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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MIN 5029 CONTROL OF GAS, DUST AND NOISE IN MINING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAYATI YENICE

Offered to

Mining Operation Mining Operation Mining Operation

Course Objective

This course is aiming to investigate solution possibilities and determine problems created by dust and noise, which are generated during underground mining activities, negative effect the working environment and causing the decrease of the efficiency of work.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define various gases encountered in underground mines, properties, occurrence causes, effects of this gases, precautions to be taken and how to improve the working environment, 2   apperence of dust during production, the factors affecting the concentration of dust and dust sources, physical and chemical properties of dust, dust measurement, dust hazards and methods of struggle with dust, 3   will be able to do the noise control and definition, importance, effects on human of Sound and noise, noise levels created by equipments, which used at underground and open pit mining.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Properties of gases found in quarries, formation, effects, and precautions to be taken to improve the environment: Carbondioxide, carbonmonoxide, nitrogenoxides, hydrogensulfide 2 Methods for gas monitoring 3 Methane and methane drainage 4 Nitrogen and usage areas nitrogen 5 On some of the exposures seen in workers underground, investigation of the incident, finding the causes and reaching a solution with precautions to be taken 6 Dust formation and the dust source, factors affecting the dust concentration 7 Physical and chemical properties of dust, dust measurement methods 8 Hazards of dust, coal dust explosions 9 Struggle methods against dust 10 Definition, importance and effects on human of sound and noise 11 Noise levels of various loaders used in underground, various types and characteristics of drilling machine 12 various types of drilling machines, dozers, carrier trucks, various types of excavators, loaders, scrapers and graders used in open pit mining, and their noise levels 13 Noise control at underground mining 14 Noise control at open pit mining

Recomended or Required Reading

- Will be circulated during the class

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation + Classroom Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

% 50 Midterm + % 50 Final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr.Sabit GÜRGEN Phone: +90 232 301 75 16 E-mail: sabit.gurgen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 10:00-12:00 a.m

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 2 28 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42 Midterm 1 20 20 Final 1 32 32 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 LO.1 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 LO.2 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 LO.3 5 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 3 4 5