Development of Non-Regulatory Runtime Respirable Coal and Silica Dust Monitor

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• Personal Author:
  Harb CC ; Hemp P ; Moya X ; Rajapaksha RD ; Rawson T ; Roberts J ; Uecker L
• Description:
  Continuous monitoring of respirable silica dust levels in mining environments is crucial to ensure the safety of mine workers. However, runtime monitoring of elevated silica dust levels is not an easy task. This study introduces the next generation runtime silica dust monitor of elevated silica and coal dust levels in the mining environment. For this development, RingIR will utilize our patented cavity ringdown optical spectroscopy-based technology combined with miniaturized FPGA digital signal processing. The proposed system will continuously pull air from the environment and determine the concentration of silica dust levels via data processing from an on-board computer. These dust levels will be displayed instantly and can send audio and visual alerts if the detected level is higher than the set exposure limit. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Dust Mining Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air Quality Monitoring Coal Dust Dust Measurement Dust Sampling Mining Industry Monitoring Systems Respirable Dust Underground Mining
• ISBN:
  9781032036793
• Publisher:
  CRC Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  242-247
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063595
• Citation:
  Mine Ventilation: Proceedings of the 18th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium (NAMVS 2021), June 12-17, 2021, Rapid City, South Dakota. Tukkaraja P ed. London: CRC Press, 2021 Jun; :242-247
• CAS Registry Number:
  Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Editor(s):
  Tukkaraja P
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Mine Ventilation: Proceedings of the 18th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium (NAMVS 2021), June 12-17, 2021, Rapid City, South Dakota
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3a3eb45e09eb0fd421b0cfc6ba475bf02501afbf8ed1f453a178c904c03713ea608caccff667a7ba2702e7f6905783ee2e5d5642edb3ea77a764f9cf025e5330
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222175/cdc_222175_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 520.38 KB ]