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• Characterization of Airborne Float Coal Dust Emitted During Continuous Mining, Longwall Mining, and Belt Transport
  9/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article detailing field characterization studies performed by NIOSH to determine quantitatively the sources, types and amounts of dust produced during various coal mining processes.
• Spontaneous Combustion
  4/7/2017 - Catalogs and indexes, Research areas
  OMSHR topic page on spontaneous combustion.
• Battery Safety Enhancements for Underground Coal Mines
  10/22/2016 - Research projects
  A project to make recommendations and guide policy or program decisions regarding the safety of batteries used in underground coal mines.
• Modeling Natural Gas Explosions for Coal Mine Safety
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to simulate the development and evolution of natural gas (NG) explosions in mine tunnels.
• Investigation of Reduced Order Fire Modeling for Improved Safety and Response in Underground Coal Mines
  7/19/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to advance the body of knowledge in mine fires through modeling and application to ensure improved controls.
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling for Underground Mines
  7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A 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.
• Adapting Remote Methane Leak Detector (RMLD) to Coal Miner Rescue
  7/16/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to evaluate the practicality and permissibility of modern laser-based technology for remotely detecting and mapping potentially explosive methane accumulations.
• Lasers
  9/22/2015 - Research areas
  Lasers Topic Page
• Further Study of the Intrinsic Safety of Internally Shorted Lithium and Lithium-ion Cells Within Methane-air
  11/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study that continues research into the potential for lithium and lithium-ion battery thermal runaway from an internal short circuit in equipment for use in underground coal mines.
• Performance-Based Fire Safety Designs for Self-Escape in Underground Mines
  7/17/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to minimize mine fires through further study of mine fire occurrence and behavior, devise firefighting methods, and train graduate students in mine engineering and fire engineering.