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The numerical simulation research on Thermal Flow-Reversal Reactor (TFRR) of mine ventilation gas Sanfeng Zhang1, a, Hulan Liu2, b and Dada Xi1, c 1School of xxx, xxx University, Guangzhou 510000, China; 2 School of yyy, zzz University, Guangzhou 510000, China. aMAME2013@163.com, bConf_51EiSCi@163.com, cyyyy@ Keywords: Mine ventilation gas, orthogonal test, operating parameter, reactor performance Abstract. The paper uses computational fluid dynamics software FLUENT to build a single channel numerical simulation model of the mine ventilation gas Thermal Flow-Reversal Reactor (TFRR). Combining with the analysis of orthogonal test, the influences that four factors (Initial temperature distribution, Ventilation gas flow rate, Volume fraction of methane, Exchange period) act on reactor performance is investigated. An optimal operation condition is proposed by the establishment of the priority sequence of these four factors. Introduction In the coal mine methane emissions of China, the percentage of ventilation methane is about 85%. Every year, the amount of CH4 from ventilation gas is about 10-15 billion cubic meters which amount to 12 billion cubic meters natural gas in west-east natural gas transmission project, means to burn 11.4-17 million tons standard coal[1-2]. The thermal flow-reversal react technology of ventilation gas realizes the effective utilization of ventilation air methane. It has favorable environment benefit and economic benefit, and has a very wide application prospects [3-4]. The Thermal Flow-Reversal Reactor (TFRR) of ventilation gas is a kind of relatively complex and precise thermodynamic system. Its performances are affected by the combined action of many parameters, for example the operating parameters such as ventilation air flow rate, methane volume fraction, exchange period, initial temperature distribution, and structure parameters such as heat accumulator height, honeycomb ceramics shape and specific heat capacity. Therefore, the research