JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

Aimed at specialized knowledge on planning of underground coal

mining project including recent extraction methods, economics and thick seam mining.

Course Outcomes

In future, underground mining is supposed to produce 80% of coal

demand and the student get opportunity to be specialist in planning for such underground coal mining projects as outcome of this course.

UNIT - I

Mining industry in comparison with other industries, Principles and methodology of Planning, factors to be considered in Mine Planning, Master Plan, Pre- feasibility, feasibility report and Detailed Project Report (DPR).

UNIT - II

Classification and estimation of coal reserves; Design of optimal production capacity and life of mine; different methods applicability advantages and disadvantages for underground coal mine; Design of shaft pillar; Design of pillars in bord and pillar method.

UNIT - III

Design of Pillar extraction by continuous miner, LHD, SDL and mechanical loader in combination with shuttle car. Design and extraction of coal seams by Blasting gallery method;

UNIT - IV

Longwall mining: inputs for design of longwall panel: Design of Gate Road drivages in longwall. Design of longwall panel. Design of supports for longwall mining. Design of transport system in longwall mining. Procedure for installation of equipment ( or salvage operations ) in new longwall panel.

UNIT - V

Thick seam mining: Classification and methods of thick seam mining; slice mining- parameters to be considered for number and size of slices in inclined slicing; Extraction of coal seam by inclined slice method; Komarov method for thick seams. Underground coal gasification and hydraulic mining.

B.TECH. MINING ENGG.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Peng SS – Longwall Mining.
• 2. R.D. Singh – Principles and Practices of Modern Coal Mining.
• 3. Mathur S.P. – Coal Mining in India.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1 Das S.K. Modern Coal Mining Technology. 2 BB Dhar, Singh T.N. – Thick Séance Mining Problems and Issues.

B.TECH. MINING ENGG.

RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT (Professional Elective –III)

B.Tech. IV Year I Sem. L T P C Course Code: MN734PE 3 0 0 3

Pre-requisites

Under graduate Physics and Maths.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the students shall be able to know the

components of safety risk assessment, Epidemiological studies along with safety audit and management in mines

Course Outcomes

To understand the terminology and reason for preventing accidents,

components of Risk Assessment. Apply the Safety Policies, Safety Audit and Safety Management in Mines along with Case studies

UNIT - I

Introduction to Accident Prevention and Health & Safety in Industry: Terminology, Reason for preventing accidents – moral, cost, legal.

UNIT - II

Accident statistics and trends in mining industry; Safety Risk in Opencast and Underground Mines; Risk Assessment: Concepts, Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches;

UNIT - III

Components of Risk Assessment : Risk Identification, Risk Estimation and Evaluation; Risk Analysis using FTA, HAZOP, ETA etc.; Risk Analysis Softwares; Health Risk Assessment and

UNIT - IV

Epidemiological Studies; Statistical and Economic Analysis of Accident Data; Risk Minimization Techniques in Mines; Generic approach to loss control within mining operations; Safety Policies, Safety Audit and Safety Management in Mines;

UNIT - V

Application of Virtual Reality for Safety, Training and Marketing; Case studies on Safety Risk Assessment in Mining and allied industries

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. B. K. Kejriwal, Safety in Mines, Lovely Prakashan, Dhanbad, 2002.
• 2. N. J. Bahr, System Safety Engineering, and Risk Assessment: A Practical Approach, Taylor and Francis, NY, 1997.

REFERENCE BOOKS

• 1. A. Bhattacharya, Accident Prevention and Safety Management in Mines, Short Term Course, Nov. 30-3rd Dec, 2004, IIT, Kharagpur, 2004.
• 2. A. Clifton, Ericson II, Hazard Analysis Techniques for System Safety, John Wiley & sons, New Jersey, Canada, 2005. B.TECH. MINING ENGG.