MINING ENVIRONMENT – I (MI302)-Mining Engineering (III-Semester) | RGPV

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• Syllabus

• Syllabus - MINING ENVIRONMENT – I (MI302)

• Introduction Ventilation requirements in mines

• Natural Ventilation
• Mechanical Ventilation

• Mine Gases

• Composition of Atmospheric Air
• Mine Gases - Occurrences, Properties, Physiological Effects
• Detection, Sampling, Analysis, Monitoring
• Methane Layering, Methane Drainage
• Radon and its Daughter Products - Effects and Control

• Heat and Humidity

• Sources, Effects and Control of Heat and Humidity in Mines
• Cooling Power of Mine Air – Psychrometry, Kata Thermometer, Effective Temperature
• Air Conditioning, Spot Coolers

• Airflow in Mine Workings

• Reynold’s Number, Laminar and Turbulent Flow
• Square Law of Mine Ventilation
• Frictional and Shock Losses
• Equivalent Orifice, Resistance in Series and Parallel
• Ventilation Control Devices
• Splitting of Air Current
• Ventilation Network Analysis – Conventional Method and Scope for Computer Application

• Airborne Respirable Dust

• Definition – Generation, Physiological Effects, Sampling, Measurement and Control Measures

• Mine Illumination

• Flame Safety Lamp – Construction, Maintenance, Gas Testing
• Cap Lamps
• Lamp Room Layout and Organization
• Underground Lighting from Mains
• Illumination Standards
• Photometry
• Illumination Survey

• Miners’ Diseases