Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Madenlerde Havalandırma ve Emniyet
	English	Mine Ventilation and Safety
Course Code	MAD 461E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	7	-	3	1	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Abdullah Fişne
Course Objectives		1. To teach the properties of mine atmosphere and ventilation measurements, 2. To instruct the peak events as mine fires, explosions and gas outbursts and prevention methods, 3. To teach how to investigate the air distribution and solve the ventilation network problems
Course Description		Characteristics of mine atmospheres. Ventilation surveys. Gases and dusts in mine atmosphere. Coal dust and explosions. Sources of dust and prevention. Mine fires, classification and prevention. Relationships between the airway resistance, pressure drop and airflow. Natural and mechanical ventilation. Fans and characteristics. Auxiliary ventilationin m,nes and tunnels. Determination of air quantity. Planning air flow. Solution of ventilation network problems. Finding air distribution and solution for controlled air flow.
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Textbook
Other References		1. Hartman, H. L.; J. M. Mutmansky, R. V. Ramani,; and Y. J.Wang; 3rd Ed., 1997, Mine Ventilation and Air Conditioning, 3rd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, NY, 730 pp. 2. Subsurface Ventilation and Environmental Engineering, First Edition, 1993, Malcom J. McPherson [Chapman & Hall].