Report of Investigations 9520: Evaluation of the Response of Diffusion-Type Carbon Monoxide Sensors

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• Journal Article:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9520
• Personal Author:
  Edwards, John C. ; Morrow, Gerald S.
• Description:
  Experiments were conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Mines with six diffusion-type carbon monoxide (CO) sensors to determine their response to a reference CO concentration under both static and dynamic flow conditions. Static experiments were conducted with 0.5 L/min flow of 16 ppm CO in N2 through 8 and 12 liter chambers. Dynamic flow experiments were conducted in two environmental chambers. The results of the static experiments demonstrated that the sensors consistently underestimate the reference gas concentration. The dynamic experiments results showed the sensors provided reasonable agreement with the reference gas concentration when directional flow effects were not considered. Directional flow effects were evaluated for two sensors. The sensors' directional flow effect is significant for their proper in-mine utilization to enhance mine safety through the implementation of a mine fire early warning system. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Carbon Monoxide Fires Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mine-safety; Performance-evaluation; Warning-systems; Fire-protection; Gas-flow; Gas-detectors; Safety-devices; Diffusion-sensors; Manufacturing-technology; Job-environment; Industrial-safety-engineering; Mineral-industries
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9520, 1994 Jan; :1-9
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  15 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10005682
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-147971
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4fbcdb07ed665b460213b3a5e4ca94be89d982c959f7dd200d4e3aaf36b33dabf0d4d3317188a1b22d0e1689b64eae2274878aa664c0cbcdccb0807e7df2bfce
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10131/cdc_10131_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.08 MB ]