Subsurface Ventilation and Environmental Engineering

Name: Subsurface Ventilation and Environmental Engineering
Price: 237.7 USD
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ISBN: 9780412353000

ISBN-10: 0412353008

ISBN-13: 9780412353000

Edition: 1993

Authors: Malcolm J. McPherson

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Description:

This book develops the theoretical treatments of subsurface ventilation to provide thorough understanding of the fundamental mechanisms, to comprehend the limitations of approximate methods and reasons for those limits and to provide the knowledge and tools necessary for the encouragement of original thinking and new ideas.

Book details

List price: $263.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 928
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Preface


Unit conversion table



Background to subsurface ventilation and environmental engineering



Basic Principles of Fluid Mechanics and Physical Thermodynamics



Introduction to fluid mechanics



Fundamentals of steady flow thermodynamics



Subsurface Ventilation Engineering



Subsurface ventilation systems



Incompressible flow relationships



Ventilation surveys



Ventilation network analysis



Mine ventilation thermodynamics



Ventilation planning



Fans



Gases in the Subsurface



Gases in subsurface openings



Methane



Radiation and radon gas



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



Dust



The hazardous nature of dusts



The aerodynamics, sources and control of airborne dust



Fires and Explosions



Subsurface fires and explosions


Index