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DESIGN OF MECHANIZED TABAS COALMINE VENTILATION NETWORK, USING COMPUTER SIMULATION

F. Sereshki, S. M. ALI Hosseini

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Abstract

Mine ventilation has a key role to improving underground working conditions. Ventilation is required to clear dust, gas and toxic fumes from blasting and removing exhaust fumes from diesel equipments and also required for cooling the workplace for miners in deep hot mines. Ventilation systems need to take many possible modern mining scenarios into account, and costly infrastructure is needed to serve future ventilation and cooling requirements. To enable the practical and economical design of mine ventilation systems, effective and modern computer tools are required to simulate mine ventilation networks. This paper examines the design of a ventilation system, which will provide the necessary control of mine atmosphere within Tabas underground coal mine in Iran. The ventilation design based on the “critical velocity” has been done by computer modeling method. Alternative configurations of the underground space are simulated by VUMA® mine ventilation software. These alternatives affect the direction and velocity of the airflow and, consequently, the air quantity and the fan power required, in order to achieve to the secure workplaces.

Publication details

Title
DESIGN OF MECHANIZED TABAS COALMINE VENTILATION NETWORK, USING COMPUTER SIMULATION
Authors
F. Sereshki, S. M. ALI Hosseini
Proceedings
8th International Scientific Conference - SGEM2008
Publisher
SGEM Scientific GeoConference
Year
2008
Pages
427-434
SWS Citekey
Sereshki2008427434
ISSN
1314-2704
ISBN
954-918181-2
Language
en
Publication type
Conference Paper
Keywords
VUMAВ®computer modelingunderground coal mineventilation network
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