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Text mining analysis of U.S. Department of Labor’s MSHA fatal accident reports for coal mining 美国劳工部MSHA煤矿致命事故报告的文本挖掘分析

Mining engineering Pub Date : 2018-04-01 DOI: 10.19150/me.8195

E. Tarshizi, M. Buche, B. Inti, R. Chappidi

引用次数: 1

Refuge alternatives relief valve testing and design with updated test stand. 避难所替代安全阀测试和设计，具有更新的测试台。

Mining engineering Pub Date : 2018-03-01 DOI: 10.19150/me.8136

T J Lutz, P T Bissert, G T Homce, J A Yonkey

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Three-dimensional slope stability analysis of block sliding slope failure at the Pikeview Quarry, El Paso County, Colorado 科罗拉多州埃尔帕索县Pikeview采石场块体滑坡破坏的三维边坡稳定性分析

Mining engineering Pub Date : 2018-03-01 DOI: 10.19150/me.8135

J. Varnier, J. Cremeens, D. D. Overton

引用次数: 1

Mineworker fatigue: A review of what we know and future decisions. 矿工疲劳:回顾我们所知道的和未来的决定。

Mining engineering Pub Date : 2018-03-01

Tim Bauerle, Zoë Dugdale, Gerald Poplin

引用次数: 0

Development, testing and proposed application of multiple passive source tracers for underground mine ventilation systems 用于井下通风系统的多无源源示踪剂的开发、测试和拟议应用

Mining engineering Pub Date : 2018-02-01 DOI: 10.19150/ME.8059

E. Watkins, K. Luxbacher, E. Jong

引用次数: 1

A survey of atmospheric monitoring systems in U.S. underground coal mines. 美国地下煤矿大气监测系统调查。

Mining engineering Pub Date : 2018-02-01 DOI: 10.19150/me.8058

J H Rowland, S P Harteis, L Yuan

引用次数: 9

Open-air sprays for capturing and controlling airborne float coal dust on longwall faces. 用于捕获和控制长壁工作面悬浮煤尘的露天喷雾器。

Mining engineering Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI: 10.19150/me.7978

T W Beck, C E Seaman, M R Shahan, S E Mischler

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引用次数: 23

Foam property tests to evaluate the potential for longwall shield dust control. 泡沫性能试验评价长壁屏蔽防尘的潜力。

Mining engineering Pub Date : 2018-01-01 DOI: 10.19150/me.7977

W R Reed, T W Beck, Y Zheng, S Klima, J Driscoll

{"title":"Foam property tests to evaluate the potential for longwall shield dust control.","authors":"W R Reed, T W Beck, Y Zheng, S Klima, J Driscoll","doi":"10.19150/me.7977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19150/me.7977","url":null,"abstract":"Tests were conducted to determine properties of four foam agents for their potential use in longwall mining dust control. Foam has been tried in underground mining in the past for dust control and is currently being reconsidered for use in underground coal longwall operations in order to help those operations comply with the Mine Safety and Health Administration's lower coal mine respirable dust standard of 1.5 mg/m3. Foams were generated using two different methods. One method used compressed air and water pressure to generate foam, while the other method used low-pressure air generated by a blower and water pressure using a foam generator developed by the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Foam property tests, consisting of a foam expansion ratio test and a water drainage test, were conducted to classify foams. Compressed-air-generated foams tended to have low expansion ratios, from 10 to 19, with high water drainage. Blower-air-generated foams had higher foam expansion ratios, from 30 to 60, with lower water drainage. Foams produced within these ranges of expansion ratios are stable and potentially suitable for dust control. The test results eliminated two foam agents for future testing because they had poor expansion ratios. The remaining two foam agents seem to have properties adequate for dust control. These material property tests can be used to classify foams for their potential use in longwall mining dust control.","PeriodicalId":91142,"journal":{"name":"Mining engineering","volume":"70 1","pages":"35-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798484/pdf/nihms932627.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35807708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 6

Effects of FAME biodiesel and HVORD on emissions from an older-technology diesel engine. FAME生物柴油和HVORD对老技术柴油机排放的影响。

Mining engineering Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.19150/me.7918

A D Bugarski, J A Hummer, S E Vanderslice

{"title":"Effects of FAME biodiesel and HVORD on emissions from an older-technology diesel engine.","authors":"A D Bugarski, J A Hummer, S E Vanderslice","doi":"10.19150/me.7918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19150/me.7918","url":null,"abstract":"The results of laboratory evaluations were used to compare the potential of two alternative, biomass-derived fuels as a control strategy to reduce the exposure of underground miners to aerosols and gases emitted by diesel-powered equipment. The effects of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) biodiesel and hydrotreated vegetable oil renewable diesel (HVORD) on criteria aerosol and gaseous emissions from an older-technology, naturally aspirated, mechanically controlled engine equipped with a diesel oxidation catalytic converter were compared with those of widely used petroleum-derived, ultralow-sulfur diesels (ULSDs). The emissions were characterized for four selected steady-state conditions. When fueled with FAME biodiesel and HVORD, the engine emitted less aerosols by total particulate mass, total carbon mass, elemental carbon mass and total number than when it was fueled with ULSDs. Compared with ULSDs, FAME biodiesel and HVORD produced aerosols that were characterized by single modal distributions, smaller count median diameters, and lower total and peak concentrations. For the majority of test cases, FAME biodiesel and HVORD favorably affected nitric oxide (NO) and adversely affected nitrogen dioxide (NO2) generation. Therefore, the use of these alternative fuels appears to be a viable tool for the underground mining industry to address the issues related to emissions from diesel engines, and to transition toward more universal solutions provided by advanced engines with integrated exhaust after treatment technologies.","PeriodicalId":91142,"journal":{"name":"Mining engineering","volume":"69 12","pages":"43-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5769955/pdf/nihms926907.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35749466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 7

Industrial Internet of Things: (IIoT) applications in underground coal mines. 工业物联网(IIoT)在煤矿井下的应用。

Mining engineering Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.19150/me.7919

C Zhou, N Damiano, B Whisner, M Reyes

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引用次数: 37