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Subsurface Ventilation Planning

This document summarizes the key events in the history of mine ventilation from prehistoric times to modern applications. Some of the major developments include the establishment of natural and fire-induced ventilation in ancient mines, the division of shafts in Greek silver mines in 600 BC, documentation of coal mining and ventilation in Britain in the 12th century, the invention of the safety lamp in the early 19th century, the introduction of mechanical ventilation devices in the 1840s, and accelerated ventilation research in the early 20th century leading to modern computer-based analysis and monitoring systems.

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Subsurface Ventilation Planning

This document summarizes the key events in the history of mine ventilation from prehistoric times to modern applications. Some of the major developments include the establishment of natural and fire-induced ventilation in ancient mines, the division of shafts in Greek silver mines in 600 BC, documentation of coal mining and ventilation in Britain in the 12th century, the invention of the safety lamp in the early 19th century, the introduction of mechanical ventilation devices in the 1840s, and accelerated ventilation research in the early 20th century leading to modern computer-based analysis and monitoring systems.

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Subsurface Ventilation Planning

• Background/History (chapter 1)
• Basic Fluid Mechanics (chapter 2)
• Incompressible Flow in the Subsurface
(chapter 5)
• Airflow systems (chapter 4)
• Ventilation Surveys (chapter 6)
• Network Analysis (chapter 7)
• Fan Engineering (chapter 10)
• Ventilation Planning (chapter 9)
• Basic Thermodynamics (chapter 3)
• Mine Ventilation Thermodynamics
(chapter 8)
Key Events in Mine Ventilation

1. Pre-history: Primitive digging for clays


2. 12,000 b.c.: Flint mining in Europe: Natural and fire induced
ventilation. Iron ore mining. Middle and Far East
Africa.
3. 600 b.c.: Laurium Silver mines, Greece. Circulation of Air. Shaft
fires. Divided shafts.
4. Roman Empire Pliny. Air movement by hand-held fans
5. 780 a.d.: Mining records in Europe
6. 12th Century: Documentation of coal mining in Britain.
7. Georgius (1494 – 1555) De Re Metallica
Agricola
th
8. 17 Century: Papers presented to the Royal Society (U.K.) on the
explosive and poisonous properties of mine
atmospheres.
9. 18th Century: Shaft fire buckets and pit bottom furnaces
10. John Buddle: (1773 – 1843) Dumb drifts and panel ventilation
11. 1812 – 1815: Invention of flame safety lamp (Davy, Stephenson)
12. J. J. Atkinson: (1820 – 1870) Establishment of the laws of airflow
13. 1840: First mechanical devices for producing airflow
14. 1860: Centrifugal fans with acceptable efficiencies
15. 1852: Formation of the first Mining Institute in N. England
16. 1920 – 1930: Accelerated research in mine ventilation. USA and UK
17. 1930: Introduction of axial flow fans
18. F. B. Hinsley Thermodynamics of Mine Ventilation, 1943
19. 1950: Analog computers for ventilation network analysis
20. 1964: Application of digital computers to mine environmental
problems.
Role of Mine Ventilation System
• Ensure that worker’s health is not
adversely affected by the working
environment.
• Dilute contaminants such as dusts, gases,
heat and humidity
• Affected by a number of factors:
– What type of material is being mined.
– How deep are the workings.
– Climatic zone.
– Mine elevation.
– Plus many, many more
Future of underground ventilation
systems
• Types of underground facilities:
– mines
– tunnels
– civil and military
• Designs must accommodate start-up
conditions, as well as long term role, with
smooth transitions.
• Moving towards “smart” mine monitoring
systems.
– Airflow
– Pressure losses
– Mine contaminants
• Expert systems
– Aid operators
– Learn from experiences

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