be achieved based on the near-forcing-far-exhausting (NFFE) ventilation system.

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According to incomplete statistics, the mine heat damage accidents since the 1970s have threatened the safety of mining and the safety and health of underground workers all the time. At present, many mine workers have physical discomfort in high-temperature mines, and then affect the safe mining of mines. As China’s shallow coal seam has been basically mined out and gradually mined to deep mines, the underground heat damage is becoming more and more serious. The overall and local cooling of the mine has become a difficult problem in the underground work, which also restricts the production of the mine. The development of individual cooling equipment can effectively alleviate the heat stress of mine workers. Therefore, it is necessary to select non-toxic environmental protection and low-cost cooling materials as the cooling medium of cooling clothing. It is necessary to consider that the cooling medium is harmless to human body and can keep the human body working in a more comfortable micro environment without affecting the working efficiency.

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