Mining Product: Guidelines for the Control and Monitoring of Methane Gas on Continuous Mining Operations
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Original creation date: April 2010
The results from this NIOSH research program demonstrate how existing and new engineering controls can be used to reduce face methane levels. The sampling methods that were investigated can provide better ways to measure methane levels near the front of the continuous mining machine. In this report several practical guidelines are recommended for controlling and monitoring methane levels in the face areas of underground coal mines. Most of the recommendations were based on studies conducted in the NIOSH ventilation test gallery.
Authors: CD Taylor, JE Chilton, GV Goodman
Report of Investigations - April 2010
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20036964
Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2010-141, Report of Investigations 9523, 2010 Apr; :1-75
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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
- Guidelines for the Prediction and Control of Methane Emissions on Longwalls
- Influence of Overlying Strata on Methane Emissions in a Northern West Virginia Coal Mine
- Modeling and Prediction of Ventilation Methane Emissions of U.S. Longwall Mines Using Supervised Artificial Neural Networks
- NIOSH Research in Coal Dust and Explosions
- Predicting Methane Emissions from Longer Longwall Faces by Analysis of Emission Contributors
- 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
- Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program