Use of Pyrotechnic Mixtures for Mining of Block Deposits

The article presents the results of estimates of thermodynamic parameters (oxygen balance, pressure, temperature, gaseous products produced in the reaction, specific energy, and the combustion heat) for 11 pyrotechnic mixtures and the final product—gas generator prototype (RSP), which can be used in mines for producing blocks. In addition, formal and legal considerations have been presented, as well as the results of gas generators in Polish mines. In order to compare the effects induced by using a detonating cord and a gas generator prototype, a test was carried out in granite quarries involving the measurement, at the same points, of vibration and the air blast. As a result of the tests, limitations and possibilities of using gas generators were indicated.