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Chapter1 - Background to Subsurface Ventilation and Environmental Engineering
Chapter 2 - Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
Chapter 3 - Fundamentals of Steady Flow Thermodynamics
Chapter 4 - Subsurface Ventilation Systems
Chapter 5 - Incompressible Flow Relationships
Chapter 6 - Ventilation Surveys
Chapter 7 - Ventilation Network Analysis
Chapter 8 - Mine Ventilation Thermodynamics
Chapter 9 - Ventilation Planning
Chapter 10 - Fans
Chapter 11 - Gases in Subsurface Openings
Chapter 12 - Methane
Chapter 13 - Radiation and Radon Gas
Chapter 14 - Psychrometry: The Study of Moisture in Air
Chapter 15 - Heat Flow into Subsurface Openings
Chapter 16 - Simulation of Climatic Conditions in the Subsurface
Chapter 17 - Physiological Reactions to Climatic Conditions
Chapter 18 - Refrigeration Plant and Mine Air Conditioning Systems
Chapter 19 - The Hazardous Nature of Dusts
Chapter 20 - The Aerodynamics, Sources and Control of Airborne Dust