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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299394703321

Autore

Cheng Jianwei

Titolo

Explosions in Underground Coal Mines : Risk Assessment and Control / / by Jianwei Cheng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-74893-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 pages)

Disciplina

553.0973

Soggetti

Air - Pollution

Fire prevention

Fossil fuels

Quality control

Reliability

Industrial safety

Mines and mineral resources

Mathematical models

Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution

Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety

Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture)

Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk

Mineral Resources

Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Importance and Characteristics of Underground Mine Gas Explosions -- 2 A Historical Review of Identifying and Mitigating Mine Gas Explosions -- 3 Modelling Mine Atmosphere in a Sealed Coal Mine Volume -- 4 Improved Explosibility Diagram Method -- 5 Safety Operations and Assessment for Sealed Mine Atmosphere -- 6 Application and Illustrative Examples.

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses the hazard of gas explosions in sealed underground coal mines, and how the risk of explosion can be



assessed, modeled, and mitigated. With this text, coal mine operators and managers will be able to identify the risks that lead to underground mine gas explosions, and implement practical strategies to optimize mining safety for workers. In six chapters, the book offers a framework for understanding the sealed coal mine atmosphere, the safety characteristics that are currently in place, and the guidelines to be followed by engineers to improve upon these characteristics.  The first part of the book describes the importance and characteristics of underground gas mine explosions in a historical context with data showing the high number of fatalities from explosion incidents, and how risk has been mitigated in the past. Chapters also detail mathematical models and explosibility diagrams for determining and understanding the risk factors involved in mine explosions. Readers will also learn about safety operations, and assessments for the sealed mine atmosphere. With descriptions of chapter case studies, mining engineers and researchers will learn how to apply safety measures in underground coal mines to improve mining atmospheres and save lives. .