Water infusion for coal mine dust control : three case studies

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• Personal Author:
  McClelland, John J.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  "This Bureau of Mines report discusses recent applications of water infusion technology to control dust in U.S. coal mines and presents recommended guidelines for determining coal seam infusibility. The techniques required to use water infusion are presented in detail. A Bureau case study indicated that water infusion reduced dust levels by 68 pct along a longwall plow face, bringing this section into compliance with the 2.0-Mg/m3 federal dust standard. Similar studies conducted by Occidental Research Corp. under a Bureau contract show that water infusion at two longwall double-drum shearer operations produced dust reductions ranging from 38 to 50 pct. Water infusion was found to be cost effective, averaging 5 cents per ton." - NIOSHTIC-2
  
  NIOSH no. 10005747
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  16 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10005747
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:efff3acfff170caf24db6640c5b26f4a92bb9548a98bf46c669052805b5433dfbd32c10ef9650ecff95e3831bf2f2b178259cb1e6976a9a2d9931d6502942832
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10774/cdc_10774_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.73 MB ]