Results 11 - 20 of 33

• Methane Emissions and Airflow Patterns on a Longwall Face: Potential Influences from Longwall Gob Permeability Distributions on a Bleederless Longwall Panel
  2/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article evaluating longwall face ventilation practices at a mine study site.
• Simultaneously Reducing CO2 and Particulate Exposures via Fractional Recirculation of Vehicle Cabin Air
  7/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article presenting research on fractional recirculation as a simple method to reduce exposures to particulate matter and CO2 in vehicles.
• Reducing Float Coal Dust: Field Evaluation of an Inline Auxiliary Fan Scrubber
  12/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article by NIOSH discusses a prototype flooded-bed scrubber that was evaluated for float coal dust control in the return of a continuous miner section.
• New Improvements to MFIRE to Enhance Fire Modeling Capabilities
  6/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing NIOSH's mine fire simulation program, MFIRE, which is used as a standard for assessing and predicting the impact of a fire on the mine ventilation system and the spread of fire contaminants in coal and metal/nonmetal mines.
• Modeling Carbon Monoxide Spread in Underground Mine Fires
  5/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study that describes the computer modeling of how carbon monoxide moves through an underground mine ventilation network during a fire event.
• Evaluation of Detection and Response Times of Fire Sensors Using an Atmospheric Monitoring System
  3/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article by NIOSH describes a series of full-scale experiments that evaluated an atmospheric monitoring system for fire detection in other areas of a coal mine.
• A Study of Leakage Rates Through Mine Seals in Underground Coal Mines
  1/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article detailing the results of a study on leakage rates of coal bed gas through underground coal mine seals at a western U.S. underground coal mine.
• CFD Modeling of Methane Distribution at a Continuous Miner Face With Various Curtain Setback Distances
  7/1/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A report focused on validating a series of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models using full-scale ventilation gallery data that assessed how curtain setback distance impacted airflow patterns and methane distributions at an empty mining face.
• Numerical Modeling of Water Spray Suppression of Conveyor Belt Fires in a Large-Scale Tunnel
  5/1/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A report detailing the reults a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model that was developed to simulate the interaction between the ventilation airflow, the belt flame spread, and the water spray system in a mine entry.
• Investigation of induced recirculation during planned ventilation system maintenance
  10/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A report detailing ways to increase mine airflow to underground metal/nonmetal mine working areas to improve miners’ health and safety. One of those areas is controlled recirculation.