Mine Ventilation

The correct specification and then selection of primary or major fans for an underground mine is a critical decision not ...Read more

There has been a strong trend over the past decade in hard rock mines towards the use of very high ...Read more

Whilst there have been relatively few innovations in the nature or application of main surface fans in the past 20 ...Read more

There are many sources of gas in underground mines including development and production blasting, strata gases, spontaneous combustion, diesel equipment, ...Read more

Most mine ventilation engineers are involved in ventilation planning and design in some capacity. Ventilation modelling software used by a ...Read more

Many underground mines do not have a qualified or dedicated occupational (industrial) hygienist on site, or even available as a ...Read more

Mine fires remain one of the most potentially devastating underground incidents due to the prospect of multiple fatalities from the ...Read more

A method and equations are presented to allow calculation of the natural wet bulb temperature (WBn), psychrometric dry bulb temperature ...Read more

All ventilation practitioners need to be able to select suitably seized airways or suitably sized fans for a variety of ...Read more