OFFER OF SERVICES IN THE FIELD OF MINING AND GEOENGINEERING
The offer comprises:
- Work safety management and technical hazards
- Gas hazard control
- Dust hazard control
- Safety of mining blasting agents
- Explosion-proof systems and devices
- Mining aerology
- Rockburst hazard
- Mining technologies and mining supports
- Testing of mechanical equipment
- Geology and geophysics
- Technical acoustics
- Laser technique
- Thermovision technique
- Personal protective equipment
- Surface and building protection
- Upgrading and utilisation of minerals
- Assessment of solid fuel quality
Work safety management and technical hazards:
- preparation of an industrial plant to implement the work safety management system
- risk analysis and assessment connected with industrial catastrophes, including:
- working out of scenarios of catastrophes arising from natural hazards;
- determination of catastrophe consequences;
- wykazu miejsc pracy zagrożonych wybuchem wraz z ich klasyfikacją;
- working out of maps of environment's susceptibility to failures of industrial installations (human, environmental, and material aspects);
- implementation of risk management principles at workstations.
Gas hazard control
for operating mines:
- gas content assessment, including determination of methane content of coal seams;
- prediction of methane emissions into extraction and development workings;
- classification of mine working (rooms) under appropriate degrees of methane explosion hazard;
- methane explosion risk assessment;
- development of ventilation principles of extraction panels in conditions of methane hazard occurrence along with the selection of ventilation devices for its control;
- working out of coalbed methane recovery technologies and methane utilisation.
for mines to be closed:
- methane hazard analysis for subsequent stages of exclusion of workings, panels, levels, and shafts from operation in mines to be closed;
- simplification of ventilation network models of gassy mines to be closed;
- prediction of gas hazard on the surface in the mining area of a mine to be closed.
Dust hazard control
in the field of dust explosiveness:
- determination of the state of coal dust explosion hazard with respect to seams and panels as well as coal preparation plants, aimed at their classification;
- risk assessment of coal dust explosion hazard in mine workings;
- determination of explosiveness parameters of industrial dusts;
- risk assessment of dust explosions in industrial plants;
- investigations into the strength of dams protecting against dust explosions.
in the field of dusts harmful to health:
- assessment of effectiveness of dust extraction installations in mines;
- calibration of dust samplers (through accredited measuring laboratories);
- air dustiness measurements at workstations;
- working out standards and regulations concerning dust hazard in mining.
Safety of mining blasting agents:
- development and improvement of blasting agents and blasting equipment;
- risk assessment relating to blasting operations in underground and opencast mines;
- development of new blasting agents;
- certificates, attestation and technical opinions;
- control, post-accident and other tests regarding blasting agents and blasting equipment;
- specialist training in the field of blasting agents and blasting equipment.
Explosion-proof systems and devices:
- preparing opinions concerning explosion-proof devices and protective systems used in industrial plants (chemistry, petrochemistry, light industry, underground as well as opencast and borehole mining, storage and transfer of gas and fuels) in potentially explosive atmospheres;
- conformity assessment regarding principle requirements for protective systems designed for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.
Mining aerology:
- ventilation methods:
- ventilation system design for mines and non-mining industrial plants;
- auxiliary ventilation system design;
- development of mine potential schemes along with their analysis;
- analysis of ventilation costs and working out cost reduction methods;
- expert opinions relating to methane dust, fire, and radiation hazard control by means of ventilation methods;
- working out characteristics of main fans along with the analysis of their stability and cost-effectiveness of operation;
- investigation into gas migration in mine workings;
- tests regarding pipe and container tightness by means of marker gas (SF6);
- testing of fans, pumps, compressors, and thermal energy installations (devices);
- mine air-conditioning methods:
- expert opinions concerning geothermal conditions together with working out maps of rock primary temperature isolines for operating and designed extraction levels and coal seams;
- climate hazard risk assessment;
- development of model climatic solutions for underground workings with auxiliary ventilation;
- development of effective climate hazard prevention methods for mining panels;
- investigations and implementation of solutions with respect to the operation effectiveness of mining cooling appliances;
- design of ventilation and air-conditioning systems for deep extraction levels and entire mines;
- expert opinions relating to the optimisation of air-conditioning costs;
- fire hazard risk assessment;
- monitoring of fire hazard in hard coal mining by means of the method of determination of temperature and mass of heated coal in longwall goafs on the basis of goaf gas analysis;
- fire hazard prediction using the method of determination of areas threatened with spontaneous fires;
- fire hazard prophylaxis using methods consisting in fire hazard prevention and combating in longwall goafs;
Rockburst hazard:
- extraction planning in conditions of rockburst hazard occurrence;
- assessment of the seismic and rockburst hazard state in mines;
- projects of use of rockburst hazard control technologies;
- investigations and underground measurements connected with assessment of the rockburst hazard state and estimation of prevention effectiveness;
- investigations into basic rock properties (strength-related, structural);
- analysis of rock mass natural susceptibility to rockbursts;
- risk assessment connected with the rockburst hazard and associated hazards.
Mining technologies and mining supports:
- selection of powered and individual supports for given mining and geological conditions regarding longwall mining;
- determination of working conditions of powered supports in areas of dynamic load (tremor) occurrence, considering the necessity to improve support's yielding properties;
- selection of roadway supports, particularly roof bolting and special supports; design and selection of support reinforcements adapted to conditions occurring in underground mines;
- determination of cooperation possibility of different support types with respect to a single longwall working;
- selection of supports for longwall set-up entries as well as longwall top and bottom roads;
- investigations, measurements and assessment of mine workings maintenance;
- prediction of convergence and load of longwall top and bottom roads;
- selection and optimisation of protective pack constructions for longwall top and bottom roads;
- assessment of shaft lining conditions;
- assessment of the caving debris consolidation degree and settlement of extraction conditions of benches occurring at lower depths;
- planning of shaft filling methods for different mining conditions;
- design of deposit protection technologies for mines to be closed.
Testing of mechanical equipment:
- development of new and improvement of existing constructions of ropes and other elements of winding, transport and hoisting equipment;
- testing of wire and rope properties and working out criteria of permissible rope wear in operational conditions;
- rope selection for different working conditions;
- new solutions of rope suspensions and fastenings, including the use of plastics;
- laboratory and operational as well as fatigue and strength tests of wires, ropes, chains, belt connections, couplers and other carrying elements;
- consultancy concerning exploitation of ropes, cages and skips in shafts;
- control and supervision methods of cage and skip guidance in shafts;
- control of inequality and spacing of shaft guide series be means of the device "TS SHAFT PATHTESTER" and determination of necessary guide setting corrections in the shaft;
- analysis of "guide plumbing" results along with the determination of necessary guide setting corrections in relation to shaft buntons;
- testing of mining support frames on test stands in conditions of static and dynamic load;
- bending and torsion tests of sections on test stands;
- stand tests of accessories of road supports, steel support frames, high-pressure flexible conductors and hydraulic hoses, trolley brakes of hanging monorail railways as well as hydraulic props and friction lining;
- corrosion state assessment of steel roadway support frames.
Geology and geophysics
Environmental geology:
- working out of hydrological and geological documentation for hard coal, methane and other useful mineral deposits;
- working out deposit development projects;
- assessment of hard coal deposit resources with respect to sulphur, ash and toxic element content;
- estimation and accounting of coalbed methane resources;
- assessment of the impact of wastes from the coal desulphurisation process used in underground mining operations in the aspect of hazard regarding underground waters;
- working out proceeding guidlines in the field of required investigations concerning wastes designed for disposal in mine worings;
- assessment of the kind and range of natural water contamination impact caused by different types of pollution foci;
- working out geological and mining opinions with respect to the extraction impact on grounds and engineering objects.
Mine hydrogeology:
- risk assessment of water hazard occurrence in underground mines;
- simulation tests regarding the flooding process development in mines;
- strategy and action reducing the salinity of mine waters;
- analysis of hydrogeological consequences of mine closure;
- assessment of hydrogeological aspects of mining activity or mine closure relating to forestry areas;
- working out balance and prediction of the quantity and quality of waters flowing into hard coal mines.
Mining seismology and seismic prospecting:
- investigations into the mechanisms of tremor foci and parameters of their source in the aspect of seismic hazard assessment;
- calibration of measuring paths of seismological apparatus, parameter selection for the determination of seismic energy in mine network;
- organisation of seismological networks in mines;
- production of MULTILOK and SEJSGRAM seismological apparatus for mines along with software for tremor analysis;
- seismic tomography for identification of geological disturbances of a coal seam (faults, washing out);
- passive tomography - reconstruction of the velocity field of seismic waves on the basis of registrered rock mass tremors through mine seismological networks - for the assessment of the state of seismic hazard resulting from tremorgenic roof layers;
- assessment of the seismic effect of blasting operations in underground and opencast mines (quarries) and other sources of paraseismic vibrations;
- prediction of mining vibration impact on surface building development and environment along with the seismic risk assessment on the surface.
Seismoacoustics:
- seismoacoustic assessment of the rockburst hazard state;
- production of portable WLIS-96 seismoacoustic apparatus;
- production of surface stationary apparatus for acceleration registration of vibrations caused by mining tremors.
Engineering geophysics:
- diagnostics of the structure and state of building foundation;
- diagnostics of building construction structure by means of non-destructive methods;
- risk assessment regarding deformations of post-mining areas, including voids;
- design and supervision regarding the performance of drilling and stowing operations making available post-mining areas for building development on the basis of geophysical surveys;
- assessment of pollution propagation in the geological environment by means of geophysical methods;
- identification of the geological structure and hydrogeological conditions by means of geophysical methods.
Radiometry:
- measurements of radionuclide concentration in liquid and solid samples;
- measurements of radon concentrations in buildings and soils;
- measurements of radon daughter concentration and gamma radiation dose;
- measurements of building material radioactivity;
- calibration of instruments to measure radon daughter concentrations;
- determination of natural and artificial radionuclides;
- investigations using isotope markers;
- measurements of the free friction of radon daughters;
- technologies of radium removal from mine waters.
Technical acoustics:
in the work environment area:
- investigation into the state of impact on people:
- noise in the audible range (63 Hz up to 8000 Hz),
- infrasound noise,
- ultrasound noise,
- mechanical vibrations, transferred to the whole human organism,
- mechanical vibrations, transferred to hands.
- working out computer programs supporting the activities of occupational safety services.
in the field of the metrology of instruments:
- verification, certification, calibration of instruments for the measurement of parameters describing:
- noise, infrasounds, ultrasounds,
- mechanical vibrations,
in the field of impact of noise on the external environment and in the place of residence:
- investigation into the impact of industrial and communications noise on areas of considerable size;
- investigation into the effectiveness of acoustic baffles;
- working out vibroacoustic forecasts for investments in different phases of their realisation;
- investigations into the impact of noise originating in different sources on people in buildings.
in the field of impact of mechanical vibrations on building constructions:
- investigation into the impact of mechanical vibrations, transferred by the foundation, on constructions of buildings and structures;
- investigation into the impact of mechanical vibrations, transferred by the foundation and building constructions on people in buildings.
using the vibrating table:
- investigations into the resistance of technical objects with mass up to 125 kg to vibration action according to a programme delivered by the customer.
in the field of machine noise assessment:
- investigations into the acoustic power level of machines by means of orientation methods;
- testing of machine noise emissions.
Laser technique:
- investigations into static and dynamic responses of buildings subject to environmental impact of mining exploitation, among others using vibration and deflection sensors;
- measurement of high methane concentrations in mine methane drainage installations;
- measurement of low concentrations of methane emitted from extended sources;
- assessment of grain distribution and density using the laser granulometer;
- production of laser direction indicators, plumb line indicators and deflection sensors designed to work in mine conditions;
- non-destructive tests of materials and construction elements by means of laser and acoustic interference methods;
- measurements of UV radiation level at workstations;
- assessment of measuring and technical parameters of laser equipment;
- laser alignment of hydraulic presses of big motors, elements of overhead crane systems.
Thermovision technique
- testing of the thermal state of various types of technical objects, including:
- walls of buildings and structures,
- heating pipelines,
- dumping grounds for industrial waste, especially mining wastes,
- power devices and various types of machines,
- driving elements of belt conveyors,
- examinations of persons necessary for medical diagnostics.
Personal protective equipment
- production technologies of filter media and sorptive materials;
- development of construction of personal protective equipment;
- production technologies for respirators and filters to purify air from dusts, aerosols and gases;
- anti-chip glasses for the mining industry;
- new solutions with respect to methods, materials and personal protective equipment for workstations in the industry.
Surface and building protection:
- deposit mining in developed areas:
- optimisation of extraction methods with respect to surface deformation minimisation and building protection, using numerical methods;
- determination of protective pillars;
- analysis of the impact of mining operations on surface deformations.
- prediction of rock mass and surface deformations with respect to designed extraction, using computer aid;
- protection of structures in mining areas:
- assessment of object resistance to deformations of the mining foundation and rock mass tremors;
- diagnostics of reasons of building damage occurrence;
- assessment of impact of industrial and communication vibrations on buildings;
- analysis of ardousness of building uses in mining areas;
- reinforcement and protection of buildings exposed to deformation and mining tremor influences.
- protection of technical fitting network with respect to the sewage system, water supply system, heat engineering, gas engineering, electromagnetic system and telecommunication in mining areas:
- assessment of resistance of the technical fitting network to foundation deformations and tremors;
- principles and conditions of construction of technical fitting network;
- assessment of usability of produced technical fitting network elements to be used in mining areas;
- functioning conditions of networks subject to static and dynamic influences of mining extraction.
- classification and preparation of maps of post-mining areas useability (after the termination of mining activities) for building development.
Upgrading and utilisation of minerals:
- technologies of coal upgrading and desulphurisation, assessment and prediction of technological properties of coal, working out process project conceptions;
- selection of coal fuels for the reduction of harmful substance emissions into the atmosphere;
- clean coal technologies;
- sludge dewatering and management;
- technologies of water purification in underground sedimentation basins, management of sludge from sedimentation tanks, liquidation of surface sedimentation reservoirs;
- assessment of usefulness of wastes from coal mechanical preparation plants for hydraulic stowing, roadway and hydrotechnical building as well as building ceramics production;
- assessment of rheological and transport properties of hydromixtures;
- development of characteristics relating to industrial safety hazards in coal preparation plants and possibilities of their minimisation through comprehensive operation maintenance management;
- working out procedures with respect to coal preparation techniques and technologies;
- training in the field of sampling technique, analyses and for purposes of characterisation of technology nodes operation.
Assessment of solid fuel quality:
- physicochemical and technical analyses of solid fuels;
- elementary and petrographic analyses of coal structure;
- type analyses and classification of solid fuels;
- testing of coking properties of hard coals;
- coal selection for users, considering technological and ecological conditionings, based on the hold data base in the Information Bank;
- assessment of fuels for power devices;
- investigations into raw coal quality prediction, adapted to mine output programmes;
- fuel sampling at producers and customers;
- training for executive personnel of analytical laboratories and representatives of control and quality departments;
- consultancy training with respect to quality system implementation in testing laboratories;
- testing of sampling personnel in the field of obligatory PN and ISO technical standards;
- verification and validation of coal sampling methods using automatic samplers.
