Mine Ventilation Overview

Principles

Definition

Mine ventilation is a specialized sub-discipline within mining or environmental engineering that investigates the scientific principles and engineering practices for controlling the subsurface atmosphere in mines, focusing on air flow, environmental parameters, and contaminant control to ensure safe, healthy, and productive working conditions.

Ontological type

Hazard Control

Core Principles

Design Methods

Key developments

Key Figures

CFD-driven Design era

J. Toraño [1] collaborated with Universidad de Oviedo [3] and Colorado School of Mines [4] during the CFD-driven Design era. His contributions include the paper Auxiliary ventilation in mining roadways driven with roadheaders: Validated CFD modelling of dust behaviour [5] and the paper Models of methane behaviour in auxiliary ventilation of underground coal mining [6], which advanced the understanding of dust transport and methane control and justified CFD-led design as essential for safety and efficiency. Malcolm Gent [2] was based at Universidad de Oviedo [3] during this era. His work centers on the two CFD-led studies: Auxiliary ventilation in mining roadways driven with roadheaders: Validated CFD modelling of dust behaviour [5] and Models of methane behaviour in auxiliary ventilation of underground coal mining [6], highlighting the role of CFD in quantifying dust and methane dynamics to improve safety, emissions performance, and economic feasibility in mine ventilation.

CFD-DEM Optimization era

Qiang Liu [1] has been active across China Agricultural University [3] and Huazhong University of Science and Technology [4] during the CFD-DEM Optimization era. His key contributions include pattern characterization concerning spatial and temporal evolution of dust pollution associated with two typical ventilation methods at fully mechanized excavation faces in rock tunnels [7], the development and application of a novel multi-radial-vortex-based ventilation system for dust removal in a fully mechanized tunneling face [8], and the dust diffusion modeling and determination of optimal airflow rate for removing the dust generated during mine tunneling [9], which collectively advanced optimization of dust control and ventilation in mechanized tunneling. Wen Nie [2] has been active across Tongji University [5] and Hebei University of Technology [6] during the CFD-DEM Optimization era. Wen Nie's contributions include the pattern characterization concerning spatial and temporal evolution of dust pollution associated with two typical ventilation methods at fully mechanized excavation faces in rock tunnels [7], the development and application of a novel multi-radial-vortex-based ventilation system for dust removal in a fully mechanized tunneling face [8], and the dust diffusion modeling and determination of optimal airflow rate for removing the dust generated during mine tunneling [9], which collectively supported CFD-DEM driven ventilation optimization in this era.