Determination of the friction factors in potash mines

The friction factor is an essential parameter to take into account for modelling the ventilation system. One of the principal features that define the friction factor is the roughness, which not only does it have influence on the airway resistance, but it has also a direct bearing on the rate of hea...

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Autores: Bascompta Massanes, Marc|||0000-0003-1519-6133, Sanmiquel Pera, Lluís|||0000-0001-5612-4713, Oliva Moncunill, Josep|||0000-0001-6214-5713
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/28129
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/28129
https://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S1062739114050159
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Potash mines and mining
Friction
Mining ventilation
Friction factor
Potash mine
Room and pillar exploitation method
Mines -- Ventilació
Mines de potassa
Fricció
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria de mines
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Sumario:The friction factor is an essential parameter to take into account for modelling the ventilation system. One of the principal features that define the friction factor is the roughness, which not only does it have influence on the airway resistance, but it has also a direct bearing on the rate of heat transfer between the rock and the airstream. In this paper, the characteristic friction factors of a potash mine exploited using a room and pillar method has been determined by means of the Chezy-Darcy and Atkinson equations. The results give an impulse to achieve standardized friction factor values in potash mines very useful for future mining ventilation surveys.