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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