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Mining Publication: Electromagnetic Noise in Itmann Mine

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Original creation date: September 1974

Image of publication Electromagnetic Noise in Itmann Mine

Two different techniques were used to make measurements of the absolute value of electromagnetic noise in an operating coal mine, Itmann No. 3 Mine, located near Mullens, West Virginia. The electromagnetic environment created by 250-volt dc and 550- and 950-volt ac machinery in two longwall panels was measured and is reported. One technique measures noise over the entire electromagnetic spectrum of interest for brief time periods. It is recorded using broadband analog magnetic tape, and the noise data is later transformed to give spectral plots. The other technique records noise amplitudes at several discrete frequencies for a sufficient amount of time to provide amplitude probability distributions. The specific, measured results are given in a number of spectral plots and amplitude probability distribution plots.

Authors: WD Bensema, M Kanda, JW Adams

Contract/MOA Report - September 1974

NIOSHTIC2 Number: 10001381

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Contract No. HO133005. NTIS No. Com/741-1718, 1974; :1-103


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