Proceedings of the 11th International Mine Ventilation Congress

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Mobile Equipment Power Source—Impact on Ventilation Design  (Chery Allen, Jozef Stachulak)....Pages 3-16
 Pros and Cons of Primary Ventilation Systems and the Need for Critical Spares  (Johannes Holtzhausen)....Pages 17-26
 Controlled Primary Ventilation Recirculation and Re-use with Reconditioning—A Strategy for Deep Mines  (Leon van den Berg, Katie Manns, Steven Bluhm)....Pages 27-41
 Research on Ventilation Layout in Jet-Flow Gallery Ventilation System in a Twin-Tunnel Construction  (Liu Rong, Wang Liang, Ren Song, Zhang Zhen)....Pages 42-48
 Influence of the Ratio of the Blowing and Sucking Flow on the Wall-Rotating Circulating Airflow in Fully Mechanized Excavation Face  (Rong-hua Liu, Yong-jun Li, Peng-fei Wang, Wei Shu, Shang-xu Gou)....Pages 49-57
Front Matter ....Pages 59-59
 Calculating Shock Losses in Mine Ventilation Networks  (Mikhail Semin, Andrey Shalimov)....Pages 61-69
 A Preliminary Experimental Investigation of the Airflow Resistance of an Evolving Cave in a Block/Panel Cave Mine  (S. Sreekumar Ajitha, R. Bhargava, Y. Pan, A. Jha, P. Tukkaraja, K. Shahbazi et al.)....Pages 70-81
 An Investigation of the Effects of Particle Size, Porosity, and Cave Size on the Airflow Resistance of a Block/Panel Cave  (Y. Pan, R. Bhargava, A. Jha, P. Tukkaraja, K. Shahbazi, K. Katzenstein et al.)....Pages 82-91
 Selecting the Best Development Face Ventilation Scheme Using G1-Coefficient of Variation Method  (Zhou Zhiyong, Mehmet Kizil, Chen Zhongwei, Chen Jianhong)....Pages 92-106
 Optimization of Ventilation System in Wongawilli Mining Face with a Continuous Miner  (Du Tao)....Pages 107-115
 Ventilation-on-Demand System in Pulang Copper Mine  (Qi-fa Ge, Wei-gen Zhu, Wei-guo Zhang, Qing-gang Chen, Zhuo-ming Yang)....Pages 116-125
Front Matter ....Pages 127-127
 Evaluation of Gravimetric Sampler Bias, Effect on Measured Concentration, and Proposal for the Use of Harmonised Performance Based Dust Sampler for Exposure Assessment  (B. Belle)....Pages 129-145
 Design of Auxiliary Ventilation System for Effective Dust Dispersion in Underground Coal Mine Development Heading—A Computational Simulation Approach  (Devi Prasad Mishra, Aashish Sahu, Durga Charan Panigrahi)....Pages 146-158
 Coping with Diffuse Dust Emissions in Mining by Fibrous Filters with Trickling Water Cleaning  (Federico Marangoni, Gernot Krammer)....Pages 159-171
 Review of Real-Time Respirable Dust Survey Findings in Australian Coal Mines  (Hsin Wei Wu, Stewart Gillies)....Pages 172-188
 Explosive Testing of Rock Dust Dispersibility for Coal Dust Explosion Prevention  (Jürgen F. Brune, Richard C. Gilmore)....Pages 189-197
 CFD Modelling of Ventilation, Dust and Gas Flow Dispersion Patterns on a Longwall Face  (Ting Ren, Zhongwei Wang)....Pages 198-208
Front Matter ....Pages 209-209
 Study of the Effect of Drilling Bite Depth and Bit Wear Condition on Drilling Specific Energy and Dust Generation During Bolt-Hole Drilling  (Yi Luo, Hua Jiang, Mingming Li)....Pages 211-218
 Applications of Water Infusion for Dust Control in Underground Coal Mines—A Critical Review  (Ting Ren, Jian Zhang, Jianping Wei)....Pages 219-230
 The Current State of Chinese Coal Mining Dust Hazard and Prevention  (Zhai Xiaowei, Hou Qinyuan, Han Jinzi, Wang Jiaojiao)....Pages 231-240
 Numerical Study on Mine Dust Capture Using Nano-Droplet Flow from Wet Steam Condensation  (An-wen Zhao, Song Guo, Shu-xin Chen, Shang Gao, Xue-bin Chen, Chen-chen Li)....Pages 241-253
 Numerical Simulation of the Dust Movement Rule at a Fully Mechanized Mining Face in Liangshuijing Coal Mine  (Jian-guo Wang, Fei-wen Qi, Ya-ru Zhe, Ya-ping Zhang)....Pages 254-265
Front Matter ....Pages 267-267
 New Method for Ventilation Methane Content Monitoring  (Janusz Kruczkowski, Piotr Ostrogórski)....Pages 269-279
 Model Experiment and Numerical Simulation for the Heading Face Methane Behavior  (Masahiro Inoue, Bing-rui Li, Takumi Hyoudou)....Pages 280-291
 Methods of Methane Control in Polish Coal Mines  (Nikodem Szlązak, Dariusz Obracaj, Justyna Swolkień)....Pages 292-307
 The Development of Coal Mine Drainage Monitoring System Based on DSP and PC  (Xiaojuan Shi, Dalong Nie, Gaoyang Wang)....Pages 308-317
 Study on Online Detection Method of Methane Gas in Coal Mine Based on TDLAS Technology  (Jun Deng, Wei-Le Chen, Wei-Feng Wang, Yuan He, Bao-Long Zhang)....Pages 318-332
Front Matter ....Pages 333-333
 Experimental and Simulation Investigation of N2 Enhanced Gas Drainage in Low Permeable Coal Seam  (Jia Lin, Ting Ren, Patrick Booth, Jan Nemcik)....Pages 335-346
 Safe Extraction of Methane and Power Generation in a Gold Mine in South Africa  (J. J. L. Du Plessis, M. van der Bank)....Pages 347-354
 Leveraging Coal Mine Methane/Ventilation Air Methane for Improving Ventilation Standards in Indian Underground Coal Mines and to Reduce Its Carbon Footprints  (Satish K. Sinha, D. C. Panigrahi)....Pages 355-363
 Influence of Pressure Changes on Gas Distribution in Longwall Gobs  (Stanisław Wasilewski)....Pages 364-373
 Using Stress Relief Ratio to Delineate Optimal Methane Drainage Zone in Longwall Goaf  (Qingdong Qu, Hua Guo, Andy Wilkins)....Pages 374-384
 Theoretical Model for Micro-flow of Gas in Coal Mine Goaf and the Influence of Viscosity on Pressure Gradient  (Wen Jiang, Shi-qiang Chen, Hai-qiao Wang)....Pages 385-394
Front Matter ....Pages 395-395
 A Practical Comparison of Active and Passive Explosion Barrier  (Arend Spaeth, Bharath Belle)....Pages 397-409
 A Fundamental Study of High-Speed Methane-Air Deflagrations Across Simulated Gob Walls and Sphere Beds  (Claire Strebinger, Gregory Bogin, Jürgen Brune)....Pages 410-422
 The Research on Explosion Tendency Analysis Method for Sealed Fire Area in Coal Mine Based on Coward Explosive Triangle  (Baiwei Lei, Bing Wu, Xiaolin Ma)....Pages 423-438
 Lessons Learnt from Bhatdee Coal Mine Explosion Disaster in India Using Root Cause Analysis Technique  (R. M. Bhattcharjee, A. K. Dash, D. C. Panigrahi)....Pages 439-446
 An Overview of Airflow Catastrophe Induced by Methane Draft Pressure in Coal Mine Roadways  (Kai Wang, Lei Li, Aitao Zhou, Zeqi Wu, Shan Li)....Pages 447-457
Front Matter ....Pages 459-459
 Review of Diesel Particulate Matter Control Methods in Underground Mines  (Ping Chang, Guang Xu)....Pages 461-470
 US Diesel Regulations: A Model for All Coal Mines  (Pramod Thakur)....Pages 471-482
 Diesel Exhaust and Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) in Underground M of India  (M. R. Sagesh Kumar, A. K. Dash, R. M. Bhattcharjee, D. C. Panigrahi)....Pages 483-492
 DPM Variation Analysis Over Multiple LHD Work Cycles with the Use of CFD  (Hongbin Zhang, Lorrie Fava, Ming Cai, Nick Vayenas, Enrique Acuña)....Pages 493-502
Front Matter ....Pages 503-503
 Risk Evaluation of the Spontaneous Combustion of Coal for Underground Coal Mining  (Zhang Yutao, Liu Yurui, Jerry C. Tien, Li Yaqing, Shi Xueqiang)....Pages 505-517
 The Effect of Moisture in Air on the Spontaneous Combustion Characteristics of Coal  (Ma Dong, Qin Botao)....Pages 518-527
 Numerical Simulation of the Coal Spontaneous Combustion Dangerous Area in Multi-seam Longwall Gobs  (Zhi-jin Yu, Hu Wen, Chao Wang)....Pages 528-538
 The Effect of High Geo-Temperature Environment on Coal Spontaneous Combustion: An Experimental Study  (Jun Deng, Changkui Lei, Yang Xiao, Li Ma, Kai Wang, Chimin Shu)....Pages 539-551
 Study on Thermal Effect of Coal Oxidation at Low-Temperature  (Zhang Yanni, Chen Long, Jun Deng, Zhao Jingyu)....Pages 552-559
Front Matter ....Pages 561-561
 Test and Analysis of Electromagnetic Radiation in the Process of Coal Oxidation and Spontaneous Combustion  (Li Zenghua, Kong Biao, Wang Enyuan, Xu Jun)....Pages 563-573
 Using CFD to Study Spontaneous Combustion of Coal in Power Plant Stockpile  (Santosh Kumar Ray, Niroj Kumar Mohalik, Asfar Mobin Khan, Debashish Mishra, Nageshwar Sahay)....Pages 574-592
 Study of Structural Changes in Dried Bituminous Coal Soaked in Water and Its Effect on Spontaneous Combustion in Coal Mines  (Xiaowei Zhai, Long He, Shibo Wu, Kai Wang, Jianchang Zhang, Yongjun He)....Pages 593-607
 The Distribution and Change of Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups in Coal  (Huang Zhian, Yang Rui, Zhang Yinghua, Gao Yukun, Wang Hui, Liu Fangzhe)....Pages 608-616
Front Matter ....Pages 617-617
 Research on Blockage Ratio Effects on Large-Profile Tunnel Fire Behaviors  (Jian Li, Congling Shi, Changkun Chen, Li He, Xuan Xu, Binbin Wu)....Pages 619-628
 Fire Ladder Study to Assess Spontaneous Combustion Propensity of Indian Coal  (N. K. Mohalik, E. Lester, I. S. Lowndes)....Pages 629-641
 Novel Paste Foam for Sealing and Cooling Coal and Rock Fractures with High Temperature  (Lu Yi, Shi Shiliang, Wang Haiqiao, Tian Zhaojun, Ye Qing, Pang Min)....Pages 642-651
 Numerical Simulation of Smoke Variation During Fire in Intake Airways on a Coal Mining Face  (Wang Jian-guo, Wu Rui-meng, Wang Yan-qiu, Su Jun-kai)....Pages 652-663
Front Matter ....Pages 665-665
 Experimental Investigation on Instability Characteristics of Heated Siltstone in the Coal Fire Area  (Xiaoxing Zhong, Hongwei Ren, Jie Zen)....Pages 667-674
 Experiences in Extracting Coal in the Longwall Face Affected by an Endogenous Fire in the OKD, a. s., Czech Republic  (Václav Zubíček, Jindřich Šancer, Luboš Dúbravka, Radka Matová)....Pages 675-685
 A Mine Fire Evaluation System Based on Vulnerability  (Shuicheng Tian, Chengzhen Zhang)....Pages 686-694
 Application of ABT-Q High-Efficiency Composite Filling and Sealing Technology  (Xinhai Zhang, Zhen Feng, Tianci Zhang, Erjun Xing, Shanlin Zhou)....Pages 695-702
Front Matter ....Pages 703-703
 Evaluation of the Hydraulic Recovery Potential in a Lake-Sourced Underground Mine Refrigeration System  (Jeffery Templeton, Leyla Amiri, Ali Kuyuk, Seyed Ali Ghoreishi-Madiseh, Ferri P. Hassani, Agus P. Sasmito)....Pages 705-712
 Efficiency of Cooling Methods in Polish Underground Mines  (Nikodem Szlązak, Dariusz Obracaj, Marek Korzec, Justyna Swolkień)....Pages 713-733
 Easy and Rapid In Situ Measurement of Thermal Conductivity of Rock  (Masahiro Inoue, Bing-rui Li, Akitaka Higuma)....Pages 734-741
 Experimental Study on the Effect of Air Cooling Garment on Skin Temperature and Microclimate  (Liu Heqing, Gao Liying, You Bo, Liu Tianyu, Ou Congying)....Pages 742-752
Front Matter ....Pages 753-753
 Achieving Nitrogen Dioxide Reductions in Mechanized Underground Mining  (Darryl Witow, Melissa Brown, Roki Fukuzawa, Simon Arsenault, Wendy Harris)....Pages 755-767
 Determination of Climatic Work Conditions—Thermal Discomfort Index  (Jan Drenda)....Pages 768-775
 Wireless Sensor Network Based Underground Coal Mine Environmental Monitoring Using Machine Learning Approach  (Lalatendu Muduli, Devi Prasad Mishra, Prasanta K. Jana)....Pages 776-786
 Evaluation of Microclimate Conditions in Polish Underground Mines  (Nikodem Szlązak, Dariusz Obracaj)....Pages 787-798
 Management of Occupational Exposure Limits: A Guide for Mine Ventilation Engineers  (Derrick J. (Rick) Brake)....Pages 799-812
Front Matter ....Pages 813-813
 Monitoring Methane in Gassy Salt Mines  (Albert E. Ketler P. E., Lauren E. Sargent, Craig D. Mattock, Thayananthan Narayanan, Brian A. Dale)....Pages 815-822
 Ventilation Characteristics of Underground Metal Mines in Turkey  (Alper Gönen, Ercüment Yalçın)....Pages 823-828
 Ventilation System Design for the Prestea Underground Mine  (K. G. Wallace, B. S. Prosser, S. Ampiah, E. Gyawu)....Pages 829-837
 CFD Analysis of the Effect of Porosity, Quantity and Emanating Power Variation on Gas Emissions in Block/Panel Cave Mines  (Rahul Bhargava, Purushotham Tukkaraja, Khosro Shahbazi, Kurt Katzenstein, David Loring)....Pages 838-849
 Design and Construction of High Capacity Fixed Refuge Chambers at PT Freeport Indonesia’s Underground Operations  (E. Paul Meisburger IV, D. Iryanto, D. Quinn, A. Widyastutie, A. Mone)....Pages 850-859
Front Matter ....Pages 861-861
 Incorporating Ventilation Network Simulation into CFD Modeling to Analyze Airflow Distribution Around Longwall Panels  (Aditya Juganda, Jürgen Brune, Gregory Bogin Jr.)....Pages 863-875
 Numerical Modeling of Flow Phenomena in Mine Drift Using Laser Scan Results  (Jakub Janus, Jerzy Krzwczyk)....Pages 876-887
 A Mine Ventilation Program Integrated with Gob Flow Field Simulation  (Fengliang Wu, Xintan Chang, Zhuo Dan)....Pages 888-898
 Study on a Method for the Prediction of Thermal Environment Parameters of Mine Roadways Under a Overall Ventilation Network  (Xin Yi, Fengliang Wu, Zhenping Wang, Zhenbao Li, Li Ma)....Pages 899-909
Front Matter ....Pages 911-911
 Critical Review of Present Rescue Practices in Indian Mines: Suggestions for Effecting a Qualitative Improvement in the Existing Scenario  (Aftab Ahmad, A. K. Dash, A. K. Sinha, R. M. Bhattacharjee)....Pages 913-922
 Risk Identification and Disaster Prevention and Control Techniques for Mines  (Yong Feng Liu)....Pages 923-941
 Application and Development Trend of Radar Detection Technology in Mine Rescue  (Hu Wen, Wen-qing Wu, Xue-zhao Zheng, Jun Guo)....Pages 942-950
 Response Characteristics and Monitoring-Warning of Acoustic-Electromagnetic Signals in Coal Roadway Heading  (Enyuan Wang, Zhonghui Li, Liming Qiu, Xiaojun Feng)....Pages 951-957
Front Matter ....Pages 959-959
 Comprehensive Evaluation of Safety Training Effect of Non-coal Mines Based on Combinational Empowerment Extension Model  (Fuliang Jiang, Guan Chen, Xiangyang Li, Jintao Guo, Xiaoli Wang, Wenchao Yang et al.)....Pages 961-970
 Education Is the Key to Ventilation Safety  (Duncan Chalmers, Guangyao Si)....Pages 971-977
Front Matter ....Pages 979-979
 Study on the Practice of Concealed Goaf Detection in Metal Mine Based on Geophysical Prospecting Technology  (Xianfeng Shi, Yongfeng Liu, Jiaguol Hu, Shigenl Fu, Zhentaol Li, Zhipengl Liu)....Pages 981-990
 Oxidation Activity Evaluation of Sulfide Ores Based on Weight Gain Rate Fusion Under Different Oxidation Conditions  (Wei Pan, Chao Wu, Zi-jun Li, Zhi-wei Wu)....Pages 991-1002
 Investigation of Water Build-up in Vertical Upcast Shafts Through CFD Analysis  (Joeline Viljoen, F. H. von Glehn)....Pages 1003-1014
 Evaluating the “Unknown” Risks of Vehicular Tunnel Fires Through the Rubric and Matrix Method  (Kirk H. McDaniel, Jürgen F. Brune)....Pages 1015-1023
 A Set Pair Analysis Approach for Dynamic Risk Assessment of Tailings Dam Failure  (Xin Zheng, Kaili Xu, Quanming Li)....Pages 1024-1035
 Experimental Study on Influence of Low-Frequency Vibration on Radon Exhalation From Thermal Porous Medium  (Zi-qi Cai, Xiang-yang Li, Lei Bo, Chang-shou Hong, Li Ming, Wu Qiong)....Pages 1036-1047
 The Mechanism of Gas Storage and Transportation in the Elliptic Paraboloid Zone of Mining-Induced Fracture and Simultaneous Extraction of Coal and Gas  (Shugang Li, Haifei Lin, Pengxiang Zhao, Haiqing Shuang, Min Yan, Yang Bai)....Pages 1048-1067
Back Matter ....Pages 1069-1072