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1/1/2004 - Contract reportsThe objective of this study was to determine the in-situ effectiveness of the selected technologies available to the underground mining industry for reducing particulate matter and gaseous emissions from diesel-powered equipment. The protocol was establ...
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10/1/2002 - Conference papersResults of experiments to train a neural network to detect coal and styrene-butadiene-rubber conveyor belting fires. Six of the seven experiments were conducted in the presence of diesel exhaust.
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8/1/2002 - Information CircularsThis report reviews the performance and applicability of technology for the control of emissions from diesel-powered equipment used in underground coal and metal/nonmetal mines.
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9/1/2001 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA method was developed to estimate the average workplace concentration of DPM that could be expected from using the new lower DPM-emitting engines now being approved by MSHA.
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1/1/2001 - Conference papersObjectives: To determine the regional deposition of particulate matter in human lungs for a variety of steady-state engine operating conditions, fuel formulations and combinations of after treatment devices, and to characterize the size, distribution an...
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10/1/1999 - Conference papersA series of four coal combustion experiments was conducted at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory in the Safety Research Coal Mine to evaluate the response of optical and ionization smoke and CO sens...
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6/1/1999 - Conference papersA report on a series of four coal combustion experiments conducted at the NIOSH (PRL) Safety Research Coal Mine (SRCM) to evaluate the response of fire sensors to a small 0.61 m square smoldering coal fire which transitions to flaming combustion in the ...
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11/1/1996 - Conference papersThe U.S. Bureau of Mines and others have conducted a number of occupational exposure surveys since the publication of the International Agency for Research on Cancer report of 1989, which labeled diesel exhaust as a probable human carcinogen. This repor...
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4/1/1994 - Technology NewsThe objective was to develop a portable emissions measurement apparatus.
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12/8/2022 - PC softwareUse the Air Quantity Estimator to gauge the air quantity needed to dilute diesel particulate matter (DPM) in an underground large-opening mine. Now in 2.0!
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program