Handbook of Mining Details (Classic Reprint)
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2019
- Hardcover
- New

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- Title
- Handbook of Mining Details (Classic Reprint)
- Author
- Engineering and Mining Journal
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- HRD
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0365325570
- ISBN 13
- 9780365325574
- Item weight
- 755 grams
Practical guidance for keeping mine air and systems working in harsh conditions.
This section presents real-world solutions for air lines, ejecting valves, and measures to prevent winter disruption. It highlights how pressurized air, water, and debris interact in vented systems and shows how engineers addressed freezing and equipment failures in the field.
Readers will see concrete methods used to keep compressed air flowing, including valve arrangements, strainer use, and the relationship between air pressure and water ejection. The material also covers ways to connect valves to pipe lines and the role of grits and foreign matter in system performance.
Two notable strategies are described for cold weather: flushing lines with salt to prevent freezing and installing electric heaters on drains to keep water from freezing. Examples detail installation standards, voltage considerations, and the scale of properties where these methods were applied.
- Understand how an ejector valve balances pressures to eject water and stop air when needed.
- Learn about preventing freezing via brine or salt injections and how brine formation helps protect lines in dips.
- See how electric heaters are placed near drain cocks to keep water from freezing in air mains.
- Get a sense of real-world installations and design considerations from mining practice.
Ideal for readers of mining engineering, industrial safety, and historical methods in underground operations.
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PBShop.store UK
Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
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