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Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Ventilation of Mines and Quarries

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 542-0323/02
Abbreviation VDaL
Course title Ventilation of Mines and Quarries
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Pavel Zapletal, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Mine aerology - classification of air flows, basic components of air flows, admixtures in mine
air
2. Mine aerodynamics - principles of air flow, mine ventilation systems, type of air flows, basic
principles of mine ventilation
3. Mine microclimate, dust, thermal balance of mine
4. Aerodynamic resistance of mines - friction, cross-section and local resistance, basic
parameters for calculations.
5. Main mine ventilation (natural and artificial), main fans and auxiliary fans
6. Separate ventilation and separate ventilation fans
7. Active and passive control of ventilation system
8. Ventilation circuits, ventilation schematics, calculation of ventilation network
9. Ventilation balance of mine, including maps
10. Optimization of the main ventilation, optimization of separate ventilation
11. Basics of mine air-conditioning and degassing
12. Safety risks associated with mine and quarry ventilation
13. Natural and artificial ventilation of quarries
14. Innovations, news from seminars, competition and research activities of the school

Literature

McPherson, M. J.: Subsurface Ventilation and Environmental Engineering, Kluwer
Academic Publishers, 1993
(Internet: http://www.eng.vt.edu/eng/mining/mcpherson/teaching.html)
Hartman, H. L. et al.: Mine Ventilation and Air Conditioning, 3rd Edition,
Wiley-Interscience, 1997
Tien, J.C.: Practical Mine Ventilation Engineering, Intertec Publishing Co.,
Chicago, 1999

Advised literature

Míček, D.: "Ventilation and Air Conditioning of Mines and Quarries"; syllabus,
VSB-TUO 2005, ISBN 80-248-0812-9