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• Summary of Combustion Products from Mine Materials: Their Relevance to Mine Fire Detection
  1/1/1990 - Information Circulars
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines evaluated product-of-combustion characteristics of combustible materials used in coal mining in experiments conducted in an intermediate-scale fire tunnel, and evaluated each material's effectiveness for mine fire detection.
• Rapid (Grab) Sampling During Full-scale Explosions - Microscopic and Analytical Evaluation
  1/1/1988 - Reports of Investigations
  The Bureau of Mines has developed a system using a high-speed electropneumatic mechanism for the rapid (grab) sampling of dusts and gases during an explosion to monitor pyrolysis-charring in coal particles and combustion of pyrolysis vapors.
• Gas Content Determinations of Salt Samples Using Acoustic Responses
  1/1/1987 - Reports of Investigations
  The Bureau of Mines has developed a practical methodology for determining occluded gas contents of domal rock salt samples. The method, which is portable and fieldworthy, provides results in 5 min or less.
• A Review of the Mechanisms of Gas Outbursts in Coal
  1/1/1987 - Information Circulars
  Outbursts are sudden and violent releases of gas and coal that result from a complex function of geology, stress regime, and gas pressure and content. The Bureau of Mines has reviewed methods for prediction and mitigation of such outbursts in use worldw...
• Evaluating Ventilation Parameters of Three Coal Mine Gobs
  1/1/1986 - Information Circulars
  The Bureau of Mines used sulfur hexafluoride (sf6) tracer gas to evaluate the effectiveness of gob ventilation and/or sealing practices at three coal mines, each having different problems associated with their mined-out areas.
• Problems Facing Coal Mining and Gas Production in the Hartshorne Coalbeds of the Western Arkoma Basin, OK
  12/1/1983 - Reports of Investigations
  Major problems facing the development of coal and gas resources of the Hartshorne Coalbeds include the complex distribution of minable and unminable coal, high methane content and bed pressure, faulting, variations in degree of dip, presence of natural ...
• Sulfur Hexafluoride as a Mine Ventilation Research Tool - Recent Field Applications
  12/1/1982 - Reports of Investigations
  Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is an odorless, colorless, nontoxic gas that has found acceptance as a tracer gas in research on ventilation patterns, measurement of air leak rates, respirable dust reductions due to bagging hood modifications, and the study o...
• Face Ventilation Measurement with Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)
  1/1/1980 - Reports of Investigations
  The face ventilation measurement method developed by the Bureau of Mines involves releasing a small volume of tracer gas (SF6) on the off-curtain side of the working face at the start of the mining cycle.
• Gas-Sampling Capability of Vacutainers
  1/1/1978 - Reports of Investigations
  Tests were conducted to study shelf life of evacuated vacutainer samplers prior to sampling and also to check the stability of sampled gases prior to analysis.
• Improved Methods for Monitoring Production From Vertical Degasification Wells
  1/1/1978 - Reports of Investigations
  In this Bureau of Mines investigation, production was monitored for 1 year at over 30 coalbed gas-drainage boreholes located in Alabama, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.