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• Contribution of Various Types and Categories of Diesel-powered Vehicles to Aerosols in an Underground Mine
  4/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study assessing both the relative contributions different types of vehicles make to diesel aerosol concentrations and the effectiveness of control strategies and technologies.
• DPM Research: Monitoring Responses to Ventilation and Control by Water Sprays, and Capacity Building for Mine Ventilation Expertise
  2/5/2020 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract focused on the use of ventilation in controlling diesel particulate matter (DPM) levels, particularly in the context of challenging mining conditions.
• NIOSH Response to 2018 NAS Dust Report
  1/31/2020
  Read NIOSH's response to the 2018 NAS report on dust monitoring and sampling
• Towards a Field-Portable Real-Time Organic and Elemental Carbon Monitor
  8/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study investigating the use of mid-infrared spectrometry as a field-portable, real-time method for measuring elemental and organic carbons in diesel particulate matter aerosols.
• Design, Testing, and Modeling of Environmental Enclosures for Controlling Worker Exposure to Airborne Contaminants
  6/1/2018 - Information Circulars
  Read the latest NIOSH design guidelines for environmental enclosures to reduce contaminant exposure.
• Dispersibility Testing of Dried Wet and Foam Rock Dust
  2/1/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to test the dispersibility of conventional dry-applied rock dust versus new wet and foam rock dusts and aid rock dust suppliers and equipment manufacturers with development of new wet and foam rock dusts.
• Open-air Sprays for Capturing and Controlling Airborne Float Coal Dust on Longwall Faces
  1/1/2018
  An article presenting a study on the potential of open-air water sprays to reduce concentrations of airborne float coal dust, smaller than 75 µm in diameter, in longwall face airstreams.
• 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.
• Simultaneously Reducing CO2 and Particulate Exposures via Fractional Recirculation of Vehicle Cabin Air
  7/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article presenting research on fractional recirculation as a simple method to reduce exposures to particulate matter and CO2 in vehicles.
• Feasibility Study For a Novel Field-Portable DPM Monitor
  3/31/2017 - Research projects
  A project to investigate the feasibility of using alternative measurement approaches to quantify both elemental carbon and organic carbon in filter samples of mine air.