304959 (v.1) WASM Mine Environment 531

Area:

WASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 4 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Equivalent(s):

303158 (v.1) WASM Mine Environment 431

Syllabus:

Mine environment - mine atmosphere. Dust and dust explosions. Heat. Radiation. Gases - toxic gases and vapours, explosive gases. Diesel exhaust products and dilution factors, methane and explosive mixture. Toxic substances. Mine fires. Mine lighting. Noise. Mine ventilation - basic airflow theory. Airflow and pressure measurements. Mechanical and natural ventilation. Fan engineering. Airflow control - regulators, doors, evasees and booster fans. Main and auxiliary ventilation. Recirculation. Network analysis. Computerised analysis of mine ventilation. Ventilation surveys. Ventilation economics. Cooling and refrigeration. Mine psychrometry.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

030303 Mining Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 1	Y		Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External