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• A Field Study of Longwall Mine Ventilation Using Tracer Gas in a Trona Mine
  12/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing a field study conducted to understand the role of gas dynamics in variable broken rock, as well as investigate airflow exchanges between the face and gob.
• Investigating the Impact of Caving on Longwall Mine Ventilation Using Scaled Physical Modeling
  6/10/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article discussing a study conducted in NIOSH's Longwall Instrumented Aerodynamic Model (LIAM) to investigate the gob-face interaction, airflow patterns within the gob, and airflow dynamics on the face for varying roof caving characteristics.
• Smart Monitoring and Control System Test Apparatus
  4/23/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing NIOSH's work developing a test apparatus for a smart monitoring and control system for mine air quality.
• Ventilation of Longwall Faces
  1/29/2019 - Research projects
  A project to improve the capabilities to detect changing ventilation conditions along a longwall face arising from poor roof caving characteristics and increasing face length.
• Studying Longwall Ventilation with Physical Modeling
  7/1/2018 - Non-peer reviewed journal articles
  An article discussing the development, applications and findings from NIOSH's Longwall Instrumented Aerodynamic Model (LIAM).
• Noise Reduction of Continuous Miner Scrubber Fan System
  2/1/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreements
  A contract to reduce the noise generated by the scrubber fan system present on continuous mining machines.
• Methane Emissions and Airflow Patterns on a Longwall Face: Potential Influences from Longwall Gob Permeability Distributions on a Bleederless Longwall Panel
  2/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article evaluating longwall face ventilation practices at a mine study site.
• Ventilation Overview
  1/23/2018 - Research areas
  Ventilation Topic Page
• 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.
• NIOSH Mining Webinar: Improvement of Longwall Ventilation
  5/12/2017 - Calls for participation
  Plan to attend this important webinar on longwall ventilation and how to improve conditions for miners, Sept. 21, 2017.