Use of a Total Flammable Gas Detector in Mine Recovery

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• Personal Author:
  Chilton, Joseph E.
• Description:
  Methanometers with catalytic heat-of-combustion sensors used in coal mines today will read low for flammable gases when oxygen (O2) concentrations are low or when methane (CH4) concentrations are greater than 10%. Thus, these methanometers may not be reliable during operations such as fire fighting or recovery of sealed mines. The U.S. Bureau of Mines developed a total flammable gas detector (TFGD) to measure CH4 at concentrations up to 100% and to measure flammable gases in low O2 concentrations. This paper describes the operation and construction of the TFGD and discusses measurements of flammable mine gases obtained from a mine in western Pennsylvania. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Methane Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal Mining Methanes Mine Fires Mine Gases Mining Industry Monitoring Systems Monitors Underground Mines Underground Mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9780873351089
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; Colorado ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9 ; 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:
  13-19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10004917
• Citation:
  New technology in mine health and safety: proceedings of the symposium held at the SME Annual Meeting, February 24-27, 1992, Phoenix, Arizona. Wahab KA, ed. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 1992 Feb; :13-19
• Editor(s):
  Wahab KA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  New technology in mine health and safety: proceedings of the symposium held at the SME Annual Meeting, February 24-27, 1992, Phoenix, Arizona
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2ab6aff2ca5f02398fd9d4d74b4683ba933f8176d14933c6114fc27495b1d729dd72a20a5db2b447293e28593f3e23d03907b5044b44dcba497a3608092311ab
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219622/cdc_219622_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 685.75 KB ]