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Author
Braun, E.
Title
Self Heating Properties of Coal.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Sponsor
Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA
Report
NBSIR 87-3554, August 1987, 108 p.
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Keywords
adiabatic furnace | coal | test methods | ignition temperature | self-heating | spontaneous combustion | fire tests
Identifiers
fire hazards
Abstract
Three methodologies for predicting the likely occurrence of self-heating in underground coal mining environments were analyzed. No method was found to be completely satisfactory for general coal mine applications. One evaluation system was found to provide excellent guidelines for preplanning procedures prior to initiating full scale coal mine operations, but it relied on past mining experience.