This is a preliminary list of accepted abstracts and is correct as at 3 April 2017 (subject to change).

Coal, metal/non‐metal mine ventilation

  • Numerical predictions of flow structure and fluid age of fresh air in working area with a heading face for mine ventilation — J Park, Y Jo and G Park
  • A review of ventilation and gas management in underground mines — B Robertson and A Self
  • Coal spontaneous combustion mechanism analysis using combined macro‐ and micro‐approaches — Y Cao, W Lu and J C Tien

CSG, including gas drainage, storage and utilisation

  • Gas reservoir and emission modelling to evaluate gas drainage to control tailgate gas concentration and fugitive emissions — D J Black
  • Coal seam gas predrainageoptimisation — M Blanch
  • Comparison of characteristic gas evolution trends of several Australian coal types with increasing temperature — T Levi and R Brown
  • Gases generating regulation of weathered coal during process of spontaneous combustion — D Jun, Z Jingyu, S Jiajia, Z Yanni, Y Xin and Z Yutao

Detection and control of spontaneous combustion

  • Addressing the deficiencies of current spontaneous combustion index parameters — B B Beamish and J Theiler
  • Using liquid nitrogen for the inertisation of goafs — D Caley
  • Tube bundle integrity testing methodologies — L Forrester
  • Experimental study on the effect of high ground temperature environment on spontaneous combustion danger of coal — J Deng, C K Lei, Y Xiao, C M Shu, K Wang and W F Wang
  • Kinetic characteristics of spontaneous combustion of the ultra‐thick coal seam in the Eastern Junggar coalfield, Xinjiang region, China — Z Qiang, L Gen- Sheng, M W Wuttke, J Shi-kui and P Yan
  • Risk evaluation of the spontaneous combustion of coal for underground coal mining — Y Zhang, J Deng, J C Tien, X Zhang, Y Li and X Shi

DPM monitoring and engineering solutions

  • Delivering a healthy atmosphere underground in a cost‐concious environment — J Black and D Reid
  • Wall‐flow type DPF system to replace existing wet element filter systems used in typical LHDs in underground coal operations — N Coplin
  • Morphological analysis of various underground mining aerosols using scanning transmission electron microscopy — A Habibi, K Homan, A Bugarski and B Van Devener
  • The development and validation of a fixed‐point aerosol monitoring system for underground mining — F Velge, G Arsenault and P Knott
  • Application of an environmental 'black carbon' particulate sensor for continuous measurement of DPM in three underground mines — J C Volkwein, E Sarver, C Barrett and A D A Hansen

Gas outburst prediction and controls

  • Optimisation analysis on key parameters of high drainage roadway in extremely thick coal seam with easily spontaneous combustion and low gas permeability —S Li, H Shuang, H Lin, P Zhao, G Chen and E Yang
  • Computational simulation of gas explosion and its propagation in single entry gateroad — A Liu and T Ren

Heat and refrigeration

  • The use of mid‐panel ventilation shafts to improve positional cooling efficiency in a Bowen Basin longwall mine – a case study — D Brouwer, P Wild and B Belle
  • Reducing the heat load in hot working areas of Nevada's underground precious metal mines — K Kocsis and P Roghanchi
  • The contribution of conveyed broken rock on mine heat load — M A Tuck
  • Heat load assessment and mine cooling strategies for a longwall coal mine — L van Den Berg and M Olsen

Longwall and emergency seal‐up management

  • Findings from preliminary testing to determine alternative sources of ethylene within sealed areas of underground coal mines — E Westthorp and J Phillips
  • A review of the strategy and gas monitoring results obtained during the use of the QMRS GAG at Crinum North Mine — E Westthorp

Main, booster, auxiliary fan systems and evaluations

  • Auxiliary ventilation design – why mines waste so much power on inferior systems — D J Brake
  • Fan specification and tender adjudication for mine ventilation engineers with particular reference to turnkey projects — D J Brake
  • Pros and cons to various primary ventilation systems and the need for critical spares — J Holtzhausen
  • Operation of DMLZ mixed flow fans after the first fan upgrade – a parallel fans case study — R Sani, A Sianturi and K Lownie
  • A comparison of predicted operational performance of auxiliary ventilation systems — H W Wu and A D S Gillies

Mine dust monitoring and engineering controls

  • Real time dust analysis — D Chalmers and C Harb
  • Smart sensing systems for coal dust monitoring — F Hasheminasab, S M Aminossadati and R Bagherpour
  • Applications of water infusion for dust control in underground coal mines – a critical review — T Ren
  • Numerical study on the law of dust diffusion in fully mechanised excavation face of large cross‐section under far‐pressing‐near‐absorption ventilation — S Fan, H Wen, J Xiao and J Deng

Mining regulations, including principle hazard management plans

  • Investigation of the effect of fans failure on longwall face gas and oxygen concentration levels — R Balusu, K Tanguturi, P O'Grady, A Lewis and S Winter
  • Safety impact of increased shaft ventilation on rope guided conveyances — M E Greenway, S R Grobler and R S Hamilton

Numerical Modelling/integra with planning, remote monitoring

  • Emergency egress pathway prediction using ventilation models — C M Stewart, S M Aminossadati and M S Kizil

Occupational health hazards

  • Products of reactive pyrite oxidation in the mine environment – implications for coal workers' pneumoconiosis — B B Beamish
  • Pairwise evaluation of PDM3700 and traditional gravimetric sampler for personal dust exposure assessment – a critical assessment — B Belle
  • Study on coal wettability in presence of surfactants by sink test — Y Chen, G Xu and R Wang
  • The application and technology of surfactantmagnetised water for efficient coal dust suppression — B T Qin, Q Zhou and J Wang

Prevention of methane and coal dust explosions

  • Optimal goaf hole spacing in high production gassy two heading longwall mines operational experiences — B Belle
  • Full‐scale numerical modelling of methane explosions in underground roadway and parametric study — T Ren, A Remennikov and A Liu
  • Designing for overpressures — M Parcell
  • Introducing a new age of highly effective, automatic explosion suppression barriers — A Späth, B K Belle and H R Phillips
  • Inertisation of coal augering holes — M Watkinson and B Leisemann
  • Application of venting technology in deceleration of explosion and flame deflagration in ventilation air methane — M Ajrash, J Zanganeh and B Moghtaderi
  • Incorporation of research data in addressing methane and coal dust fire and explosion hazards in coal mines — S K Kundu, J Zanganeh, D Eschebach and B Moghtaderi

Ventilation air methane monitoring and controls

  • New generation of gas sensors for underground coal mining applications — B M Masum, S M Aminossadati, C R Leonardi, M S Kizil and M Amanzadeh
  • Cutting ventilation air methane emissions cheaply and safely — R Holmes

Ventilation case studies

  • An overview of ventilation and gas management systems in an underground coal mine in Iran — F Hasheminasab, S M Aminossadati and R Bagherpour
  • Diesel to electric – creating a positive paradigm in underground ventilation and cooling — W Harris, B Rogers and D Witow
  • Analysis of the ventilation system efficiency for features of the oil shale mine — S Sabanov
  • Australian longwall ventilation systems — M Webber and B Belle

Ventilation monitoring and control

  • A comparison of mine ventilation seal test methods — S E Ivers and D R Chalmers
  • An analysis of reliability and efficiency, ultrasonic versus annubar technologies — M Shearer

Ventilation planning and simulation studies

  • Application of modelling to improve ventilation and gas management in a single entry longwall panel — D J Black
  • Ventilation design rules of thumb – friend or foe? — A Derrington
  • What is the impact of using traditional diesel dilution factors for mine ventilation design? — L van Den Berg, S Hardcastle and N Roman

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