Decreasing of the air humidity by the ventilation control in the St. Barbara mine
The St. Barbara mine is a visitor mine having a large amount of timbering support which is deteriorating fast due to the high humidity conditions. The air conditioning system of mining is not suitable and also expensive for implementation in a shallow non-productive mine. As there are no usual air c...
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| description | The St. Barbara mine is a visitor mine having a large amount of timbering support which is deteriorating fast due to the high humidity conditions. The air conditioning system of mining is not suitable and also expensive for implementation in a shallow non-productive mine. As there are no usual air contaminants in the visitor mines, ventilation could be powered only when a dew point of outside air is below the strata temperature. Applying this rule would certainly avoid condensation, but also raises a potential for partial dehumidification of mine walls as moisture can evaporate in these conditions. A microclimate analysis, based on one-year data, has showed that these favorable conditions of the outside air occur through the major part of the year. Their availability is mostly 100%, but during summertime there are periods when it drops down to 13%. A real time monitoring system with programable microcontroller allows the automatic ventilation control and adjustment to the psychrometric conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-32f0ff621a114509a658b81fdb1f03d12024-04-03T09:42:00ZengMining and Metallurgy Institute, BorMining and Metallurgy Engineering Bor2334-88362406-13952022-01-01202211810.5937/mmeb2201001K2334-88362201001KDecreasing of the air humidity by the ventilation control in the St. Barbara mineKlanfar Mario0Herceg Vjekoslav1Mrvoš Luka2Šarko David3University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Zagreb, CroatiaUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Zagreb, CroatiaUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Zagreb, CroatiaUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Zagreb, CroatiaThe St. Barbara mine is a visitor mine having a large amount of timbering support which is deteriorating fast due to the high humidity conditions. The air conditioning system of mining is not suitable and also expensive for implementation in a shallow non-productive mine. As there are no usual air contaminants in the visitor mines, ventilation could be powered only when a dew point of outside air is below the strata temperature. Applying this rule would certainly avoid condensation, but also raises a potential for partial dehumidification of mine walls as moisture can evaporate in these conditions. A microclimate analysis, based on one-year data, has showed that these favorable conditions of the outside air occur through the major part of the year. Their availability is mostly 100%, but during summertime there are periods when it drops down to 13%. A real time monitoring system with programable microcontroller allows the automatic ventilation control and adjustment to the psychrometric conditions.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-8836/2022/2334-88362201001K.pdfvisitor mineventilationdehumidificationautomatizationtimbering support |
| spellingShingle | Klanfar Mario Herceg Vjekoslav Mrvoš Luka Šarko David Decreasing of the air humidity by the ventilation control in the St. Barbara mine Mining and Metallurgy Engineering Bor visitor mine ventilation dehumidification automatization timbering support |
| title | Decreasing of the air humidity by the ventilation control in the St. Barbara mine |
| title_full | Decreasing of the air humidity by the ventilation control in the St. Barbara mine |
| title_fullStr | Decreasing of the air humidity by the ventilation control in the St. Barbara mine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decreasing of the air humidity by the ventilation control in the St. Barbara mine |
| title_short | Decreasing of the air humidity by the ventilation control in the St. Barbara mine |
| title_sort | decreasing of the air humidity by the ventilation control in the st barbara mine |
| topic | visitor mine ventilation dehumidification automatization timbering support |
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