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2/14/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with ADA Technologies to design and implement a purpose-built flame arrestor for use in explosion-proof enclosures for applications in gassy mines.
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6/23/2021 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with Xtraction Science and Technology, Inc., to examine instrinsically safe mine rescue UAV design.
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12/12/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract exploring the use of active explosion barrier systems in United States underground coal mines.
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2/1/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to test the dispersibility of conventional dry-applied rock dust versus new wet and foam rock dusts and aid rock dust suppliers and equipment manufacturers with development of new wet and foam rock dusts.
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7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to simulate the development and evolution of natural gas (NG) explosions in mine tunnels.
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7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to develop and implement a prototype rock duster that will use sensing technology to determine the amount of coal dust in the mine atmosphere and distribute an appropriate amount of rock dust to effectively inert the coal dust present.
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7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to evaluate LiDAR sensing technology to estimate dispersion distances of float coal dust and assess adequacies of rock dust coverage over large areas.
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7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA capacity-building contract to advance the body of knowledge in mine fires through modeling and application to ensure improved controls.
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7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to develop anti-caking rock dust products.
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7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA capacity-building contract to expand on previous and existing work with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling using the FLUENT code to develop a modeling and predictive tool for mine ventilation.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program