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Hydrogeology and Drainage of Opencast and Underground Mines

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Course Unit Code542-0744/06
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HUM72Ing. Martin Hummel, Ph.D.
POR041Ing. Michal Matloch Porzer, Ph.D.
SCH0013doc. Mgr. Monika Ličbinská, Ph.D.
Summary
The goal of the subject is to make students acquainted with the basic information about geological hydrodynamics structures of rock mass and their classification, circulation of water in a rock mass, determination of a basic hydraulic properties of rock mass and soils. The subject is focused to the water drainage of deep mines, surface mining, quarries, tunnels, the active and passive measures of water protection, protection of geology water layers.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the course is for students to be able to use knowledge of legislation and knowledge of hydrogeological laws in solving tasks in drainage of mines and quarries.
Course Contents
1st Hydrosphere and water in the rocks. Basic concepts of groundwater hydraulics.
2nd Hydraulic characteristics of underground fluids. Physical, sensory and chemical properties of groundwater. Hydrochemical classification of groundwater.
3rd Properties and characteristics of water-bearing systems.
4th Darcy law of filtration and the basics of groundwater flow.
5th Geohydrodynamické systems with loose and tight surface. The constant flow. Hydrodynamic tests. Groundwater regime.
6th Applied hydrogeology and its tasks. HG mineral exploration hydrogeology, materials and tasks in their production.
7th Protection of groundwater quality.
8th Overview of laws and standards.
9th Hydrogeological and hydrological conditions of coal, ore and non-ore deposits CR.
10th Sources of the break groundwater and surface water, mine water.
11th Workplace protection against the inrush of water in deeper. mines and quarries.
12th Ensuring safety in the areas of aquifers, drainage. wells and barriers.
13th Sizing of drainage systems in underground mines and quarries, filters of drainage wells.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
B.A. Kennedy.: Surface Mining - 2nd ed.. - Littleton : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c1990 - xi, 1194 s. : il., mapy ISBN 0-87335-102-9 (váz.)978-0-87335-102-7
HOMOLA, Vladimír a Arnošt GRMELA. Hydrogeologie. 1. díl. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská, 1987.
HOMOLA, Vladimír a Arnošt GRMELA. Hydrogeologie. 2. díl. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská, 1991. ISBN 80-7078-093-2.
MILIČ, Jiří, Karel ENDEL a Horst GONDEK. Odvodňování lomů a dolů. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1989. ISBN 80-03-00027-0.
B.A. Kennedy.: Surface Mining - 2nd ed.. - Littleton : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c1990 - xi, 1194 s. : il., mapy ISBN 0-87335-102-9 (váz.)978-0-87335-102-7
Recommended Reading:
HORNBERGER, G.M., RAFFENSPERGER, J.P., WIBERG, P.L., ESHLEMAN, K.N. Elements of Physical Hydrology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, 388 s. ISBN 978-1-421-41373-0.
Mine Water and the Environment, Journal of the International Mine Water Association (IMWA), ISSN: 1025-9112 (Print) 1616-1068 (Online)
KRYL, Václav, Otakar VAVRUŠKA, Jiří MILIČ, Ilja KASZUBOVÁ a Karel PECH. Povrchové dobývání ložisek. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 1997. ISBN 80-7078-396-6.
JISKRA, Jaroslav.: Odvodňování dolů dědičnými štolami s ohledem na horní právo na Sokolovsku i jinde. 2. vyd. Sokolov : Historia, 1996. 154 s.
Vyhláška č. 26/1989 Sb. Českého báňského úřadu ze dne 29. prosince 1988 o bezpečnosti a ochraně zdraví při práci a bezpečnosti provozu při hornické činnosti prováděné hornickým způsobem na povrchu.
Vyhláška Českého báňského úřadu č. 22/1989 Sb., ze dne 29. prosince 1988 o bezpečnosti a ochraně zdraví při práci a bezpečnosti provozu při hornické činnosti a při dobývání nevyhrazených nerostů v podzemí.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18