Portable Instruments for Measuring Tailpipe Diesel Particulate in Underground Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Janisko, Samuel J. ; Noll J ; Patts L ; Volkwein, Jon C.
• Description:
  There is a need for direct tailpipe sampling of diesel vehicles in mines in order to determine the effects of an emissions-based maintenance program, evaluate control technologies such as diesel particulate filters and identify the worst diesel particulate matter (DPM) emitters in a fleet of vehicles. Therefore, this study examined the performance of three portable instruments: a personal dust monitor (PDM) manufactured by Thermo Scientific, a prototype elemental carbon monitor (Airtec) manufactured by FUR and a prototype AE91 instrument from Magee Scientific. These instruments were evaluated on the basis of their ability to provide direct reading tailpipe analysis for DPM. It was determined that the average bias of the tailpipe results from the PDM and the Airtec were 3+/-12% and 4+/-20%, respectively, when compared to the standard method of determining tailpipe particulate concentrations from a diluted exhaust. It was also determined that the AE91 instrument correlated with the standard method. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Vehicle Emissions
• Keywords:
  Diesel-emissions Diesel-exhausts Mining-industry Particulate-dust Particulates Sampling Sampling-methods Underground-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9781629938530
• ISSN:
  1075-8623
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OMSHR - Office of Mine Safety and Health Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  91-98
• Volume:
  334
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045401
• Citation:
  Trans Soc Min Metall Explor 2014 Mar; 334:91-98
• Editor(s):
  Wortman-Wunder E
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Transactions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3e37ed32d13c3795afca2df37167bd2091171c042e6c64a59f74ce5a5e94ff12c2f80892917bfa6e32d948ef13026be51187a1b4a62eb4d9bd13b1e6648e818b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228082/cdc_228082_DS1.pdf
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