VNIT Nagpur Mining Engineering Department

Mine Environmental Laboratory

The Environmental Laboratory established in the department is an all-in-one facility covering all aspects of mine environment (air, water), underground mine ventilation and climate engineering.  It is a state of the art laboratory with advanced equipment like X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (XRF), Digital Gas Chromatograph, Gravimetric dust sampler, Atomic Absorption Spectrophometer, etc.

This laboratory offers  testing services for drinking water, waste water and air quality monitoring, Mine gases detection, ventilation network analysis and many other related services

X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (XRF)

Atomic Absorption Spectrophometer

GAS Chromatograph

High Volume Dust Sampler

Gravimetric dust sampler

Gravimetric dust sampler

List of Equipment’s available in Mine Environment Lab

Sr No Name of Equipment
1 Konimeter
2 Biram Type air meter with 4 dials
3 Drager Multi gas detector
4 Gravimetric dust sampler KIT
5 Inflamability Index apparatus
6 Sound level Meter
7 Gravimetric dust sampler
8 Projector for Konimter
9 Water Analysis Kit
10 Respirable Dust Sampler
11 Magnehelic Pressure Meter
12 High Volume Dust Sampler
13 Reparable Dust Sampler
14 High Volume Sampler
15 Tube Axial flow fan 2hp 1400rpm CMM 235
16 Tube Axial flow fan duct
17 BOD Incubator super Delux
18 Atomic Absorption Spectrophometer
19 High Volume Dust Sampler ( DS-2 )
20 High Volume Dust Sampler
21 Laboratory Pulveriser
22 Heat Stress Monitor
23 Fully digital AC variable speed drive
24 Breeze Air EDM Dispersion modelling Software
25 Microlitre Pipette
26 Digital manometer
27 Humidity Controlled Oven
28 Multi gas monitor
29 Turbidity meter
30 Infra-red thermometer
31 Humidity control oven
32 Muffle Furnace Digital Temperature Indicator
33 Digital Bomb Calorimeter with software -001/M/2
34 Reparable Dust Sampler APM-460-BL
35 Microware Digestion System-
36 Software: FLAC 2D/Slope Software
37 GAS Chromatograph for mine gas analysis
38 Digital Balance
39 Hand held human vibration analyzer
40 X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (XRF)
41 Weather Monitoring System
42 Minimate – Ground Vibration Measurement