Auxiliary Ventilation
- Auxiliary fan selection considering purchasing and energy costs based on fan curves
Juan Pablo Hurtado, Enrique Acuna, Michelle Levesque
Case Studies of Mine Ventilation
- Ventilation Tradeoff Study Considering Switch to Battery Electric Vehicles
Nathan Wineinger - Calibration of LKAB’s Konsuln Test Mine ventilation model using barometer Pressure-Quantity (PQ) Survey – A case study
Seth Gyamfi, Adrianus Halim, Anu Martikainen
Computational Fluid Dynamics Applications in Mine Ventilation
- Investigation of explosion hazard in longwall coal mines by combining CFD modeling with 1/40th scaled physical modeling
Aditya Juganda, Hamilton Pinheiro, Finnegan Wilson, Nathan Sandoval, Gregory Bogin, Jürgen Brune
- Integration of conjugate porous media model into mine ventilation network software
Leyla Amiri, Ferri Hassani, Agus Sasmito, P.H. Agson-Gani, S.A. Ghoreishi Madiseh, S. Poncet
- Airflow Characteristic Curves for a Mature Block Cave Mine
Rahul Bhargava, Akash Adhikari, Purushotham Tukkaraja, Sunil Vytla, Srivatsan Jayaraman Sridharan
- Scale Modeling, PIV, and LES of Blowing Type Airflow in a Deep Cut Continuous Coal Mining Section
Ashish Ranjan Kumar, Kayla Henderson, Steven Schafrik
Diesel Particulate Control
- Transient-flow modelling of DPM dispersion in unventilated dead-end crosscuts and control strategy using curtain
Ramakrishna Morla, Shivakumar Karekal, Ajith Godbole
- Estimating diesel particulate matter using a predictive technique for use in underground production scheduling
Judith Buaba, Andrea Brickey
- Diesel aerosols in an underground coal mine
Aleksandar Bugarski, S. Vanderslice, J.A. Hummer, T.L. Barone, S.E. Mischler, S. Peters, S. Cochrane, & J. Winkler
- Paper Preliminary field study to evaluate two thermal correction methods for removing VOC interference from DPM sample analysis
Paige Guse, Emily Sarver, Cigdem Keles
- Evaluation of Methodology for Real Time Monitoring of Diesel Particulate Matter in Underground Mines
Arash Habibi, Aleksandar Bugarski, Dave Loring, Anna Cable, Logan Ingalls, Calvin Rutter
- Optimizing secondary fan location and air quantity to control DPM recirculation in underground workings using discrete phase modelling
Ramakrishna Morla, Shivakumar Karekal, Ajith Godbole, Mahesh Sriwas, Jan Jacobs, Purushotham Tukkaraja, Brian Chapula
- The results of the evaluations of the instrumentation used to monitor concentrations of DPM
Sergei Sabanov, Jürgen Brune, Mehdi Torkmahalleh, Aibyn Zeinulla
Electric Machinery in Mine Ventilation
- Considerations of the overall impact on costs in the Battery Electric versus Diesel-powered equipment selection and trade-off
Ian Loomis
Mine Cooling and Refrigeration
- Development of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Cooling Strategies for Hot Underground Mines
Jon Fox, Charles Kocsis
- Design of Mine Bulk Air Cooling Systems: Numerical, Empirical and Experimental Validation
Ali Kuyuk, Seyed Ali Ghoreishi-Madiseh, Agus Sasmito
- Numerical evaluation of spot cooling techniques for underground metal mines
Nelson Dumakor-Dupey, Sampurna Arya, D. Atambila, M. Anselmi
Mine Dust Monitoring and Control
- Respirable dust characterization using SEM-EDX and FT-IR: A case study in an Appalachian coal mine
Jonathan Gonzalez, Lizeth Jaramillo, Nishan Pokhrel, Cigdem Keles, Emily Sarver
- Characterization of respirable dust samples generated from picks at differing stages of wear
Syd Slouka, Jürgen Brune, Jamal Rostami
- A Comprehensive Roof Bolter Drilling Control Algorithm for Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Reducing Respirable Dust
Hua Jiang, Yi Luo
- An analysis of coal mine lung diseases in the US coal mines
Pedram Roghanchi, Elham Rahimi, Younes Shekarian
- Different inner shapes of drill shroud on dust control for surface mine drilling operation
David Zheng, Randy Reed, Drew Potts
- Development of a real time respirable coal dust and silica dust monitoring instrument based on photoacoustic spectroscopy
Karoly Kocsis, Patrick Arnott, P. Nascimento, S.J. Taylor, X.L Wang, & H. Firouzkouhi
- Development of non-regulatory runtime respirable coal and silica dust monitor
Charles Herb, Ruwini Rajapaksha, John Roberts, Patrick Hemp, Xavier Moya, L. Uecker, T. Rawson, P. Roghanchi
- Respirable Coal Mine Dust (RCMD) Research: Characterization, deposition, monitoring, and mitigation of RCMD
Pedram Roghanchi, Mohammad Rezaee, Karoly Kocsis, Y. Shekarian, Elham Rahimi, W.C. Su
- Comparison of mineral content in respirable coal mine dust samples estimated using FTIR, TGA, and SEM-EDX
Nishan Pokhrel, Cigdem Keles, Setareh Afrouz, Emily Sarver, Eleftheria Agioutanti
Mine Fans
- A Simple Electro-Mechanical Controllable Pitch Fan
Jordan McBain
- Optimizing Vertically-Mounted Jet Fans in Ventilation Shafts for a Rail Overbuild
Richard Ray, Ethan Fuster, Stephen Lee
Mine Fires and Explosion Prevention
- Goaf gas distribution profiles near the longwall tailgate area
Rao Balusu, Bharath Belle, Krishna Tanguturi
- Challenges and Solutions in the Development of the VentFire Mine Network Fire Simulator
Craig Stewart
- Water Spray Suppression of Leaked Oil Fires: A Numerical Study
Wei Tang, Liming Yuan, Davood Bahrami, James Rowlad
- Anti-caking Treated Rock Dust and its Effect on Downwind Respirable Dust Measurements
Marcia Harris, Scott Klima, Connor Brown, Inoka Perera, Addis James, Linda Chasko, Myers Jarod
- Scaling and flow similarity considerations to develop a 1/40th scaled aerodynamic model of a longwall coal mine for methane hazards investigation
Hamilton Pinheiro, Aditya Juganda, Nathan Sandoval, Finnegan Wilson, Gregory Bogin, K. Gallagher, Jürgen Brune
Mine Gases
- Review on Development Technologies and Research Status of Coalbed Methane Industry in China
Yang Ming, Liu Lei, Jianliang Gao, Jiajia Liu
Mine Heat
- Incorporating Ventilation and Heat in an Underground Mine Production Scheduling Model
Eric Smoorenburg, Alexandra Newman, Gregory Bogin, Oluwaseun Ogunmodede, S. Nichols
- Spray freezing for mine heating – A statistical perspective
Saad Akhtar, Minghan Xu, Agus Sasmito
Mine Management and Organization of Ventilation
- Procedures for Mitigating Safety Risks Associated with Post-Blast Re-Entry Times
Euler De Souza
- An innovative methodology for the assessment and maintenance of e-learning courses using the Community of Inquiry model
Daniel Stinnette, Kray Luxbacher
Mine Ventilation and Automation
- Numerical Modeling of Longwall-induced Permeability under shallow cover
Kayode Ajayi, Zoheir Khademian, Steven Schatzel, Eric Watkins, Vasu Gangrade
Occupational Health and Safety in Mine Ventilation
- Application of Machine Learning to Determine Underground Hazard Location
Davood Bahrami, Lihong Zhou, Yuting Xue, Liming Yuan
- Activity-based respirable dust prediction in underground mines using artificial neural network
Richard Amoako, Andrea Brickey
- Mine Ventilation – Studies and Environmental Interventions for Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in the Arequipa Region, Perú.
Kirk McDaniel, Jürgen Brune, L. J. Zamalloa
- Evaluating the effects of coal seam height and mine size on coal workers’ pneumoconiosis prevalence in the US underground coal mines, 1986-2018
Pedram Roghanchi, Younes Shekarian, Elham Rahimi, Naser Shekarian
- Ultra fine dusts - BEV fleets and the challenges for ventilation planning
Alexander Hutwalker, Oliver Langefeld, Jens Kegenhoff
- Design and characterization of canopy air curtain for protecting against diesel particulate matter exposures in underground mines
Randy Reed, Jim Noll, Drew Potts, Michael Shahan
Renewable/Alternative Energy in Mine Ventilation
- Waste heat recovery from diesel generator jacket water for mine intake air pre-heating in cold climates; A numerical study
Seyed Ali Ghoreishi-Madiseh, Hosein Kalantari, Durjoy Baidya, Agus Sasmito
Ventilation Monitoring and Measurement
- Comparison of Air Velocity Measurement Techniques
Keith Wallace
- AMS-based Accident Alarm System: A Field Case Study and CFD Validations
Long Fan, Shimin Liu, Nathan Gendrue, L. Ang
- Field Survey of Mine Ventilation System for Large Opening Underground Mines: Pressure, Relative Humidity and Temperature
Nathan Gendrue, Shimin Liu, Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Cheryl Spellman
- Towards atmospheric monitoring data analysis in underground coal mines
Juan Carlos Diaz Martinez, Steve Schafrik, Dionisis Hristopulos, Zach Agioutantis
Ventilation Network Analysis and Optimization
- Ventilation Model Calibration from Limited Survey Data
Martin Griffith, Craig Stewart
- Improving calibration of a mine ventilation network using continuous airflow monitoring
Lihong Zhou, Richard Thomas, Liming Yuan, Davood Bahrami
Ventilation Planning and Design
- Optimizing Ventilation Design Through Discrete Event Equipment Simulation
Keith Wallace, Pierre Labrecqe
- Evolution of Henderson Mine Ventilation System
Kgosietsile Kolobe, Calvin Rutter, Neil Shea
- Underground Hard-Rock Mine Ventilation Considerations for Battery Electric Mobile Equipment
Negar Saeidi, Cheryl Allen
- Scale Model Investigation of Ventilation Parameters in a Block Cave Mine
Ankit Jha, Yong Pan, Purushotham Tukkaraja, Srivatsan Jayaraman Sridharan