Mining Contract: Safety, Health, and Ventilation Cost Benefit Optimization with Simulation and Control
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| Contract # | 200-2009-30157 |
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| Start Date | 9/1/2009 |
| End Date | 8/31/2014 |
| Research Concept | Software is a powerful tool for ventilation engineers to effectively and inclusively model working conditions in deep, hot mines in conjunction with contaminant concentration and ventilation network modeling. This research will apply a new mine ventilation and contaminant transport model for deep, hot underground mines and provide education for its use in an effort to decrease injury risks, improve working conditions, and meet occupational, environmental, and health standards. |
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Contract Status & Impact
This contract is complete. To receive a copy of the final report, send a request to mining@cdc.gov.
The purpose of capacity-building contracts is to help build the capacity of our nation’s workforce to address critical safety and health problems in U.S. mines by producing graduates with advanced degrees in mining and minerals engineering, and to help develop tenure-track faculty performing research in these areas. Applications for these competitive grants are announced as part of NIOSH OMSHR’s Broad Agency Announcements and are submitted by a Principal Investigator at a U.S. institution offering an ABET-accredited undergraduate degree in mining or minerals engineering.
For further information on capacity-building contracts, please submit a request to mining@cdc.gov.
See Also
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- Development and Application of Reservoir Models and Artificial Neural Networks for Optimizing Ventilation Air Requirements in Development Mining of Coal Seams
- Modeling and Prediction of Ventilation Methane Emissions of U.S. Longwall Mines Using Supervised Artificial Neural Networks
- Probability of Making a Successful Mine Escape While Wearing a Self-Contained Self-Rescuer
- Safety Aspects of Mine Ventilation Through Technical Development and Training
- SPONCOM - A Computer Program for the Prediction of the Spontaneous Combustion Potential of an Underground Coal Mine
- SponCom - Spontaneous Combustion Assessment Software - 2.0
- Study of Mine Fires and Mine Ventilation: Part I, Computer Simulation of Ventilation Systems Under the Influence of Mine Fires
- Technology News 535 - NIOSH Releases New Educational Video: Escape from Farmington No. 9: An Oral History
- Technology News 545 - NIOSH Updates Spontaneous Combustion Assessment Software
- Page last reviewed: 7/18/2016
- Page last updated: 8/4/2014
- Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program