Proceedings of the 11th International Mine Ventilation Congress

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Vent System Optimization I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Mobile Equipment Power Source—Impact on Ventilation Design

      • Chery Allen, Jozef Stachulak

      Pages 3-16

   3. Pros and Cons of Primary Ventilation Systems and the Need for Critical Spares

      • Johannes Holtzhausen

      Pages 17-26

   4. Controlled Primary Ventilation Recirculation and Re-use with Reconditioning—A Strategy for Deep Mines

      • Leon van den Berg, Katie Manns, Steven Bluhm

      Pages 27-41

   5. Research on Ventilation Layout in Jet-Flow Gallery Ventilation System in a Twin-Tunnel Construction

      • Liu Rong, Wang Liang, Ren Song, Zhang Zhen

      Pages 42-48

   6. Influence of the Ratio of the Blowing and Sucking Flow on the Wall-Rotating Circulating Airflow in Fully Mechanized Excavation Face

      • Rong-hua Liu, Yong-jun Li, Peng-fei Wang, Wei Shu, Shang-xu Gou

      Pages 49-57

3. Vent System Optimization II

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59

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   2. Calculating Shock Losses in Mine Ventilation Networks

      • Mikhail Semin, Andrey Shalimov

      Pages 61-69

   3. A Preliminary Experimental Investigation of the Airflow Resistance of an Evolving Cave in a Block/Panel Cave Mine

      • S. Sreekumar Ajitha, R. Bhargava, Y. Pan, A. Jha, P. Tukkaraja, K. Shahbazi et al.

      Pages 70-81

   4. An Investigation of the Effects of Particle Size, Porosity, and Cave Size on the Airflow Resistance of a Block/Panel Cave

      • Y. Pan, R. Bhargava, A. Jha, P. Tukkaraja, K. Shahbazi, K. Katzenstein et al.

      Pages 82-91

   5. Selecting the Best Development Face Ventilation Scheme Using G1-Coefficient of Variation Method

      • Zhou Zhiyong, Mehmet Kizil, Chen Zhongwei, Chen Jianhong

      Pages 92-106

   6. Optimization of Ventilation System in Wongawilli Mining Face with a Continuous Miner

      • Du Tao

      Pages 107-115

   7. Ventilation-on-Demand System in Pulang Copper Mine

      • Qi-fa Ge, Wei-gen Zhu, Wei-guo Zhang, Qing-gang Chen, Zhuo-ming Yang

      Pages 116-125

4. Mine Dusts and Control I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. Evaluation of Gravimetric Sampler Bias, Effect on Measured Concentration, and Proposal for the Use of Harmonised Performance Based Dust Sampler for Exposure Assessment

      • B. Belle

      Pages 129-145

   3. Design of Auxiliary Ventilation System for Effective Dust Dispersion in Underground Coal Mine Development Heading—A Computational Simulation Approach

      • Devi Prasad Mishra, Aashish Sahu, Durga Charan Panigrahi

      Pages 146-158

   4. Coping with Diffuse Dust Emissions in Mining by Fibrous Filters with Trickling Water Cleaning

      • Federico Marangoni, Gernot Krammer

      Pages 159-171

   5. Review of Real-Time Respirable Dust Survey Findings in Australian Coal Mines

      • Hsin Wei Wu, Stewart Gillies

      Pages 172-188

   6. Explosive Testing of Rock Dust Dispersibility for Coal Dust Explosion Prevention

      • Jürgen F. Brune, Richard C. Gilmore

      Pages 189-197

The proceedings of the 11th International Mine Ventilation Congress (11th IMVC), is focused on mine ventilation, health and safety and Earth science. The IMVC has become the most influential international mine ventilation event in the world, and has long been a popular forum for ventilation researchers, practitioners, academics, equipment manufacturers and suppliers, consultants and government officials around the globe to explore research results, exchange best practices, and to launch new products for a better and safer industry. It also serves as a useful platform to attract and train future ventilation professionals and mine planning engineers, as well as for mining companies to discover better practices to provide better ventilation planning.

• Mine ventilation planning
• Mine fans and auxiliary ventilation
• mine network simulation and modeling
• Mine dust monitoring and control
• Diesel particulate matters (DPM)
• Mine fires and fire control
• Heat and refrigeration
• Spontaneous combustion (SponCom)
• Occupational health and safety
• Ventilation regulations
• Mine ventilation education and training
• quality control, reliability, safety and risk
• mineral resources

• Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China

  Xintan Chang

Dr. Xintan Chang is a professor in the College of Safety Engineering at Xi’an University of Science and Technology (XUST). Prior to his appointment at XUST, He finished his academic studies and received M.S. and Ph.D.  Mining Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, respectively: from Michigan Technological University (U.S.A.).

Dr. Chang is known for his development of mine fire simulation program (MFIRE), which is a worldwide popular computer software program. His research interests also include coal mine ventilation system design and its assessment, mine rescue strategies, mine gas explosion and prevention, etc. Currently, he is principal investigator (PI) for several research projects funded by the Chinese government.

Dr. Chang is the Chairman of the 11^th International Mine Ventilation Congress (11^th IMVC) and a member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers (SME). He has  received several Chinese Awards in mining, Outstanding Alumni Award (2017) of Michigan Technological University. In addition, he is an editor/reviewer for several international journals.

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