CHAPTER ONE

General Introduction to mine ventilation

NATURAL VENTILATION

2.0 PRODUCTION OF NATURAL VENTILATION

3.0 DENSITY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AIR OF TWO

SHAFTS

4.0 DEFINITION OF NATURAL VENTILATING PRESSURE

5.0 MOTIVE COLUMN

6.0 COMPUTATION OF NVP FROM AIR DENSITY

7.0 PRACTICAL METHODS OF DETERMINING NVP

7.1 From Measurement of Pressure and Quantity of Air in

the Fan Drift

7.2 From Measurement of Pressure and Quantities in the

Fan-Drift at Two Different Speeds of Fan

7.3 From Measurement of Air Pressure at Pit-Bottom With

Fan Running and Fan Stopped) NATURAL VENTILATION

1.0 DETERMINATION OF NATURAL VENTILATION

PRESSURE FROM THERMODYNAMIC PRINCIPLE

2.0 NATURAL VENTILATION ALONG WITH MECHANICAL

VENTILATION

3.0 NVP DETERMINATION FROM PV- DIAGRAM

1. MINE GASES

1.0 OXYGEN

2.0 NITROGEN

3.0 CARBON DIOXIDE

4.0 CARBON MONOXIDE

HYDROGEN SULPHIDE (H2S)

2.0 NITROUS FUMES (NOX)

3.0 SULPHUR DIOXIDE (SO2)

4.0 HYDROGEN

1.0 METHANE

2. HEAT AND HUMIDITY

3) APPLICATION OF FLUID MECHANICS IN MINE VENTILATION

4. AIRWAY RESISTANCE

5) UNDERGROUND VENTILATION SYSTEM

7) MECHANICAL VENTILATION

8) VENTILATION NETWORK ANALYSIS

9) VENTILATION SURVEYS