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• Sampling and Analysis Method for Measuring Airborne Coal Dust Mass in Mixtures with Limestone (Rock) Dust
  4/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article by NIOSH discusses a new sampling and analysis protocol to accurately measure the coal dust portion of airborne dust when mixed with incombustible limestone dust.
• Design and Development of a Dust Dispersion Chamber to Quantify the Dispersibility of Rock Dust
  1/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing the design and development of a dust dispersion chamber to conduct quantitative laboratory-scale dispersibility experiments as a screening tool for candidate rock dusts.
• Lasers
  9/22/2015 - Research areas
  Lasers Topic Page
• Inertization Technologies
  9/22/2015 - Research areas
  Inertization Technologies Topic Page
• Particle Size and Surface Area Effects on Explosibility Using a 20-L Chamber
  6/25/2015 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A paper examining the particle size distributions, specific surface areas (SSA), and the explosion suppression effectiveness of various rock dusts.
• Further Study of the Intrinsic Safety of Internally Shorted Lithium and Lithium-ion Cells Within Methane-air
  11/1/2014 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study that continues research into the potential for lithium and lithium-ion battery thermal runaway from an internal short circuit in equipment for use in underground coal mines.
• Performance-Based Fire Safety Designs for Self-Escape in Underground Mines
  7/17/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A capacity-building contract to minimize mine fires through further study of mine fire occurrence and behavior, devise firefighting methods, and train graduate students in mine engineering and fire engineering.
• Structural Analysis and Design of Seals for Coal Mine Safety
  5/28/2014 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to transfer protective structure design technology from the defense establishment to the design and construction of seals in the coal industry.
• Are lithium-ion cells intrinsically safe?
  11/1/2013 - Conference papers
  A NIOSH study investigating the potential for lithium-ion battery thermal runaway from an internal short circuit in equipment approved as permissible for use in underground coal mines.
• Time-Lapse Analysis of Methane Quantity in the Mary Lee Group of Coal Seams Using Filter-Based Multiple-Point Geostatistical Simulation
  8/1/2013 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article examining the approach of using time-lapse methods to analyze the methane degasification of a group of coal mine seams in Alabama.