Review of Air Cooling System at Deep Longwall Project of an Indian Coal Mine
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Dy. Manager, Adriyala Longwall Project, SCCL ,IN
U. Siva Sankar -
Colliery Manager, Adriyala Longwall Project, SCCL ,INMd. Abdul Khadir
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Project Officer, Adriyala Longwall Project, SCCL ,INK. Nageswara Rao
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Longer panels and hot surface climates have combined with the traditional sources of mine heat to produce uncomfortable working environments on high production longwall faces. The heat load generated by increasing mining depths and mechanization in UG mines is becoming progressively more and more of a problem. Below a critical depth, which is a function of geothermal gradient, the rock thermal properties and level of mechanization, ventilation will continue to have a diminishing efficiency when combating this heat load. In such a case the solution is to invest in an artificial cooling system. This paper gives insight of the details of the project, heat generating sources, different air cooling systems, psychrometric studies and air cooling arrangement made in Adriyala longwall project, Singareni Collieries Company Limited.
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