Sudhish Chandra Banerjee

Prevention and Combating Mine Fires

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 894g
• ISBN-13: 9789058092120
• ISBN-10: 9058092127
• Artikelnr.: 24383246

Autorenporträt

Sudhish Chandra Banerjee (Ex-Deputy Director & Head, Mine Fire Division, Central Mining Research Institute, Dhanbad, India)

Inhaltsangabe

The science of fires
exogenous fire and its prevention
endogenous heating and weathering of coal
coal categorization vis-a-vis spontaneous fire risk
spontaneous fire risk estimation and its prevention
early detection of heating and assessment of status of fires in mines
environmental pollution and hazards encountered from fires in mines
methods of dealing with mine fires
dealing with pillar fires
dealing with advanced sealed off fires
control and containment of long standing fires in UG mines
control of open cast coal mine fires
prevention and control of stack fires
recovery of sealed off fires and rescue in underground mines
metal mine fires
scope of R&D on mine fires.