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Ventilation Networks Solving

Language of instruction angličtina, čeština
Code 542-0325
Abbreviation ŘVS
Course title Ventilation Networks Solving
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Pavel Zapletal, Ph.D.

Summary

Basic terms. Solving of ventilation networks. Non-iterative methods –
resistance transformation ¬of the network, Hardy-Cross method. Theory of
graphs, circulation and flow networks. Branches and nodal points. Important
network subsystems – banned tree, primary and secondary branches, circuits.
Network presentation, macroscopic characteristics of mine ventilation network.
Iterative methods – Newton-Raphson, Linear analysis. Optimization of mine
ventilation, Critical Path Method. Case studies.

Literature

McPherson, M. J.: Subsurface Ventilation and Environmental Engineering, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993, el.podoba 2007 (https://www.mvsengineering.com/index.php/downloads/publications)
Hartman, H. L. et al.: Mine Ventilation and Air Conditioning, 3rd Edition, Wiley-Interscience, 1997
Míček, D.: "Ventilation and Air Conditioning of Mines and Quarries"; syllabus, VSB-TUO 2005, ISBN 80-248-0812-9

Advised literature

Tien, J.C.: Practical Mine Ventilation Engineering, Intertec Publishing Co., Chicago, 1999
Banerjee S.P. (2003); "Mine Ventilation"; Lovely Prakashan, Dhanbad, India.