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| MDM3035 | Ventilation in Mines | 2+1+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. İzzet KARAKURT | | Co-Lecturer | - | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims at teaching the methods and knowledge that are required for control of the mine atmosphere and planning of ventilation systems |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | define mine atmosphere, pollutants of mine atmosphere and threshold values of pollutants. | 2.1 - 3.1 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | summarize the reasons and effective factors of methane explosions and instantaneous methane ejections. | 2.1 - 3.1 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | explain reasons and effects of rock and coal dust explosions. | 2.1 - 3.1 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | calculate head losses of mine ventilation networks. | 2.1 - 3.1 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | analyze natural ventilation and mechanical ventilation. | 2.1 - 3.1 | 1 | | LO - 6 : | identify measures over temperature and humidity of air. | 2.1 - 3.1 | 1 | | LO - 7 : | analyze and design mine ventilation networks. | 2.1 - 3.1 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Mine air and mine gases, control of gases released from underground mines, methane and its properties, methane drainage and its application principles, methane measurement methods in underground mines, mine dusts and preventing methods, heat sources and effects in mines, mine fires and control methods, natural and mechanical ventilation, fan application to mines, analysis of mine ventilation circuits and networks. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Mine ventilation; importance, scope and duties of ventilation engineer | | | Week 2 | Mine ventilation; importance, scope and duties of ventilation engineer | | | Week 3 | Control of air quality; methane: porperties, methane explosions, control methods for methane emission | | | Week 4 | Control of air qaulity; Mine dusts: dust and dust content of mine air, methods to reduce dust content | | | Week 5 | Flow of air through mine openings; fundemantal energy equation,flow energy losses, shcok loss, equivalent length method | | | Week 6 | Calculation of static, velocity, shock and mine total head loss | | | Week 7 | Basic Ventilation Networks; serial and parallele circuits, quantity-head relation, resistence concept, charactersitic curve, free and controlled splitting | | | Week 8 | Basic Ventilation Networks; Charactersitic curve, free and controlled splitting | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Complex vantilation networks | | | Week 11 | Natural Ventilation, general principles, control of natural flow, seasonal effetcs on direction of flow, determining natural flow presseure | | | Week 12 | Mechanical Ventilation Systems; concept of ventilation by fan, types of ventilation fans, suction and flow type ventilation methods in mines | | | Week 13 | Mechanical Ventilation Systems;fan laws, application of fan to system, multiple fan systems | | | Week 14 | Mechanical Ventilation Systems;Multiple fan systems | | | Week 15 | Heat and humidity control of mine air | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Aydin G, Maden Havalandırma Ders Notları. | | | |
| 1 | Hartman LH (eds), 1991. Mine Ventilation and Air Conditioning, McGraw Hill. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 6 | 18 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 108 |
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