A Field Study of Longwall Mine Ventilation Using Tracer Gas in a Trona Mine [2020]

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• Personal Author:
  Gangrade V ; Harteis, Samuel P. ; Schatzel, Steven J.
• Description:
  A ventilation research study was conducted by the U. S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and a cooperating longwall trona mine in the Green River basin of Wyoming in the United States. The objective of the study was to evaluate the movement of longwall face air and exchanges between the face and worked-out areas to document the presence or absence of face airflow pathways between these locations. Tracer gas experiments using sulfur hexafluoride (SF,) were conducted to describe air movement on the face and in the mined portion of the active panel. Maintaining adequate ventilation air on longwall faces is important for worker safety and for the dilution of gases emitted from the face and caved gob. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Airflow Author Keywords: Mine Ventilation Gases Longwall Mining Monitoring Systems Tracer Gas Underground Mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0026-5187
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  41-42
• Volume:
  72
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058605
• Citation:
  Min Eng 2020 Jan; 72(1):41-42
• Email:
  VGangrade@cdc.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sulfur hexafluoride (CAS RN 2551-62-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• NORA Priority Area:
  Oil and Gas Extraction ; Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dc0dbea59656f76d1f55116635128ce2d7f12fd9155b24a3c758613bd211b009c6a4fbbf16f5ccd8f7ecce78bf8b09ba7ee826575a13fffc00b343876db4822a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227971/cdc_227971_DS1.pdf
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