Papers

Auxiliary Ventilation

  1. Auxiliary fan selection considering purchasing and energy costs based on fan curves
    Juan Pablo Hurtado, Enrique Acuna, Michelle Levesque

Case Studies of Mine Ventilation

  1. Ventilation Tradeoff Study Considering Switch to Battery Electric Vehicles
    Nathan Wineinger
  2. 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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Airflow Characteristic Curves for a Mature Block Cave Mine
    Rahul Bhargava, Akash Adhikari, Purushotham Tukkaraja, Sunil Vytla, Srivatsan Jayaraman Sridharan
  4. 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

  1. Transient-flow modelling of DPM dispersion in unventilated dead-end crosscuts and control strategy using curtain
    Ramakrishna Morla, Shivakumar Karekal, Ajith Godbole
  2. Estimating diesel particulate matter using a predictive technique for use in underground production scheduling
    Judith Buaba, Andrea Brickey
  3. 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
  4. Paper Preliminary field study to evaluate two thermal correction methods for removing VOC interference from DPM sample analysis
    Paige Guse, Emily Sarver, Cigdem Keles
  5. 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

  6. 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
  7. 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

  1. 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

  1. Development of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Cooling Strategies for Hot Underground Mines
    Jon Fox, Charles Kocsis
  2. Design of Mine Bulk Air Cooling Systems: Numerical, Empirical and Experimental Validation
    Ali Kuyuk, Seyed Ali Ghoreishi-Madiseh, Agus Sasmito
  3. Numerical evaluation of spot cooling techniques for underground metal mines
    Nelson Dumakor-Dupey, Sampurna Arya, D. Atambila, M. Anselmi

Mine Dust Monitoring and Control

  1. 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
  2. Characterization of respirable dust samples generated from picks at differing stages of wear
    Syd Slouka, Jürgen Brune, Jamal Rostami
  3. A Comprehensive Roof Bolter Drilling Control Algorithm for Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Reducing Respirable Dust
    Hua Jiang, Yi Luo

  4. An analysis of coal mine lung diseases in the US coal mines
    Pedram Roghanchi, Elham Rahimi, Younes Shekarian
  5. Different inner shapes of drill shroud on dust control for surface mine drilling operation
    David Zheng, Randy Reed, Drew Potts

  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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

  1. A Simple Electro-Mechanical Controllable Pitch Fan
    Jordan McBain

  2. Optimizing Vertically-Mounted Jet Fans in Ventilation Shafts for a Rail Overbuild
    Richard Ray, Ethan Fuster, Stephen Lee

Mine Fires and Explosion Prevention

  1. Goaf gas distribution profiles near the longwall tailgate area
    Rao Balusu, Bharath Belle, Krishna Tanguturi
  2. Challenges and Solutions in the Development of the VentFire Mine Network Fire Simulator
    Craig Stewart
  3. Water Spray Suppression of Leaked Oil Fires: A Numerical Study
    Wei Tang, Liming Yuan, Davood Bahrami, James Rowlad
  4. 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
  5. 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

  1. Review on Development Technologies and Research Status of Coalbed Methane Industry in China
    Yang Ming, Liu Lei, Jianliang Gao, Jiajia Liu

Mine Heat

  1. Incorporating Ventilation and Heat in an Underground Mine Production Scheduling Model
    Eric Smoorenburg, Alexandra Newman, Gregory Bogin, Oluwaseun Ogunmodede, S. Nichols

  2. Spray freezing for mine heating – A statistical perspective
    Saad Akhtar, Minghan Xu, Agus Sasmito

Mine Management and Organization of Ventilation

  1. Procedures for Mitigating Safety Risks Associated with Post-Blast Re-Entry Times
    Euler De Souza
  2. 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

  1. 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

  1. Application of Machine Learning to Determine Underground Hazard Location
    Davood Bahrami, Lihong Zhou, Yuting Xue, Liming Yuan

  2. Activity-based respirable dust prediction in underground mines using artificial neural network
    Richard Amoako, Andrea Brickey

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Ultra fine dusts - BEV fleets and the challenges for ventilation planning
    Alexander Hutwalker, Oliver Langefeld, Jens Kegenhoff

  6. 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

  1. 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

  1. Comparison of Air Velocity Measurement Techniques
    Keith Wallace

  2. AMS-based Accident Alarm System: A Field Case Study and CFD Validations
    Long Fan, Shimin Liu, Nathan Gendrue, L. Ang

  3. Field Survey of Mine Ventilation System for Large Opening Underground Mines: Pressure, Relative Humidity and Temperature
    Nathan Gendrue, Shimin Liu, Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Cheryl Spellman

  4. Towards atmospheric monitoring data analysis in underground coal mines
    Juan Carlos Diaz Martinez, Steve Schafrik, Dionisis Hristopulos, Zach Agioutantis

Ventilation Network Analysis and Optimization

  1. Ventilation Model Calibration from Limited Survey Data
    Martin Griffith, Craig Stewart

  2. Improving calibration of a mine ventilation network using continuous airflow monitoring
    Lihong Zhou, Richard Thomas, Liming Yuan, Davood Bahrami

Ventilation Planning and Design

  1. Optimizing Ventilation Design Through Discrete Event Equipment Simulation
    Keith Wallace, Pierre Labrecqe
  2. Evolution of Henderson Mine Ventilation System
    Kgosietsile Kolobe, Calvin Rutter, Neil Shea
  3. Underground Hard-Rock Mine Ventilation Considerations for Battery Electric Mobile Equipment
    Negar Saeidi, Cheryl Allen
  4. Scale Model Investigation of Ventilation Parameters in a Block Cave Mine
    Ankit Jha, Yong Pan, Purushotham Tukkaraja, Srivatsan Jayaraman Sridharan

NAMVS 2021 Papers

  1. Transient-flow modelling of DPM dispersion in unventilated dead-end crosscuts and control strategy using curtain
    Ramakrishna Morla, Shivakumar Karekal, Ajith Godbole
  2. Goaf gas distribution profiles near the longwall tailgate area
    Rao Balusu, Bharath Belle, Krishna Tanguturi
  3. 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
  4. Case Study: The Utilisation of Current Ventilation Resources to Manage Material Handling Heat Post Construction.
    Murray Jamieson
  5. Challenges and Solutions in the Development of the VentFire Mine Network Fire Simulator
    Craig Stewart
  6. Incorporating Ventilation and Heat in an Underground Mine Production Scheduling Model
    Eric Smoorenburg, Alexandra Newman, Gregory Bogin, Oluwaseun Ogunmodede, S. Nichols
  7. Automatic Ventilation Model Calibration from Limited Survey Data
    Martin Griffith, Craig Stewart
  8. Review on Development Technologies and Research Status of Coalbed Methane Industry in China
    Yang Ming, Liu Lei, Jianliang Gao, Jiajia Liu
  9. The design of the calibration method for low-cost particulate matter sensors for coal dust measurement
    Nana Amoako Amoah, Guang Xu
  10. Performance and Percolation Mechanism of New Inorganic Retarding Sealing Material for Gas Drainage Boreholes
    Jianwei Cheng, Gang Zhao, Yu Wang, Zui Wang, Wanting Song
  11. Stress State and Stability of Coal Mine Seal under Explosion Loading
    Gang Zhao, Jianwei Cheng
  12. Water Spray Suppression of Leaked Oil Fires: A Numerical Study
    Wei Tang, Liming Yuan, Davood Bahrami, James Rowlad
  13. Development of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Cooling Strategies for Hot Underground Mines
    Jon Fox, Charles Kocsis
  14. Comparison of Air Velocity Measurement Techniques
    Keith Wallace
  15. Optimizing Ventilation Design Through Discrete Event Equipment Simulation
    Keith Wallace, Pierre Labrecqe
  16. Improving Health and Safety in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Africa – A Case Study Liberia
    Safiatu Barrie
  17. Improving calibration of a mine ventilation network using continuous airflow monitoring
    Lihong Zhou, Richard Thomas, Liming Yuan, Davood Bahrami
  18. Application of Machine Learning to Determine Underground Hazard Location
    Davood Bahrami, Lihong Zhou, Yuting Xue, Liming Yuan
  19. Activity-based respirable dust prediction in underground mines using artificial neural network
    Richard Amoako, Andrea Brickey
  20. Estimating diesel particulate matter using a predictive technique for use in underground production scheduling
    Judith Buaba, Andrea Brickey
  21. Ventilation Tradeoff Study Considering Switch to Battery Electric Vehicles
    Nathan Wineinger
  22. 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
  23. Paper Preliminary field study to evaluate two thermal correction methods for removing VOC interference from DPM sample analysis
    Paige Guse, Emily Sarver
  24. 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
  25. Characterization of respirable dust samples generated from picks at differing stages of wear
    Syd Slouka, Jurgen Brune, Jamal Rostami
  26. Evolution of Henderson Mine Ventilation System
    Kgosietsile Kolobe, Calvin Rutter, Neil Shea
  27. A Simple Electro-Mechanical Controllable Pitch Fan
    Jordan McBain
  28. Experiences in the Control of the Piston Effect in “El Porvenir” Mining Unit
    Daniel Naupari, Jorge Godos
  29. A Comprehensive Roof Bolter Drilling Control Algorithm for Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Reducing Respirable Dust
    Hua Jiang, Yi Luo
  30. An analysis of coal mine lung diseases in the US coal mines
    Pedram Roghanchi, Elham Rahimi, Younes Shekarian
  31. Considerations of the overall impact on costs in the Battery Electric versus Diesel-powered equipment selection and trade-off
    Ian Loomis
  32. Evaluation of Methodology for Real Time Monitoring of Diesel Particulate Matter in Underground Mines
    Arash Habibi, Aleksandar Bugarski, Dave Loring, Anna Cable, Logan Ingalls, C. Rutter
  33. Procedures for Mitigating Safety Risks Associated with Post-Blast Re-Entry Times
    Euler De Souza
  34. Different inner shapes of drill shroud on dust control for surface mine drilling operation
    David Zheng, Randy Reed, Drew Potts
  35. Evaluation of Ventilation Management Strategies as a Means to Control DPM exposure to Underground Mineworkers
    Sikandar Azam, Sekhar Bhattacharyya
  36. Mine Ventilation – Studies and Environmental Interventions for Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in the Arequipa Region, Perú.
    Kirk McDaniel, Jurgen Brune, L. J. Zamalloa
  37. AMS-based Accident Alarm System: A Field Case Study and CFD Validations
    Long Fan, Shimin Liu, Nathan Gendrue, L. Ang
  38. Development of a real time respirable coal dust and silica dust monitoring instrument based on photoacoustic spectroscopy.
    Karoly (Charles) Kocsis, Patrick Arnott, P. Nascimento, S.J. Taylor, X.L Wang, & H. Firouzkouhi
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. Numerical Modeling of Longwall-induced Permeability under shallow cover
    Kayode Ajayi, Zoheir Khademian, Steven Schatzel, Eric Watkins, Vasu Gangrade
  43. Optimizing Vertically-Mounted Jet Fans in Ventilation Shafts for a Rail Overbuild
    Richard Ray, Ethan Fuster, Stephen Lee
  44. Field Survey of Mine Ventilation System for Large Opening Underground Mines: Pressure, Relative Humidity and Temperature
    Nathan Gendrue, Shimin Liu, Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Cheryl Spellman
  45. Auxiliary fan selection considering purchasing and energy costs based on fan curves
    Juan Pablo Hurtado, Enrique Acuna, Michelle Levesque
  46. Time series considerations of atmospheric monitoring data in underground coal mines
    Juan Carlos Diaz Martinez, Steve Schafrik, Dionisis Hristopulos, Zach Agioutantis
  47. Respirable Coal Mine Dust (RCMD) Research: Characterization, deposition, monitoring, and mitigation of RCMD
    Pedram Roghanchi, Mohammad Rezaee, Karoly Kocsis, Y. Shekarian, E. Rahimi
  48. DESIGN OF MINE BULK AIR COOLING SYSTEMS: NUMERICAL, EMPIRICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION
    Ali Kuyuk, Seyed Ali Ghoreishi-Madiseh, Agus Pulung Sasmito
  49. Underground Hard-Rock Mine Ventilation Considerations for Battery Electric Mobile Equipment
    Negar Saeidi, Cheryl Allen
  50. Jacket Water Heat Recovery for Application in Mine Ventilation: A Numerical Study
    Seyed Ali Ghoreishi-Madiseh, Hosein Kalantari, Durjoy Baidya, Agus P. Sasmito
  51. Comparison of silica and kaolinite mass content in respirable coal mine dust samples estimated using FT-IR and SEM-EDX
    Nishan Pokhrel, Cigdem Keles, Setareh Afrouz, Emily A. Sarver, Eleftheria Agioutanti
  52. Ultra fine dusts - BEV fleets and the challenges for ventilation planning
    Alexander Hutwalker, Oliver Langefeld, Jens Kegenhoff
  53. Enhancing of Mine Ventilation Training by Using VentSim-Software and Intensive E-Learning
    Thorben Bergmann, Alexander Hutwalker, Angela Binder, Oliver Langefeld, Florian Michelin
  54. Spray freezing for mine heating – A statistical perspective
    Saad Akhtar, Minghan Xu, Agus Sasmito
  55. Scale Model Investigation of Ventilation Parameters in a Block Cave Mine
    Ankit Jha, Yong Pan, Purushotham Tukkaraja, Srivatsan Jayaraman Sridharan
  56. Calibration of LKAB’s Konsuln Test Mine ventilation model using barometer Pressure-Quantity (PQ) Survey – A case study
    Adrianus Halim, Seth Gyamfi, Anu Martikainen
  57. Field measurements of particulate mass concentration for proposing Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) control strategies at Kazakhstani metal mines
    Sergei Sabanov, Jürgen Brune, Mehdi Torkmahalleh, Aibyn Zeinulla
  58. 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
  59. 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
  60. An innovative methodology for the assessment and maintenance of e-learning courses using the Community of Inquiry model
    Daniel Stinnette, Kray Luxbacher
  61. A Novel Algorithm for Auxiliary Ventilation Planning from Mine Scheduler Output
    John Bowling
  62. Integration of conjugate porous media model into mine ventilation network software
    Leyla Amiri, Ferri Hassani, Agus Sasmito
  63. Airflow Characteristic Curves for a Mature Block Cave Mine
    Rahul Bhargava, Akash Adhikari, Purushotham Tukkaraja, K. Katzenstein, Sunil Vytla, Srivatsan Jayaraman Sridharan
  64. Ventilation Engineering Design Principles
    Cecil Rawlins