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    UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM

    DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND MINING ENGINEERING


    MN 323: MINE VENTILATION TEST 1
    Instruction
    1. Time: 1:30 hours
    2. psychometric charts are provided
    3. Answer all questions Date: 20/12/2013
    Question 1:

    a) Consult the given psychometric chart (at barometric pressureof 101.325 kPa) and find the mixing
    ratio, enthalpy, and vapour pressure of air at 319d.b.t/294w.b.t.

    Answer:

    i. The mixing ratio, =5kg/kg of dry air


    ii. Enthalpy, - 59 kJ/kg
    iii. Vapour pressure= 0.8KPa
    b) If the air in (a) above is evaporatively cooled to its saturation find
    its dry bulb temperature, mixing ratio and enthalpy

    Answer:

    iv. The Dbt, =294 k


    v. Enthalpy, -=61 kJ/kg
    vi. Mixing ratio=15.5

    c) What will be its dry bulb temperature if 6KJ of heat is removed per kg of dry air in (b) above?

    Answer:

    vii. The Dbt, =292.5 k

    d) Define the following terms:


    i) Dew point temperature, ii) mixing ratio, iii) mine ventilation iv) specific volume v) Heat index
    vi) air conditioning.

    Question 2:

    a) Estimate the density of the air in a drive where the wet and dry bulb temperatures are 29°C
    and33°C respectively and the barometric pressure is 101.3kPa

    Answer:

    The relationship used is PV=RTfor one kg of air

    V=RT/P and density = Density -1/V= P/RT=101.3/(0.2871*303K)=1.164484 m3/kg

    1
    b) Calculate:the pressure loss in a mine airway 100m long, and 3.5x 4 m in cross section for a
    flow of 30 m3/s given that the coefficient of friction is 0.01 N s2m-4 mine air density is 1.1
    kg/m3, the viscosity of the air =18 x 10 -16 kg/ms

    Answer:

    c) Given
    Length of airway =100 m
    Area of airway = 3.5x 4 m
    Flow quantity 30 m3/s
    Coefficient of friction is 0.01 N s2m-4
    Mine air density is 1.1 kg/m3 ,
    Viscosity of the air =18 x 10 -16 kg/ms

    Using Atkinson ventilation (quantity) equation

    Given
    Length of airway =100 m L 4C/A
    Size of airway/Area =
    3.5x 4 m 4*3.5 4 14
    Flow quantity 30 m3/s 30
    2 -4
    Coefficient of friction is 0.01 N s m 0.01
    3
    Mine air density is 1.1 kg/m , 1.1
    18*10-
    Viscosity of the air =18 x 10 -16 kg/ms
    16
    Circumference C= 14

    4.5983 kPa
    Neglecting
    - visicsity

    2
    d) In the airway in question 2 (b) above, calculate the velocity of air required to create turbulent
    flow

    Answer:

    Re=ρLV/ц Therefore V=цRe/ρL=18 x 10 -16 kg/msx4000/1.1x4C/A=1.75 x10-11m/s

    e) List the heat sources in underground mines and the illnesses caused by excessive heat to mine
    workers

    Question 3

    P2=101061Pa, densitρ2=1.187788 kg/m3, V2=60.61 m3

    B c D

    Answer

    Mine static head Hs= HfAB+HfBC+HfCD+HxA+HxB+HxC+HxD

    =2.5 +2+1.5+1+1+1+0= 9 in

    Mine velocity head= HVCD=0.5 in

    Mine Total Head= MneHs+MineHv=9.5 in

    3
    10
    5
    8

    -2

    Total head gradient

    Static head gradient

    4
    5

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