Download MineFire Pro+ USER`S MANUAL & TUTORIAL

Table of Contents
1.
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................... 6
2.
OVERVIEW OF MINEFIRE ............................................................................................................ 7
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3.
MINEFIRE: ITS APPLICATIONS AND USES .......................................................................................... 7
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND .................................................................................... 8
BACKGROUND THEORY OF MFIRE .................................................................................................... 8
LIST OF MAIN PROGRAM FEATURES ................................................................................................. 9
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR MINEFIRE / VNETPC ................................................ 9
SETUP PROCEDURE ..........................................................................................................................10
SOFTWARE ENCRYPTION..................................................................................................................10
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MINEFIRE AND VNETPC ............................................................................10
PROGRAM LIMITATIONS ...................................................................................................................11
DATA PREPARATION AND INPUT .............................................................................................11
3.1 VENTILATION NETWORK (SCHEMATIC) ...........................................................................................12
3.2 DESCRIPTIVE DATA .........................................................................................................................13
3.2.1
File Name ............................................................................................................................13
3.2.2
Units and Conversion Utility ...............................................................................................14
3.2.3
Power Cost ..........................................................................................................................14
3.2.4
Air Density and Regulator Sizing ........................................................................................14
3.2.5
Notepad (Comments) ...........................................................................................................14
3.3 BRANCH DATA.................................................................................................................................14
3.3.1
Branch Input View...............................................................................................................15
3.3.2
Branch Average Values .......................................................................................................16
3.3.3
Branch Data Formats..........................................................................................................17
3.4 JUNCTION DATA...............................................................................................................................18
3.4.1
Temperature ........................................................................................................................18
3.4.2
Methane ...............................................................................................................................19
3.5 MINEFIRE CONTROL DATA ..............................................................................................................19
3.5.1
Control Data I .....................................................................................................................19
3.5.2
Control Card II ...................................................................................................................21
3.5.3
Time Table ...........................................................................................................................23
3.6 FAN DATA........................................................................................................................................24
3.7 CONTAMINANT DATA ......................................................................................................................26
3.7.1
Flow Rate ............................................................................................................................27
3.7.2
Concentration ......................................................................................................................27
3.7.3
Heat Transfer ......................................................................................................................27
3.7.4
O 2 Concentration ................................................................................................................28
3.7.5
Contaminant Production .....................................................................................................28
3.7.6
Heat Production ..................................................................................................................28
3.7.7
Reference Q .........................................................................................................................28
3.7.8
Lead Time ............................................................................................................................29
4.
OPERATING THE PROGRAM ......................................................................................................30
4.1 MANAGE NETWORK FILES ...............................................................................................................30
4.2 DATA CONVERSION – PREVIOUS VNETPC VERSIONS ......................................................................30
4.3 EXECUTE MINEFIRE KERNEL ...........................................................................................................30
4.4 VIEWING THE RESULTS OF A SIMULATION .......................................................................................31
4.4.1
List Errors ...........................................................................................................................32
4.4.1.1
4.4.1.2
4.4.1.3
4.4.1.4
Capacity of Surface Arrays Exceeded ........................................................................................... 32
Dead-end Branches ....................................................................................................................... 33
Fan Errors ..................................................................................................................................... 34
Check Unlikely Value for Temperature ........................................................................................ 34
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