- Author
- DeRosa, M. I. | Litton, C. D.
- Title
- Effectiveness of Various Concentrations of an Inert Gas Mixture for Preventing and Suppressing Mining Equipment Cab Fires: Development of a Dual Cab Fire Inerting System.
- Coporate
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, PA
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 43, No. 1, 29-44, March 2007
- Keywords
- cab fires | inert gases | mine fires | gas mixtures | fire prevention | fire suppression | inerting | fire statistics | experiments | fuel trays | equations | oxygen concentration | cabon dioxide | nozzles
- Identifiers
- inert systems; analysis of mining equipment fires from 1990-1999; schematic illustration of a large-scale mining equipment cab; fire prevention experiments (unlit fuel trays); fire prevention experiments (pre-llit fuel trays); cab fire prevention experiments unlit fuel trays; cab fire suppression experiments prelit fuel trays; muffled nozzle system; un-muffled nozzle system