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Mining Publication: Smoke Reversal Interaction with Diagonal Airway - Its Elusive Character
Keywords: Airflow Airways Fluid mechanics Smoke
Original creation date: January 2006
Authors: JC Edwards, GF Friel, L Yuan, RA Franks
Peer Reviewed Journal Article - January 2006
Download PDF Document (0.51 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20031788
Trans Soc Min Metall Explor 2006 Jan; 320:149-156
The reversal of smoke products-of-combustion from a mine fire was determined in a mine section with the airway connectivity of an electrical Wheatstone bridge. Four diesel-fuel fire experiments with fire heat-release rates between 504 and 771 kW were conducted in the Safety Research Coal Mine located at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Pittsburgh Research Laboratory. Smoke reversal propagated upwind from the fire with significant leakage into the upwind diagonal airway and without causing a complete reversal of airflow in the diagonal airway. A control measure consisting of a brattice suspended half entry height from the entry roof was determined to abate the smoke rollback. Computational fluid dynamics analysis of the smoke movement agreed with the measurements.
Image of publication Smoke Reversal Interaction with Diagonal Airway - Its Elusive CharacterPeer Reviewed Journal Article - January 2006
Download PDF Document (0.51 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20031788
Trans Soc Min Metall Explor 2006 Jan; 320:149-156
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Page last reviewed: September 21, 2012
Page last updated: September 21, 2012
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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