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Background to subsurface ventilation and environmental engineering

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Subsurface Ventilation and Environmental Engineering

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Ventilation is sometimes described as the lifeblood of a mine, the intake airways being arteries that carry oxygen to the working areas and the returns veins that conduct pollutants away to be expelled to the outside atmosphere. Without an effective ventilation system, no underground facility that requires personnel to enter it can operate safely.

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  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

    Malcolm J. McPherson (The Massey Professor of Mining Engineering, President)

  2. Mine Ventilation Services, Incorporated, USA

    Malcolm J. McPherson (The Massey Professor of Mining Engineering, President)

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McPherson, M.J. (1993). Background to subsurface ventilation and environmental engineering. In: Subsurface Ventilation and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1550-6_1

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