A Decision analysis guideline for underground bulk air heat exchanger design specifications

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dc.contributor.advisor Webber-Youngman, R.C.W.
dc.contributor.coadvisor Du Plessis, J.J.L.
dc.contributor.postgraduate Hooman, Marle
dc.date.accessioned 2014-07-30T07:39:58Z
dc.date.available 2014-07-30T07:39:58Z
dc.date.created 2014-04-16
dc.date.issued 2013 en_US
dc.description Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2013. en_US
dc.description.abstract This study investigated different underground bulk air heat exchanger (>100 m3/s) design criteria. It was found that no single document exist covering these heat exchangers and therefore the need was identified to generate a guideline with decision analyser steps to arrive at a technical specification. The study investigated the factors influencing the heat exchanger designs (spray chambers, towers and indirect-contact heat exchangers) and the technical requirements for each. The decision analysers can be used to generate optimised user-friendly fit-for-purpose bulk air heat exchanger (air cooler and heat rejection) designs. The study was tested against a constructed air cooler and heat rejection unit at a copper mine. It was concluded that the decision analysers were used successfully. It is recommended design engineers use these decision analysers to effectively design other heat exchangers. en_US
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dc.description.department Mining Engineering en_US
dc.description.librarian gm2014 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Hooman, M 2013, A Decision analysis guideline for underground bulk air heat exchanger design specifications, MEng dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41006> en_US
dc.identifier.other E14/4/308/gm en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41006
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
dc.rights © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. en_US
dc.subject Underground bulk air heat exchanger en_US
dc.subject Air cooler en_US
dc.subject Heat rejection en_US
dc.subject Copper mine en_US
dc.subject UCTD en_US
dc.title A Decision analysis guideline for underground bulk air heat exchanger design specifications en_US
dc.type Dissertation en_US


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