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2/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA study in which a series of models using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) were used to examine gas distribution around a continuous miner with various fan-powered flooded bed scrubber discharge configurations in an exhaust curtain working face.
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7/18/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA capacity-building contract to develop a method to remotely characterize underground mine ventilation control by multiple tracer gases.
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7/16/2016 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to assess four types of existing technology that can be applied to seals in a nondestructive manner under experimental conditions, including radio frequency sensing, ultrasonic sensing, ground penetrating radar, and tracer gas methods.
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The Effects of Water Spray Placement for Controlling Respirable Dust and Face Methane Concentrations4/1/2006 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA series of laboratory evaluations examined the impact of water spray pressure, curtain setback distance, and external and underboom spray use for controlling respirable dust levels and sulfur hexafluoride tracer gas concentrations around a continuous m...
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1/1/1986 - Information CircularsThe Bureau of Mines used sulfur hexafluoride (sf6) tracer gas to evaluate the effectiveness of gob ventilation and/or sealing practices at three coal mines, each having different problems associated with their mined-out areas.
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12/1/1982 - Reports of InvestigationsSulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is an odorless, colorless, nontoxic gas that has found acceptance as a tracer gas in research on ventilation patterns, measurement of air leak rates, respirable dust reductions due to bagging hood modifications, and the study o...
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1/1/1980 - Reports of InvestigationsThe face ventilation measurement method developed by the Bureau of Mines involves releasing a small volume of tracer gas (SF6) on the off-curtain side of the working face at the start of the mining cycle.
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1/1/1976 - Reports of InvestigationsThis report describes three coal mine ventilation studies by the Bureau of Mines in which sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) was used as a tracer gas.
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1/1/1974 - Reports of InvestigationsThe Bureau of Mines has successfully used sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) as a tracer gas to measure mine air flows under conditions where conventional methods have failed. SF6 was employed experimentally to measure accurately recirculation of return into int...
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1/1/1974 - Reports of InvestigationsThe Bureau of Mines found sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), released from a lecture bottle, to be an ideal gaseous tracer for studying mine ventilation systems. In a Pennsylvania limestone mine, this technique was useful in evaluating the effectiveness of auxi...
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program