Activities

Program: Research, Development, Innovation National Program

* CERCETARE DE EXCELENŢĂ

* EXCELENCE RESEARCH

Module: 1

Competition: January 2006

Project category:

* Proiecte de cercetare-dezvoltare complexe

* Complex Research & Development Project

Project no.: 169

Duration: July 2006 – September 2008

Title: * TRANSFORMAREA SALINELOR VECHI, ISTORICE ÎN VEDEREA VALORIFICĂRII DURABILE A RESURSELOR NATURALE DE SARE GEMĂ CA OBIECTIVE ECO-TURISTICE ŞI CENTRE DE RELAXARE – RESTSALDUR

* HISTORICAL, OLD SALT MINES CONVERSION INTO ECO-TOURING AND RECREATION SITES IN ORDER TO SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY OF THE NATURAL SALT ROCK RESOURCES – RESTSALDUR

Contracting Authority: Agenţia Managerială de Cercetare Ştiinţifică, Inovare şi Transfer Tehnologic – AMCSIT Politehnica Bucureşti, Romania

Project Coordinator: Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Metale şi Resurse Radioactive – ICPMRR Bucureşti, Romania

Partner 1: Institutul de Geografie al Academiei Române

Partner 2: Universitatea Politehnica Bucureşti – Centru de Cercetări şi Expertizări Eco-Metalurgice, Romania

Partner 3: Universitatea din Petroşani, Romania

Project Manager: Dr. ing. György DEÁK

Senior Researcher

Research and Development National Institute for Metals and Radioactive Resources-INCDMRR Bucharest, ROMANIA

Head of the Environment Techniques Laboratory

After 15 years experience in mining research, with applications in coal, salt rock, complex and uranium ores, supervising of industrial experiments, numerical modeling of rock support, rock structure interaction and effect of excavation under environment, analysis and interpretation of full-scale in situ tests and parameters monitoring, dr. Deák is author of more than 60 scientific studies and technical reports, 40 scientific publications and 6 patents. He also has experience in technical and scientific evaluations and project management. The most important achievement is DKRControl method for collapse prediction, stability computation and risk in mining activity.

Other representative achievements are: capability to perform short- and long-term prediction of underground cavities stability using numerical modeling, decisional analysis to choose appropriate engineering solutions, continuous and discontinuous in situ parameters monitoring, laboratory experiments and management of R&D project resources.

Phone: +40 213152341 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +40 213152341 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Fax: +40 213131258

e-mail: dkrcontrol@yahoo.com

Scientific coordinator: Prof. Dr. ing. Mircea Georgescu

Prof. Dr. Mircea GEORGESCU

University of Petrosani, ROMANIA

Vice-Rector in charge of Education and International Relations

University professor in mining, civil and environmental engineering. Ph.D. degree in Mining Engineering. Author of many books, handbooks and articles published abroad and in Romania. Author of expert reports on the elaborated international and national projects. Coordinator/participant in national and international research-development and innovation projects. Ph.D. adviser since 1997 in the field of “Mines, Oil and Gas”.

http://www.upet.ro/tehming/index.html

Affiliation: Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, international committees of many congresses and symposia abroad and in Romania. Member of the Mines, Oil and Gas Committee of the National Council for Academic Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates Attestation (Ministry of Education and Research).

Phone: + 40 254 549 012 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting + 40 254 549 012 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Fax: + 40 254 543 491

E-mail: m_georgescu@upet.ro

Main objective:

* Elaborarea unor soluţii de remediere / recuperare a salinelor vechi în vederea asigurării posibilităţii de redare acestora în circuitul eco-turistic, de agrement şi terapeutic naţional şi internaţional

* Old salt mines remediation / recovery in order to make possible the eco-touristic, recreation and therapeutic exploitation of them at the national and international level

Specific objectives:

STAGE 1

* EVALUAREA VOLUMULUI INFORMAŢIONAL EXISTENT DESPRE SALINELE VECHI / ISTORICE DIN ROMÂNIA

1.1 Realizarea bazei de date privind Salinele Vechi din România – Evaluarea situaţiei existente

1.2 Identificarea fenomenelor care pot sau au condus la abandonarea Salinelor Vechi istorice din România

1.3 Prelevare de probe şi amenajare staţii de monitorizare a comportamentului geomecanic al pilierilor

1.4 Strategii de recuperare eficientă a ansamblului de resurse de sare gemă – Saline Vechi. Analize / investigaţii preliminare

1.5 Diseminarea pe plan naţional şi internaţional a rezultatelor.

* INFORMATIONAL VOLUME EVALUATION OF THE OLD / HISTORICAL ROMANIAN SALT MINES

1.1 Romanian old salt mines data base – Evaluation of the Romanian old salt mine real situation

1.2 Phenomena identification causal of the Romanian historical old salt mines abandonment

1.3 Sampling, monitoring stations construction for pillar geomining behaviour

1.4 Efficiently recover strategies of the resource: salt rock – old salt mines. Analysis, preliminary investigations

1.5 National and international dissemination of the project results

STAGE 2

* ELABORAREA SOLUŢIILOR ŞI TEHNICILOR DE REMEDIERE / RECUPERARE / TRANSFORMARE A SALINELOR VECHI / ISTORICE ÎN CENTRE ECO-TURISTICE

* OLD / HISTORICAL SALT MINES RETRIEVAL/RECOVERY/TRANSFORMATION IN THE ECO-TOURING CENTRES SOLUTION

STAGE 3 –objective

* ELABORAREA SOLUŢIILOR TEHNOLOGICE DE RECUPERARE A SALINELOR VECHI / ISTORICE

* OLD / HISTORICAL SALT MINES RECOVERY TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS

STAGE 4 –objective

* ELABORAREA MANAGEMENTULUI DURABIL AL ANSAMBLULUI RESURSE DE SARE GEMĂ – SALINE ISTORICE

* SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE SALT ROCK RESOURCES – HISTORICAL SALT MINES SYSTEM

Project supported by:

1. Ministry of Economy and Commerce-General Directorate of Mineral Resources: Note 175263/23.01.2006

2. National Agency of Mineral Resources: Note 407562/20.01.2006

3. National Society of Salt S.A. Bucharest: Support Agreement Letter 549/26.01.2006

4. Institut für Geotechnik, Berkgakademie Freiburg – Germany: Letter of intent from 19.01.2006

5. DOLEXPERT Prague – Czech: Statement of cooperation from 22.01.2003

6. Ecole des Mines de Nancy – France: Letter of intent from 23.01.2006

7. Amberg Engineering Ltd. – Switzerland: Letter of intent from 30.01.2006

Dissemination:

Aplicarea metodelor numerice de calcul pentru soluţii reale în industria minieră şi protecţia mediului înconjurător / Gy. Deak, Şt.E. Deak/Revista Buletin RESURSE MINERALE, nr. 1, 2006, pag. 37-44,cod ISSN 1842-290X / Editura Universitas, Petroşani
The risk zone identification by surface waters penetration using the electrical rezistivity and decisional analysis / Gy. Deak, I. Oancea, S.O.Mihai/ Revista Buletin RESURSE MINERALE, nr. 2, 2006, pag. 21-26,cod ISSN 1842-290X / Editura Universitas, Petroşani
Multicentury stability computation for the pillar – ceiling structure of the old mines from Praid salt mine / Gy. Deak, S.O.Mihai, Şt.E. Deak/ Revista Buletin RESURSE MINERALE, nr. 2, 2006, pag. 57-646,cod ISSN 1842-290X / Editura Universitas, Petroşani
An assessment of climatic condition in the Praid salt-mine area / C. Dragotă, D. Micu/ Revista Buletin RESURSE MINERALE, nr. 2, 2006, pag. 87-94,cod ISSN 1842-290X / Editura Universitas, Petroşani
Preliminary considerations concerning the actual dynamics of Praid salt deposit geomorphological process / B. Driga, D. Ciupitu, D. Micu / Revista Buletin RESURSE MINERALE, nr. 2, 2006, pag. 95-100,cod ISSN 1842-290X / Editura Universitas, Petroşani
Investigation concerning curative quality of underground salt air / Şt.E. Deak, Gy. Deak, M. Georgescu/Advances in Mineral Resources Management and Environmental Geotechnology, Proceedings of the 2nd AMIREG International Conference, pag. 501-506, 25-27 sept. 2006, Hania, Grecia

Support actions for 7th Framework Programme:

17-22.01.2007 – Biutec, Vien, Austria: project proposal launching

TITLE

HISTORICAL SALT MINES REHABILITATION AND CONVERSION INTO MUSEUM, RECREATION AND HEALTH SITES – EUROPEAN SAVE ACTION

ACRONYM

HISTSALMINSAVE

DURATION / MONTH

36

ABSTRACT

Europe still has an impressive exploitation potential of the man-made resources: historical salt mines, in the world. Some are important touristic destinations, but most of them can not be accesible for tourists because of hydro-geologics and geomechanics phenomena. The main objectives of the project proposal aim the old salt mines potential assessment and historical sites classification according to valorisation categories. To recover and convert these sites into touristic destinations, reinforcement new solutions for salt walls and monitoring and control systems are necessary, in order to assure salt pillar-ceiling strength structure and curative quality of underground salt air. It is also important to define an intergration system of the old salt mines into european touristic and tresaures house circuit, according to the communitary requirements.

SPECIFIC KEYWORDS

decisional analysis, remediation / rehabilitation techniques, monitoring system, control system, man-made resources, salt mine recovery