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11/1/2009 - Conference papersThis paper presents a summary of some of the mine fire research and provides an overview of the next phase of the NIOSH mine fire research program.
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8/1/2001 - Conference papersFire is a major concern for those who work in underground mines. This paper focuses on responders' preparedness for fire.
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2/1/2009 - Conference papersThis paper describes the fire tests, provides insight into characteristics of flame spread, and presents the CFD modeling work results of tests to help determine the characteristics for deep-seated fires.
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6/1/2002 - Conference papersAn evaluation of multiple mine fire sensor types for nuisance alarm discrimination. The response of multiple fire sensor types to three small coal fires and three small conveyor belt fires in the presence of diesel emissions was evaluated.
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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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8/1/1998 - Conference papersSeveral experimental programs were conducted at the Pittsburgh Research Center to investigate the level of mine fire detection and alarm capability possible using state-of-the-art technology.
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6/1/1998 - Conference papersThere has been some improvement in overall mine fire preparedness. However, little data has been gathered on a site-by-site basis to determine what improvements might be made on a local level.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program