Mine Fires and how to Fight Them

Mine Fires and how to Fight Them
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Total Pages : 16
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015077561978
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Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Mine Fires and how to Fight Them by : James Washington Paul

Fire Underground

Fire Underground
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9780762758241
ISBN-13 : 0762758244
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Fire Underground by : David Dekok

How a modern-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town * For much of its history, Centralia, Pennsylvania, had a population of around 2,000. By 1981, this had dwindled to just over 1,000—not unusual for a onetime mining town. But as of 2007, Centralia had the unwelcome distinction of being the state’s tiniest municipality, with a population of nine. The reason: an underground fire that began in 1962 has decimated the town with smoke and toxic gases, and has since made history. Fire Underground is the completely updated classic account of the fire that has been raging under Centralia for decades. David DeKok tells the story of how the fire actually began and how government officials failed to take effective action. By 1981 the fire was spewing deadly gases into homes. A twelve-year-old boy dropped into a steaming hole as a congressman toured nearby. DeKok describes how the people of Centralia banded together to finally win relocation funds—and he reveals what has happened to the few remaining residents as the fiftieth anniversary of the fire’s beginning nears.

Prevention and Combating Mine Fires

Prevention and Combating Mine Fires
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9781000443769
ISBN-13 : 1000443760
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Prevention and Combating Mine Fires by : Sudhish Chandra Banerjee

There is a growing concern about fires in mines, coal mines in particular. Attempts are being made to improve mine fire combat efforts and their prevention, taking advantage of developments in the fields of science and technology. This book looks at those developments and their applications.

Advanced Mine Ventilation

Advanced Mine Ventilation
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Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
Total Pages : 530
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ISBN-10 : 9780081004586
ISBN-13 : 0081004583
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Advanced Mine Ventilation by : Pramod Thakur

Advanced Mine Ventilation presents the reader with a unique book providing the theory and applications for designing mine ventilation with computers, controlling respirable coal dust and diesel particulate matter, combustible gas control and, mine fire management. The book summarizes the latest knowledge created in the past 40 years in these areas. Authored by an expert in the field with 50 years' experience, the book is a great combination of theory and applications. The mine ventilation section provides computer programs (both FORTRAN and C++) to calculate not only air quantities and pressure losses but also the concentration of any pollutant in all junctions and branches of the mine network. Small particle mechanics and dust control is covered in the second section of the book. The third section on combustible gas control discusses all aspects of mine gases from origin to control. The last section on mine fire control discusses spontaneous combustion, frictional ignitions, mine explosions, and mine sealing and recovery. The book is not only a very good reference book but also an excellent textbook for two graduate level courses in Mining Engineering. - Provides the latest knowledge on the four related topics of mine environment control; that is, ventilation, dust, gas, and fire in a single volume - Computer simulation of mine ventilation in both FORTRAN and C++ - State-of-the-art respirable dust control - Mine degasification and methane production from a coal lease - Mine fire management

Unseen Danger

Unseen Danger
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Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015013316586
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Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Unseen Danger by : David DeKok

The true story of the Centralia mine fire; a government's indecisiveness and a town's struggle for survival.