National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Syllabus

Course Details

Subject {L-T-P / C} : MN6032 : Novel and innovative mining practices { 3-0-0 / 3}

Subject Nature : Theory

Coordinator : Prof. Debi Prasad Tripathy

Syllabus

Innovative Mining Technology: Opencast and Underground.
Automation, Robotics, Tele-monitoring in Mines, Virtual Reality and Animation

Extra-Terrestrial Mining: Deep Sea Mining, Moon Mining, Asteroid Mining, Mining in the Arctic and Antarctica.

Underground Gasification and Coal Bed Methane, Remote Sensing, GIS & GPS Applications

Innovations in Instrumentation and Communication System, Bioleaching and Heap Leaching, Clean Coal Technology.

Course Objectives

  • To familiarize with modern and innovative mining practices
  • Mining of ores from space and deep sea

Course Outcomes

understanding novel and new techniques for future mining

Essential Reading

  • Alan Wexelblat, Virtual Reality: Applications and Explorations, Academic Press, 1993
  • Alexandra Merlé Post, Deep Sea Mining and the Law of the Sea”, BRILL, 1983

Supplementary Reading

  • . W.Hustrulid and M.Kuchta,, “Open Pit Mine Planning and Design”,, A.A. Balkema Rotterdam, 1995
  • William R. Sherman, Craig,., “Understanding Virtual Reality: Interface, Application, and Design”, Morgan Kaufmann, 2003.

Journal and Conferences

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