Fire Scenarios Inside a Room-and-Pillar Underground Quarry Using Numerical Modeling to Define Emergency Plans

Underground fires are still one of the most significant risks in mines today. In order to manage this risk, it is necessary know potential evolution a fire and effects can have on people other objects. Ventilation plays an essential role development fire; also influences propagation toxic fumes variation temperatures all areas mine. Currently, possible jointly analyze, through numerical modeling, ventilation circuit for different scenarios define, detail, emergency plans that need be adopted. paper, study was conducted via use Ventsim Software (an integrated mine tunnel package able analyze airflows, pressures, heat, gases, along defined over time using iterative procedure solve Kirchhoff’s current law). Furthermore, study, illustrated how joint modeling fire, when applied underground gypsum northwest Italy, provides elements define safety procedures should adopted standard conditions as well during due fire. More specifically, identify suitable escape routes depending location available staff evacuate safely.