Mining Publication: NIOSH Research in Coal Dust and Explosions
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Original creation date: October 2004
The NIOSH mining research program at the Pittsburgh Research Laboratory (PRL) includes the areas of coal mine dust control and monitoring, and explosion prevention. One very important project at PRL is development of a continuous recording person-wearable respirable dust monitor. This personal dust monitor (PDM) is a respirable dust sampler and gravimetric-equivalent analysis instrument that is part of a belt-worn mine cap lamp battery unit. Prototypes were successfully tested in the lab and in four underground coal mines. The PDM testing showed that it was convenient to wear and use, robust, and provided accurate and timely data. NIOSH is also conducting research in coal mine explosion prevention, suppression, and mitigation. Aspects of this research program include full-scale explosion research, laboratory-scale research, frictional ignition of methane, mine ventilation seal construction, prediction of coal mine methane emissions, mine monitoring systems, flame cutting and welding operations, spontaneous combustion, and emergency preparedness.
Authors: RG Gurtunca, KL Cashdollar, JC Volkwein, E Rupprecht
Conference Paper - October 2004
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20025675
In: Weitang F, ed. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Coal Research (Shanghai, China, October 26-29, 2004). Beijing, China: China National Coal Association, Department of International Cooperation, 2004; :179-186
See Also
- Continuous Respirable Mine Dust Monitor Development
- Continuous Respirable Mine Dust Monitor Development
- Development and Application of Reservoir Models and Artificial Neural Networks for Optimizing Ventilation Air Requirements in Development Mining of Coal Seams
- Equivalency of a Personal Dust Monitor to the Current United States Coal Mine Respirable Dust Sampler
- Guidelines for the Control and Monitoring of Methane Gas on Continuous Mining Operations
- Guidelines for the Prediction and Control of Methane Emissions on Longwalls
- Prediction of Longwall Methane Emissions and the Associated Consequences of Increasing Longwall Face Lengths: A Case Study in the Pittsburgh Coalbed
- Remote Methane Sensors
- Reservoir Modeling-Based Prediction and Optimization of Ventilation Requirements During Development Mining in Underground Coal Mines
- Reservoir Rock Properties of Coal Measure Strata of the Lower Monongahela Group, Greene County (Southwestern Pennsylvania), from Methane Control and Production Perspectives
- Page last reviewed: 9/21/2012
- Page last updated: 9/21/2012
- Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program