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1/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper describes the production of high-expansion firefighting foam and discusses the in-mine experimental tests and results.
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4/8/2019 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to explore when and how a secondary dust explosion initates and propagates.
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2/1/2018 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA 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.
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1/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articlesAn 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.
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9/22/2015 - Research areasInertization Technologies Topic Page
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9/17/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to design and construct an in-mine mobile gas generation plant to extract nitrogen gas from mine air and inject it into sealed mine areas to maintain a safe environment.
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9/17/2012 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to evaluate the use of Barricade II Fire Blocking Gel for use in mine fire prevention, control, or fire suppression technologies.
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2/1/2010 - Conference papersThis paper presents an overview of a novel PSA (pressure swing adsorption) plant, the details of the gas injection tests and CFD modeling work.
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11/1/2007 - Conference papersThis paper presents a summary of remote mine firefighting technologies used in U.S. underground coal mines and the results of completed NIOSH research in that area.
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3/1/2007 - Peer reviewed journal articlesNIOSH conducted large-scale experiments to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of various concentrations of an inert gas mixture for preventing and suppressing cab fires. This has led to the choice of an optimum gas mixture concentration.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program