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• Practical Risk Assessment Guidelines for Identifying, Assessing, and Mitigating Stored Energy Hazards in Underground Coal Mines During and After a Mine Emergency
  9/18/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to determine risk analysis techniques for assessing and mitigating basic types of possible stored energy sources for currently available communication, tracking, and atmospheric monitoring systems (AMS).
• Performance and Safety Investigation of Emergency Backup Batteries and Battery Charging Systems for Underground Mining Applications
  9/18/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to address issues associated with battery selection, use, and charging for the underground coal mining environment, specifically with respect to MINER Act requirements for mine communications and personnel tracking technology.
• Ultra-Low Frequency Through-the-Earth Communication Technology
  9/18/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to analyze, adapt, and test an existing ultra-low frequency (ULF), through-the-earth system for communication and tracking of underground mine personnel.
• Safe and Economical Inerting of Sealed Mine Areas
  9/17/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to design and construct an in-mine mobile gas generation plant to extract nitrogen gas from mine air and inject it into sealed mine areas to maintain a safe environment.
• Wireless Mesh Mine Communication System
  9/17/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to design, adapt, construct, install, and evaluate a wireless mesh communication network in an underground coal mine.
• Refuge Alternatives in Underground Coal Mines
  9/17/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to develop engineering guidelines associated with the location, construction, and general application of various refuge alternatives.
• Relationship Between Radiated Seismic Energy and Explosive Pressure for Controlled Methane and Coal Dust Explosions in an Underground Mine
  3/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper describes the research conducted to quantify a relationship between measured values of radiated seismic energy and peak explosive pressure generated.
• Roof and Rib Fall Incident Trends: a 10-Year Profile
  1/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A comprehensive analysis of these events was conducted to better understand where and why these incidents occurred.
• Technology News 545 - NIOSH Updates Spontaneous Combustion Assessment Software
  12/1/2011 - Technology News
  To update the current SPONCOM software to SponCom 2.0 with a Windows-based platform, using tabs and easy-to-navigate screens for entering or selecting data.
• Technology News 544 - New Measurement Tool to Validate Wireless Communications and Tracking Radio Signal Coverage in Mines
  10/1/2011 - Technology News
  This technology is used to map communications and tracking coverage in underground mines. It is important to know coverage of these systems during a mine emergency.