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Description:"This report describes laboratory studies conducted by the Bureau of Mines on the spontaneous combustion of U.S. coals. Approximately 11 pct of U.S. underground coal mine fires are attributed to spontaneous combustion. The relative self-heating tendencies of 24 coal samples were evaluated in an adiabatic heating oven. Minimum self-heating temperatures (sht's) in the oven ranged from 35 deg c for a lignite and high-volatile c bituminous coal, to 135 deg c for two low-volatile bituminous coals. An empirical expression was determined predicting a bituminous coal's minimum sht in the adiabatic oven based on the coal's dry ash-free oxygen content. Several factors that can affect the self-heating process were also evaluated. The self-heating tendency of a coal increased when the coal was dried and exposed to humidified air, and was dependent on the particle size and oxygen concentration of the air. A new moderate-scale apparatus is described, in which the self-heating tendencies of larger coal samples, 3 kg, can be evaluated. The minimum sht's of two coals were determined, and the results were in good agreement with those found in the adiabatic oven. Finally, results of a test in the moderate-scale apparatus indicated a strong dependence of the self-heating rate of a low rank coal on the moisture content of the air." - NIOSHTIC-2
NIOSHTIC no. 10005585
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Pages in Document:ii, 28 numbered pages
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NIOSHTIC Number:10005585
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