A Comparison of Mine Fire Sensors [RI 9572]

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• Personal Author:
  Conti, Ronald S. ; Litton, Charles D.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  "This U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) report discusses the results of research conducted in the USBM experimental mine at its Lake Lynn Laboratory to determine the alarm times of smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) sensors, and a point type heat sensor (PTHS) to slowly developing coal-conveyor belt fires. The tests were conducted at air velocities of 0.44 and 0.97 m/s. The data clearly indicate that smoke sensors provide earlier warning of fire than 10 ppm CO sensors, and that 10 ppm CO sensors provide earlier warning than PTHS. A success rate of 1.0 (indicating detection of every test fire) was obtained for both smoke and CO sensors. For the PTHS, the success rate was 0.57 at the lower air velocity, decreasing to 0 at the higher air velocity. Data are also presented showing the sequence of fire events and detection events at the two air velocities as a function of time. Results show that early detection and warning of underground mine fires will improve the probability of miners' escape." - NIOSHTIC-2
  
  NIOSHTIC no. 20022706
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  iv, 10 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022706
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b519c1f9e057269cec2826be77f7e70aefad1d9c2636a43b84ba74eb63126603f39dff067c4658980733f28689d438853d4b529b930119dc2476ebef4f14046e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/9525/cdc_9525_DS1.pdf
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