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2/18/2020 - Research projectsA project to provide a real-time method for determining the size and location of an underground mine fire, and the spread of smoke and toxic gases throughout the mine ventilation network, using data from atmospheric monitoring systems (AMS) and MFIRE 3.0.
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4/23/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article describing NIOSH's work developing a test apparatus for a smart monitoring and control system for mine air quality.
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3/5/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article presenting the selection, configuration and testing methodologies employed by NIOSH researchers to integrate commercially available land mobile data radios into an existing leaky feeder communication system to provide IP data transport.
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3/1/2019 - Non-peer reviewed journal articlesAn article describing the design and field deployment of a proof-of-concept wireless IoT solution to monitor machinery and conveyors during operation and maintenance.
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4/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articlesResults from a survey conducted to determine the number of atmospheric monitoring systems (AMS) used in underground coal mines in the United States, as well as an examination of how regulation changes have impacted CO sensor use.
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3/6/2018 - Research projectsA project to advance the assessment and monitoring of exposure respirable aerosols by developing timely, accurate, and site-specific monitoring technologies and strategies to apply to problems associated with exposure to these mining aerosols.
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2/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article evaluating longwall face ventilation practices at a mine study site.
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6/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn article describing a NIOSH experiment that showed that the heat release rate of a mine fire can be calculated with reasonable accuracy using atmospheric monitoring systems sensor data.
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10/22/2016 - Research projectsA project to develop engineering data to improve knowledge of mine fires and their interactions with mine ventilation networks; atmospheric monitoring systems; and fire, prevention, detection, and suppression systems.
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7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to create an advanced mine-wide distributed monitoring system utilizing a low power intrinsically safe fiber optic backbone for improving ventilation and gas and temperature monitoring in underground mines.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program