South Dakota Mines
Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
Welcome
The organizing committee of the upcoming 19th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium (NAMVS 2023) in collaboration with the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME), and the South Dakota Mines, is pleased to announce that the NAMVS 2023 symposium will be held at South Dakota Mines, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA, from June 17 through 22, 2023.
The North American Mine Ventilation Symposium is organized by the Underground Ventilation Committee (UVC) of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME). Since the first Symposium in 1982, the UVC has sought to provide mine ventilation engineers and technicians in the underground coal, metal, and industrial mineral mining industry with the latest information and operating practices from the field and promote the exchange of ideas and research in a variety of related areas to include the monitoring of air contaminants, determining fresh air requirements, and producing power efficient ventilation and cooling systems and energy-related topics.
The NAMVS 2023 is a peer-reviewed symposium scheduled to run for 3 days. It will be made up of full-day parallel technical streams, include workshops, exhibit booths, networking activities and attract a total of approximately 300 delegates.
Important Dates
July 29, 2022 - Abstracts due; review begins
August 1, 2022- Authors’ notification
January 30, 2023- Full-length Papers Due
February 15, 2023 - Full-length Paper Peer Review Completed/ Notices Released
February 28, 2023 - Final Papers Due
March 5, 2023- Final Program Posted
Note: This website provides preliminary information which may be subject to change as the date of the Symposium approaches.
Symposium Topics
- Mine ventilation automation
- Ventilation planning
- Ventilation design and economics
- Spontaneous combustion
- Mine fires and explosions
- Coal/gas wells interaction
- Methane and gas control
- Computer applications
- Ventilation monitoring
- Air cooling and refrigeration
- Main and booster fans
- Auxiliary ventilation
- Mine management and organization of ventilation
- Mine dust control
- Ventilation on demand
- DPM control and management
- Alternatives to diesel equipment
- Underground mine ventilation training and competence
- Controlled recirculation
- Research needs
- ... and more!
Symposium Courses
Note: Please check the conference schedule for updated information.
A number of short courses will be offered at the Symposium. South Dakota Mines will provide Continuing Education certificates for licensed professional engineers for participation in the courses.
- Diesel emissions control
- Mine refrigeration and air conditioning
- Introduction to CFD modeling
- Mine dust control
- Mine environmental monitoring and fire modeling
- Ventilation design for deep mines
- Coal mine explosion prevention
