Effects of ventilation and gob characteristics on spontaneous heating in longwall gob areas

Liming Yuan and Alex C. Smith authored this Pittsburgh Research Laboratory and NIOSH paper comb fires and gob areas. Highlights include statistics, a lab evaluation of the self-heating tendency of coals, and CFD modeling of spontaneous heating (3-dimensional, realistic mine ventilation, methane emissions, and coal chemistry. Click here for the full report.

Thanks to PMJ for the share!

Heidi

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