Subsurface Ventilation and Environmental Engineering

Background to subsurface ventilation and environmental engineering. Part 1: Basic principles of fluid mechanics and physical thermodynamics. Introduction to fluid mechanics. Fundamentals of steady flow thermodynamics. Part 2: Subsurface ventilation engineering. Subsurface ventilation systems. Incompressible flow relationships. Ventilation surveys. Ventilation network analysis. Mine ventilation thermodynamics. Ventilation planning. Fans. Part 3: Gases in the subsurface. Gases in subsurface openings. Methane. Radiation and radon gas. Part 4: Heat and humidity. Psychrometry: the study of moisture in air. Heat flow into subsurface openings. Simulation of climatic conditions in the subsurface. Physiological reactions to climatic conditions. Refrigeration plant and mine air conditioning systems. Part 5: Dust. The hazardous nature of dusts. The aerodynamics, sources and control of airborne dust. Part 6: Fires and explosions. Subsurface fires and explosions. Index.