Report of Investigations 9537: Relative Self-Heating Tendencies of Coal, Carbonaceous Shales, and Coal Refuse

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• Journal Article:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9537
• Personal Author:
  Kim, Ann G.
• Description:
  Studies on the initiation and propagation of mine fires have dealt almost exclusively with coal. It has been assumed that the self-heating potential of carbonaceous shales and coal wastes is relatively low. However, in abandoned coal mines and waste banks, initiation and propagation of fires may be strongly dependent on the self-heating tendency of these materials. The purpose of the study was to compare the self-heating probability of carbonaceous shales and coal wastes to that of coals. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-refuse; Mine-wastes; Abandoned-sites; Coal-mines; Mine-fires; Spontaneous-combustion; Underground-mining; Mining-industry
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9537, 1995 Jan; :1-27
• 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:
  27 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039210
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b28daac26f77269e17e29567c9c70b3172bfcfbc3426a4fe9b966522b5153b6116633f78cbad594df6ea9a46747a72e3a1dbaca027e5519c2f2e23fcc58e1e90
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10227/cdc_10227_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.96 MB ]