Unit1
Unit 1: MINE GASES
Composition of mine gases, Their Origin, Property, Occurrence, Physiological Effects and Detection; Different methods of Methane Drainage, methane layering. Monitoring System of Mine gases, Analysis of Mine air.
Syllabus
5 unitsUnit2
Unit 2: HEAT & HUMIDITY
Sources of Heat and Humidity in Mine, their Effects, Cooling Power of Mine Air, Assessment of Comfort Conditions, Air Conditioning of Mines, Surface, Underground and Divided Installations, Spot Coolers.
Unit3
Unit 3: MINE ILLUMINATION
Mechanics of airflow through mine opening; Underground lightning from mains, Illumination survey, Flame and electric safety lamps, t heir examinations, testing and maintenance.
Unit4
Unit 4: NATURAL VENTILATION
Natural Ventilation and its Measurements, Applicability conditions, merits and demerits of Natural Ventilation, Thermodynamics of Natural Ventilation, Calculation of NVP.
Unit5
Unit 5: AUXILIARY VENTILATION
Types of Auxiliary Ventilation: Forcing, Exhaust, Overlap, Reversible and Line Brattices System. Booster Fans, Purpose of Booster Fans, Disadvantage of Booster Fans.
Course Outcomes (COs)
After completion of the course student will be able to:
- CO1Understand the occurrence of mine gases, dusts and methane drainage and be able to develop and explain control strategies.
- CO2Explain the principles and control of heat and humidity behaviour in underground airways.
- CO3Outline natural ventilation and explain its application in underground mines.
- CO4Apply the principles of mine fan selection in order to evaluate the selection and produce improved solutions. COS: Plan, design, and solve problems related to basic underground mine ventilation systems.
Note: The AKTU syllabus pages print this syllabus under code BMN603; the course structure table gives BMN602. The table code is shown here.
Text Books
- Mine Environment and Ventilation By G.B. Misra, Publisher : OUP India (30 March 1989)
- Mine Ventilation and Air Conditioning Author(s): Howard L. Hartman, Jan M. Mutmansky, Y. J. Wang, Raja V. Ramani (authors may vary slightly by edition) Publisher: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Interscience
- Subsurface Ventilation and Environmental Engineering, Author(s): Malcolm J. McPherson, Publisher: Chapman and Hall (later reprinted by Springer)
- Fundamentals of Mine Ventilation, Author(s): Robert J. Trent, Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press)
Reference Books
- H. L. Hartman, Mine Ventilation and Air Conditioning, John Wiley, Paperback edition, 1989.
- H. L. Hartman, J. M. Mutmansky, R. V. Ramani and Y. J. Wang, Mine Ventilation And Air Conditioning,Wiley-interscience, 3 rd Edition, 1997
- S. P. Banerjee, Mine Ventilation, Lovely Prakashan, 1st Edition, 2003, M. A. Ramlu, Mine Disaster and Mine Rescue, Oxford &IBH, 1991 DEPARTMENTA L ELECTIVE – 3
Official AKTU syllabus
This subject is on page 29, 30, 31, 32 of the original AKTU PDF.