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A vital component in the design of a new underground mine or other subsurface facility is the quantified planning of the distribution of airflows, together with the locations and duties of fans and other ventilation controls required to achieve acceptable environmental conditions throughout the system. Similarly, throughout the life of an underground operation, it is necessary to plan ahead in order that new fans, shafts or other airways are available in a timely manner for the efficient ventilation of extensions to the workings. As any operating mine is a dynamic system with new workings continually being developed and older ones coming to the end of their productive life, ventilation planning should be a continuous and routine process.
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McPherson, M.J. (1993). Ventilation network analysis. In: Subsurface Ventilation and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1550-6_7
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