Mining Publication: Evaluation of Person-Wearable Methane Monitors
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Original creation date: January 2005
Regular monitoring for methane gas is required near working faces in gassy underground mines where the potential for methane ignitions is greatest. However, high concentrations of methane can also accumulate outby the face where methane levels are monitored less frequently. Wearing a personal methane monitor equipped with an alarm could protect persons working in these outby areas from injury or death due to methane ignitions. NIOSH has done studies to evaluate methanometers that could be used as person-wearable monitors. In the present study, seven different person-wearable monitors that are not currently approved for underground use were evaluated. This paper describes test procedures used to evaluate performance of methane monitors that could be used underground for continuous personal monitoring of methane. The information in this report provides data that allow the reader to make side-by side comparisons of these instruments.
Authors: JE Chilton, CD Taylor, EE Hall, DS Yantek
Conference Paper - January 2005
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20028291
Proceedings of the Eighth International Mine Ventilation Congress, Gillies ADS, ed. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 6-8, 2005. Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2005 Jul; :189-195
See Also
- Evaluating Performance Characteristics of Machine-Mounted Methane Monitors by Measuring Response Time
- Factors Affecting the Location of Methanometers on Mining Equipment
- Ignition of Methane-Air Mixtures by Laser Heated Small Particles
- Methane Detection and Monitoring
- Methane Emission Rate Studies in a Northern West Virginia Mine
- NIOSH Research for Monitoring and Controlling Methane at U.S. Underground Coal Mining Operations
- Remote Fiber-Optic Methane Monitor
- Remote Methane Sensors
- Review of Horizontal Drilling Technology for Methane Drainage From U. S. Coalbeds
- Use of a Test Box to Measure Response Times for Machine-Mounted Monitors
- Page last reviewed: 9/21/2012
- Page last updated: 9/21/2012
- Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program