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Mine ventilation and air conditioning

Book ·
OSTI ID:6548894

This book presents a comprehensive treatment of mine ventilation in terms of theory and practice. Chapter headings are; control of the mine atmosphere; regulations related to mine ventilation; mine gases; methane drainage; mine dusts; flow of air through mine openings and ducts; basic mine ventilation circuits; instrumentation and air measurements; natural ventilation; mechanical ventilation equipment; ventilation of mines by fans; auxiliary ventilation; economics of airflow; metal mine ventilation; coal mine ventilation; tunnel ventilation; ventilation network theory; application of computers to ventilation; mine fires and explosions; heat in mines; psychrometry, refrigeration, and heat transfer processes; and mine air conditioning systems. Appendices contain reference tables dealing with shock losses, friction losses, and air-water vapor mixtures, a description of the international System of Units, a computer program for mine ventilation network analysis, and answers to the engineering problems found at the end of each chapter. Individual abstracts were prepared for each chapter. 524 references. (CKK)

OSTI ID:
6548894
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English