Experimental and Modeling Investigation of the Effect of Ventilation on Smoke Rollback in a Mine Entry [2005]

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• Personal Author:
  Edwards, J. C. ; Franks, R. A. ; Friel, G .F. ; Yuan, L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Description:
  To determine the critical air velocity for preventing smoke rollback, diesel-fuel fire experiments were conducted in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) Pittsburgh Research Laboratory’s Safety Research Coal Mine. Such information is necessary for preplanning and implementation of ventilation changes during mine fire fighting and rescue operations. The fire intensity varied from 50 to 300 kW depending on the fuel tray area. Airflow in the 2-m- (6.6-ft-) high, 2.9-m- (9.5-ft-) wide coal mine entry was regulated during the course of each experiment. The airflow was measured upwind from the fire as an average over the entry cross-section with an ultrasonic airflow sensor and was recorded dynamically with a mine monitoring system. The extent of smoke reversal was monitored with light-obscuration monitors, ionization smoke sensors and visual observations. Experimental results for the critical air velocity for smoke reversal as a function of fire intensity compared very well with model predictions based upon a computational fluid dynamics fire dynamics simulator.
• Subjects:
  Mining
• Source:
  Edwards, J.C.; Franks, R.A.; Friel, G.F.; Yuan, L. Experimental and modeling investigation of the effect of ventilation on smoke rollback in a mine entry. Mining Engineering , 2006, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 53-58. https://me.smenet.org/abstract.cfm?articleID=1623&page=53
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057149
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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