Equivalent Orifice of a mine: The equivalent orifice of a mine is the area of an imaginary

opening in a thin plate which offers the same resistance to the passage of air as is offered by a
mine itself.

Where, A = Equivalent orifice in and R is the resistance of the mine in .

Example: Two ventilation splits A and B pass 15 and 20 of air respectively with a pressure drop
of 500 Pa across them. The trunk airway consume a pressure of 300 Pa. If the air flow in the two
splits is to be made equal by installing a regulator, calculate the size of the regulator, assuming
the fan pressure to remain constant before and after installation of regulator. What will be the
air flow in the mine after fitting the regulator?

15 𝑚3 / 𝑠
𝛿 𝑃𝑥 𝛿𝑃𝑦

20 𝑚3 / 𝑠
 𝛿 𝑃 𝐵𝐶 =500 𝑃𝑎 𝛿 𝑃 𝐴𝐵 + 𝛿 𝑃 𝐶𝐷 =300 𝑃𝑎
3
𝛿 𝑃 𝐵𝐶 500
15 𝑚 / 𝑠
𝑅1 = = 2 =2.22 𝛿 𝑃 𝐶𝐷
152 15 𝛿 𝑃 𝐴𝐵 R1
B C 𝐷
𝛿 𝑃 𝐵𝐶 500 A 3
𝑅2 = 2
= 2
=1.25 35 𝑚3 / 𝑠 35 𝑚 / 𝑠
20 20
20 𝑚3 / 𝑠
R2 𝛿 𝑃 𝐶𝐷
R1= 2.22
𝑅1= 𝑅2 + 𝑅 ⇒ 𝑅=𝑅 1 − 𝑅2= 2.22− 1.25= 0.97 𝟏. 𝟐 𝟏 .𝟐 B C 𝐷
𝑨= = =𝟏 . 𝟐𝟏 𝒎𝟐 A
√ 𝑹 𝟎 . 𝟗𝟕 𝑅
2 300 R2 =1.25
𝛿 𝑃 𝐴𝐵 + 𝛿 𝑃 𝐶𝐷 =300 𝑃𝑎= 𝑅 𝑇 35 ⇒ 𝑅𝑇 = 2
= 0.24
35

1 1 1 R1=2.22
= + ⇒ 𝑅 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 =0.55 B C 𝐷
√ 𝑅 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 √ 2.22 √ 2.22 A
𝑅
𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡h𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒=0.55+ 𝑅𝑇 =0.55 +0.24= 0.795 R2 + R=2.22

𝛿 𝑃 𝐴𝐵 + 𝛿 𝑃 𝐵𝐶 + 𝛿 𝑃 𝐶𝐷=𝛿 𝑃 𝐴𝐵 + 𝛿 𝑃 𝐶𝐷 + 𝛿 𝑃 𝐵𝐶  
0.55
¿ 300+500=800   A
B C 𝐷
2 8002 2 𝑚3
𝛿 𝑃= 𝑅 𝑄 ⇒ 800=0.795 ∗ 𝑄 ⇒ 𝑄 = =1006 ⇒ 𝑄=31.72
0.795 𝑠