Design and Recommended Specifications for a Safe Methane Gas Piping System

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• Personal Author:
  Bondurant DM ; Niedbala R ; Schuster DD ; Tongue DW
• Description:
  This report describes the engineering work leading to the design of an underground coal mine piping system to transport approximately 2,000,000 cubic feet per day of methane gas to the surface from degasification holes drilled horizontally into the coalbed in existing coal mines. Safety instrumentation for detecting gas leaks and provisions for automatic emergency shutdown are included in the design. It also includes specifications for a safe system of handling gas, water, and drill cuttings during drilling of the horizontal holes and recommendations for compressor and metering facilities at the surface. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-97
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10000723
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-259340
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/259-340 Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries; :1-97
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Performing Organization:
  Energy Applications
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/259-340 Available for Reference At Bureau Libraries
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ce6d7fcd93db2614d73e0ee434606a14e6fb89400fc16b51a0fc2c5775d521dccd88e3f18fad77aa4c909153236b885332540242117bdbd2e9d164e99ef4be16
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/234576/cdc_234576_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.32 MB ]