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• How to Operate a Refuge Chamber: A Quick Start Guide
  10/1/2010 - Information Circulars, Training materials
  How to Operate a Refuge Chamber: A Quick Start Guide was created by researchers at NIOSH to be used as a template for mine instructors to modify based on the refuge chambers used at their mine.
• Methane-Air Detonation Experiments at NIOSH Lake Lynn Laboratory
  9/1/2010 - Conference papers
  This paper describes the first phase of research aimed at understanding explosion pressures that can develop in coal mines and the factors that lead to high explosion pressure and possible transition to detonation.
• Numerical Model Calibration for Simulating Coal Pillars, Gob and Overburden Response
  7/1/2010 - Conference papers
  The paper provides a basic set of input data and a modeling approach that can be used for numerical modeling investigations of various coal mine designs using the FLAC3D software package.
• Roof Span Design for Underground Stone Mines
  7/1/2010 - Conference papers
  In this paper, the findings of a survey of roof span stability issues and design practices are presented, and the observed factors contributing to roof instability are discussed.
• Rock Dusting Considerations in Underground Coal Mines
  6/1/2010 - Conference papers
  This paper discusses factors that could result in a potential undetected dust explosion hazard, when using current dust sampling procedures, in an area that otherwise appears to be adequately protected with rock dust.
• Modeling the Effect of Seal Leakage on Spontaneous Heating in a Longwall Gob Area
  6/1/2010 - Conference papers
  In this NIOSH study, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model developed in previous work is used to model the effect of seal leakage on spontaneous heating of coal in longwall gob behind the seal.
• Recommendations for a New Rock Dusting Standard to Prevent Coal Dust Explosions in Intake Airways
  5/1/2010 - Reports of Investigations
  This NIOSH report presents the results of extensive in-mine coal dust particle size surveys of dust samples collected from intake airways in 61 U.S. coal mines, representing all 10 MSHA bituminous Coal Mine Safety and Health Districts.
• STOP - Support Technology Optimization Program
  4/15/2010 - PC software
  Software to assist in making engineering decisions regarding the selection and placement strategy of various standing roof support technologies.
• Guidelines for the Control and Monitoring of Methane Gas on Continuous Mining Operations
  4/1/2010 - Reports of Investigations, Safety guidelines, tips, and checklists
  This NIOSH publication demonstrates how existing and new engineering controls can be used to reduce face methane levels.
• Improvements in Conveyor Belt Fire Suppression Systems for U.S. Coal Mines
  3/1/2010 - Conference papers
  NIOSH conducted full-scale fire suppression experiments, and this report discusses the large-scale experimental configuration, installation of the fire suppression system, and conclusions regarding the effect of air velocity and other factors.