Ventilation

Ventilation Design for the Boleo Project

14th United States/North American Mine Ventilation Symposium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 17, 2012 Authors: S. B. Patton and G. L. Skaggs (Agapito Associates, Inc.) and S. Britton (Baja Mining Corporation) Boleo is an underground copper-cobalt-zinc-manganese project currently under construction near the town of Santa Rosalía in the state of Baja California [...]

Ventilation Planning for the Agnico-Eagle Pinos Altos Gold-Silver Project

13th U.S./North American Mine Ventilation Conference, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, June 2010Authors: A. Adu-Acheampong and S. B. Patton (AAI) and J. Breen (Agnico-Eagle Mexico, SA de CV, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico) The design of a major underground ventilation and environmental control system is a complex process with many interacting features and, therefore, must not be treated in [...]

Ventilation Planning for the El Mochito Mine

Proceedings of the 6th U.S. Mine Ventilation Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, 21–23 June 1993 Authors: C. E. Brechtel and A. M. Richardson (AAI), and T. R. Kelly and F. Feero (American Pacific Mining Company, Inc.) Recent work to upgrade the ventilation system for the el Mochito lead/zinc mine in central Honduras is discussed. Network [...]

Ventilation Planning at the Aberdeen Mine

Proceedings of the 6th International Mine Ventilation Congress, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 17–22 May 1997 Authors: A. M. Richardson and L. Gilbride (AAI), L. Adair (GENWAL, Inc.), and M. W. Glasson (Andalex, Inc.) Andalex Resources, Inc. recently engaged in a ventilation planning exercise that resulted in the construction of a new main fan installation to support longwall [...]

Measurements and Simulations of Face Ventilation Effectiveness for Large Diesel Powered Equipment

Proceedings of the U.S. Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminar, Louisville, Kentucky, April 1987 (IC-9141) Authors: E. E. Thimons (USBM) and C. E. Brechtel (AAI) Providing adequate airflow to effectively dilute and remove diesel pollutants in large mine working headings is a little researched area. A simulated diesel mucking operation was carried out in the [...]

Application of Propeller Fans at Wisconsin Industrial Sand – A Case Study

Mining Engineering, Volume 59, No. 9, September 2007, pp. 57–60Authors: Albert Adu-Acheampong and B. McGunegle (AAI) and T. Stauffer (Wisconsin Industrial Sand) Fairmount Minerals’ Maiden Rock underground sand mine historically delivered air to ventilate diesel-powered equipment at its working faces through resistance, 38-mm- (15-in.-) diameter PVC distribution lines.  In support of plans for expanded production, [...]

Development of a Dry Exhaust Conditioner for Large Diesel Equipment

SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 1989 Authors: L. A. Weakly (Exxon Company), C. E. Brechtel (AAI), N. Paas (Mine Craft, Inc.), and R. A. Skrabak (MSHA) The requirement for large diesel equipment to be certified for operation in potential gassy mine conditions in western oil shale mines motivated a design engineering [...]