BBE staff actively participate in professional issues and regularly publish papers. Below is a selection of relevant publications:
MD Butterworth and TJ Sheer, Ejector Refrigeration Systems for Chilled Water Using High-Pressure Water as the Motive Fluid. Proceedings 8th International Mine Ventilation Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 6-8 July 2005.
RE Gundersen, FH von Glehn and RW Wilson, Improving the Efficiency of Mine Ventilation and Cooling Systems Through Active Control. Proceedings 8th International Mine Ventilation Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 6-8 July 2005.
R Ramsden, AR Branch and RW Wilson, Factors Influencing the Choice of Cooling and Refrigeration Systems for Mines. Proceedings 8th International Mine Ventilation Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 6-8 July 2005.
N Schophaus, SJ Bluhm and RC Funnell, Effects of Ventilation Leakage in Deep Hot Narrow Reef Mechanised Stopes. Proceedings 8th International Mine Ventilation Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 6-8 July 2005.
WM Marx, SJ Bluhm and RW Wilson, Ventilation challenges and solutions, South African Institute for Mining and Metallurgy - Mine Operators Colloquium, September 2004.
WM Marx, FH von Glehn, SJ Bluhm and M Biffi, The simulation of mine ventilation and cooling networks using the Vuma suite of software, Second International Seminar on Deep and High Stress Mining, South Africa, February 2004.
RW Wilson, SJ Bluhm, H Smit and RC Funnell, Surface bulk air cooler concepts producing ultra-cold air and utilising ice thermal storage, Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, Vol. 56, No. 4, October/December 2003.
RCW Webber, RM Franz and WM Marx, A review of local and international heat stress indices, standards and limits with reference to ultra-deep mining, Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, June 2003.
SJ Bluhm, FH von Glehn and H Smit,Important Basics of Mine Ventilation and Cooling Planning, Mine Ventilation Society of SA, Annual Conference, Managing the Basics, CSIR, Pretoria, February 2003.
WM Marx, M Biffi, FH von Glehn and SJ Bluhm, VUMA-network: A simulation tool for mine ventilation and cooling networks, First International Seminar on Deep and High Stress Mining, Australia, November 2002.
FH von Glehn, R Hemp and RC Funnell, Numerical modelling of heat flow in mines, South African Journal of Science, Volume 98, No. 9/10, September/October 2002.
WM Marx and BK Belle, Simulating airflow conditions in a South African coal mine, using the VUMA-Network simulation software, North American / Ninth U.S. Mine Ventilation Symposium, June 2002.
PC Schutte and WM Marx, Heat stress management in the South African mining industry: a strategy to healthy work places and a productive work force, North American / Ninth U.S. Mine Ventilation Symposium, June 2002.
SJ Bluhm, FH von Glehn, WM Marx and M Biffi, VUMA Mine Ventilation Software, Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, July/Sept 2001.
WM Marx, FH von Glehn, M Biffi and SJ Bluhm, VUMA (Ventilation of Underground Mine Atmospheres) - A Mine Ventilation and Cooling Network Simulation Tool, Proceedings 7th International Mine Ventilation Congress, chap 46, pp. 317-324. EMAG, Krakow, June 2001.
RC Funnell, SJ Bluhm and TJ Sheer, Optimisation of cooling resources in deep stopes. Proceedings 7th International Mine Ventilation Congress, chap 56, pp. 391-398. EMAG, Krakow, June 2001.
R Ramsden, TJ Sheer and MD Butterworth, Design and Simulation of Ultra-Deep Mine Cooling Systems. Proceedings 7th International Mine Ventilation Congress, pp. 756-760, Krakow, Poland, June 2001.
SJ Bluhm, Heat Loads and Cooling Requirements for Different Ultra-deep Stoping Configurations, Proceedings 7th International Mine Ventilation Congress, Krakow, Poland, June 2001.
SJ Bluhm, RC Funnell and H Smit, Horizontal Spray Chambers for Surface Bulk Air Cooling, Proceedings 7th International Mine Ventilation Congress, Krakow, Poland, June 2001.
SJ Bluhm and M Biffi, Variations in Ultradeep, Narrow Reef Stoping Configurations and the Effects on Cooling and Ventilation, Journal of the SAIMM, May/June 2001.
FH von Glehn and SJ Bluhm, Practical aspects of the ventilation of high-speed developing tunnels in hot working environments. Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Johannesburg, South Africa, November/December 2000.
WM Marx, SJ Bluhm, M Franz and PC Schutte, The challenge of providing an acceptable thermal working environment in ultra deep mines, Frigair 2000 Conference, 8-10 March 2000.
RC Funnell, SJ Bluhm, WJ Kempson, TJ Sheer and NC Joughin, Examination of cooling effects in stopes using cold hydropower water, Proceedings ASHRAE-FRIGAIR 2000 Congress, SAIRAC, Johannesburg, 8-10 March 2000.
SJ Bluhm, R Hattingh, RC Funnell, M Butterworth, TJ Sheer and R Hemp, Generation and distribution of refrigeration for ultra-deep mining: new challenges and insights. Proceedings ASHRAE-FRIGAIR 2000 Congress, SAIRAC, Johannesburg, 8-10 March 2000.
WM Marx, C Dent, R Hattingh, J Matesa, Mine Ventilation and Cooling Simulation, Ventilation and Dust Conference, March 2000.
FH von Glehn, Presidential Address: Simulation and control of mine ventilation and cooling systems. Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, July/September 1999
FH von Glehn, C F Talbot, A M Rushworth and R M Lomas, Investigation of the causes of transport and tramming accidents on coal mines. Proceedings SIMRAC Symposium, SAIMM, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 1998.
WM Marx, P Linzer, MD Butterworth, Beyond 3000 - Controlling the underground environment with available and currently developed technology in ultra deep mines, Mining in Africa '98 Conference, 14-15 September 1998.
WM Marx, Environ 2.5 - a mine ventilation and cooling network simulation tool, Eighth US Mine Ventilation Symposium, June 14-17 1998.
SJ Bluhm, RB Wilson and M Biffi, Optimised cooling systems for mining at extreme depth, Proceedings CIM/CMM/MIGA Montreal 98, CIM, 1998.
WM Marx, Providing an acceptable working environment in ultra deep mines, Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, April-June 1998.
FH von Glehn and SC Bennett, An examination of methods whereby noise levels in current and new mining equipment may be reduced. Proceedings SIMRAC Symposium, SAIMM, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 1997.
FH von Glehn and CF Talbot, Assessment of illumination and visibility standards in South African coal mines. Proceedings SIMRAC Symposium, SAIMM, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 1997.
FH von Glehn and SJ Bluhm, Heat generation and climatic control in the operation of tunnel boring machines. Proceedings 6th International Mine Ventilation Congress, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 1997.
FH von Glehn and BJ Hole, Scrubber systems to enhance dust capture efficiency. Proceedings SIMRAC Symposium, SAIMM, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 1996.
FH von Glehn, GC Simpson, AM Rushworth and RM Lomas, Transport and tramming accidents in mines other than coal, gold and platinum. Proceedings SIMRAC Symposium, SAIMM, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 1996.
SJ Bluhm and RB Wilson, Heat load and optimised cooling requirements for mining at extreme depths on the Witwatersrand, Proceedings Frigair '96. SAIRAC / ASHRAE, Johannesburg, 1996.
FH von Glehn, G Simpson and S Mason, From theory to practice: The human factor in the equation. Proceedings The human element in Rock Engineering, SANGORM, Johannesburg, South Africa, February 1996.
SJ Bluhm and O Smith, Novel water distribution system for an underground cooling tower at President Steyn Mine, Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, January 1996.
SJ Bluhm and RB Wilson, Refrigeration and cooling below 3000m on the Witwatersrand, Proceedings: Colloquium, Deep level mining - the challenges, SAIMM, Randburg, 1996.
R Hemp, Air temperature increases in airways. Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, 38, pp 1-20, 1995.
FH von Glehn and SJ Bluhm, Ventilation and cooling of TBM drives in high temperature conditions for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, May 1995.
SJ Bluhm, HJM Rose and GENMIN Project Team, Ventilation and refrigeration design for a new shaft system at Impala Platinum Limited, 5th International Mine Ventilation Congress, Johannesburg, South Africa, October 1992.
FH von Glehn, Environmental engineering computer software and expert systems in mines. Fifth International Mine Ventilation Congress, Johannesburg, South Africa, October 1992.
FH von Glehn and R Ramsden, Stripper - A computer program for the analysis of the effectiveness of chilled water pipe insulation. Proceedings of the Fifth US Mine Ventilation Symposium, Morgantown, West Virginia, June 1991.
SJ Bluhm, Thermal uncertainty factors in the design of refrigeration and ventilation systems: Engineering prudence or overkill? GENMIN-Ninth Annual Group Ventilation Symposium, Rustenburg, South Africa, May 1991.
SJ Bluhm and GE Greig, Combating the fire hazard from the use of plastic materials underground in mines, Minesafe International Conference 1990, Perth, Western Australia, 10-14 September 1990.
SJ Bluhm, Current research and development in Environmental Engineering, SAIMM School of Ventilation and Refrigeration, 25- 27 July 1990.
FH von Glehn, P Bottomley and SJ Bluhm, An improved method of predicting heat loads in the face zone of stopes. Proceedings ASHRAE-FRIGAIR '90 Conference, Pretoria, 23-25 April 1990.
R Ramsden and C Baker-Duly. Optimum use of chilled service water in ultra-deep mines. Proceedings ASHRAE-FRIGAIR 1990 Congress, chap M.8. SAIRAC, Pretoria, 1990.
SJ Bluhm, Outer sleeve of insulated pipes; main threat in fires, Special Report: Fires and Explosions, Mine Safety Digest, No 3, 1989.
SJ Bluhm and R Ramsden, Research and development to alleviate problems of heat in deep South African gold mines, Published in Mintech 1989.
FH von Glehn, SJ Bluhm and P Bottomley, Evaluation of heat flow from rock in deep mines. Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, March 1989.
SJ Bluhm, N Joughin, H Kenney, J Parsons, P Raftopolous, J Wilson, M Harrison, Capital and labour intensity in the South African Mining Industry, Chamber of Mines Research Organisation, October 1988.
SJ Bluhm, The use of computers for the dissemination of environmental control technology, Presidential address given to the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa June 1988, Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, August 1988.
FH von Glehn and BJ Wernick, The application of expert computer systems in mine environmental control. Proceedings of the Fourth International Mine Ventilation Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 1988.
SJ Bluhm, WF Gebler, R Ramsden and LCE Feio, The design and evaluation of a large direct-contact ice-air cooler for Vaal Reefs gold mine, 4th International Mine Ventilation Congress, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 1988.
SJ Bluhm, R Ramsden, TJ Sheer and RC Burton, Research into the control of the underground thermal environment in SA gold mines, Mine Safety & Health Congress, Johannesburg, 19-20 November 1987.
FH von Glehn, P Bottomley and MK Matthews, Predicting and reducing stope heat flow in South African gold mines. Proceedings of the Third US Mine Ventilation Symposium, Pennsylvania, October 1987.
FH von Glehn, BJ Wernick, G Chorosz and SJ Bluhm, ENVIRON : A computer program for the simulation of cooling and ventilation systems on South African gold mines. Proceedings of the APCOM '87 Conference, Volume 1, Mining, Johannesburg, SAIMM, pp 319-330, October 1987.
SJ Bluhm and GJ Lancaster, Optimum use of daily changes in wet-bulb temperature in the operation of surface pre-cooling towers, Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, Vol 40, No. 54, pp 64-70, May 1987.
SJ Bluhm, N Alexander, T March, P Bottomley and FH von Glehn, The measurement of heat loads in a deep level stope in the Klerksdorp Goldfield, Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, Vol. 39, No. 10, October 1986.
SJ Bluhm and FH von Glehn, The flow of heat from rock in an advancing stope. GOLD 100. Proceedings of the International Conference on Gold. Volume 1: Gold Mining Technology. Johannesburg, SAIMM, 1986.
SJ Bluhm, RC Burton, AJ Kielblock and TJ Sheer, The future implications of controlling the thermal environment in deep gold mines, 'Gold 100' Conference, Johannesburg, 15-19 September 1986.
SJ Bluhm, P Bottomley and FH von Glehn, Theoretical evaluation of heat flow from rock in South African gold mines - the state of the art, FRIGAIR 86, CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria, 14-16 April 1986.
SJ Bluhm and N Thorpe, The use of small cooling plants on a mine, Journal, S A Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, Vol 86, No.2, pp 61-66, February 1986.
R Ramsden and SJ Bluhm, Energy recovery turbines for use with underground air coolers, 2nd US Mine Ventilation Symposium, Reno, Nevada, 23-25 September 1985.
SJ Bluhm and N Thorpe, The use of mini-cooling plants on Durban Roodepoort Deep Gold Mine, SAIMM Colloquium "Mining and the Environment", 8 May 1985.
SJ Bluhm, Contribution to paper "Air temperature increases in airways" by R Hemp,Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, Vol 38, No.4, pp 46-47, April 1985
SJ Bluhm and FH von Glehn, A direct relationship between sigma heat and wet bulb temperature, contribution to paper by MJ McPherson. Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, Nov 1984.
SJ Bluhm and DWB Ferguson, Performance testing of an energy recovery turbine at a three stage spray chamber, Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, Vol 37, No 11, November 1984.
R Ramsden, SJ Bluhm and DWB Ferguson, Heat exchangers for cooling air in mines, Journal S A Mechanical Engineering, Vol 34, No.10, pp 358-366, October 1984.
R Ramsden and SJ Bluhm, Air cooling equipment used in South African gold mines, 3rd Third International Mine Ventilation Congress, Harrogate, England, 13-19 June 1984.
SJ Bluhm, A Booth-Jones and HJ Annegarn, Filtration of underground ventilation air by wet dust-scrubbing, 3rd International Mine Ventilation Congress, Harrogate, England, 13-19 June 1984.
FH von Glehn and SJ Bluhm, A direct relationship between sigma heat and wet-bulb temperature, Contribution to paper "A direct relationship between Sigma heat and Wet-bulb temperature" by MJ McPherson, Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, June 1984.
SJ Bluhm, TJ Sheer and RC Burton, Recent developments in the cooling of deep mines, Journal, S A Mechanical Engineering, Vol 34, No.1, pp 12-18, January 1984.
SJ Bluhm, Horizontal spray-chambers for cooling ventilation air underground, Chamber of Mines Research Organization, May 1983.
SJ Bluhm, Spot cooling of air in direct-contact heat exchangers, Chamber of Mines Research Organization, May 1983.
SJ Bluhm, Contribution to paper "Development of an in-line water spray cooler", Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, May 1982.
SJ Bluhm, Performance of direct-contact heat exchangers, [MVS Conference, Vanderbijlpark 1980]. Journal of the Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, August 1981.
SJ Bluhm, Ventilation and refrigeration: "Hot but not bothered", Journal, Coal Gold & Base Mineral of Southern Africa, pp 63-79, December 1980.
SJ Bluhm, Predicting performance of spray chambers for cooling air, FRIGAIR 1980 Conference, Journal, Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration, pp 27-39, November 1980.
SJ Bluhm and NT Middleton, Simulation of optimal control of refrigeration systems used for environmental control in SA gold mines, Third IFAC Symposium on Automation in Mining, Mineral & Metal Processing, Montreal, Canada, 20 August 1980.
SJ Bluhm and NT Middleton, Simulation of refrigeration systems used for environmental control of deep gold mines, Symposium on Simulation of Dynamic Systems in Applied Science Management and Engineering [S A Council of Automation and Computation], Cape Town University, 27 August 1979.
SJ Bluhm and A Whillier, The design of spray chambers for bulk cooling of the air in mines, Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Vol 79, No 1, August 1978.
A Whillier and R Ramsden, Sources of Heat in Deep Mines and the use of Mine Service Water for Cooling, Proceedings, International Mine Ventilation Congress, 15-19 Sept., Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, Johannesburg, 1975.
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