Report of Investigations 9151: Cost Comparison of Gob Hole and Cross-Measure Borehole Systems to Control Methane in Gobs

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• Journal Article:
  MISSING
• Personal Author:
  Baker, Eugene C. ; Cervik, Joseph ; Garcia, Fred ; Baker, Eugene C. ; Cervik, Joseph ; Garcia, Fred
• Description:
  The capital investment and operating costs of two methane-control systems used during longwall mining operations are compared in this Bureau of Mines report. Costs are given for a surface gob hole drainage system and an underground cross-measure borehole drainage system to control methane gas in gobs in four coal mining areas- central Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, southern Virginia, and northern Alabama. Present-worth analysis is used to determine the more cost-effective alternative in each location. The alternatives have equal lives and provide the same service based on a minimum rate of return of 15 pct. In central Pennsylvania and northern west Virginia, the gob hole system is more cost effective than the cross- measure system, by 10 and 18 pct, respectively. In southern Virginia and northern Alabama; the cross measure system is more cost effective, by 29 and 38 pct, respectively. Costs for other locations must be developed on a case-by-case basis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Methane Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Source:
  MISSING :23 pages ; MISSING :23 pages
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; Mining Publications   ; NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations ; Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Pennsylvania ; Virginia ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center ; PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  28 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10005917
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0d6b12ead1d271771fbcc4ff60cd854f067bef72a8f60845d1870c3ed4acda7224ea01ce8c076e82d3bb42decbec4864eb452e8e612abb00bde96c96b75edc7d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10395/cdc_10395_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.47 MB ]