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Mining Feature: 10/19/2016 NIOSH Refuge Alternative Partnership Meeting
Keywords: Refuge chambers
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
NIOSH Mining’s Pittsburgh location hosted the second Refuge Alternatives Partnership Meeting at the Bruceton Research Center on October 19, 2016.
Agenda topics included updates on contamination ingress and purging research, door research, heat and humidity research, and communications research, as well as many others. There was also time designated for open discussion and questions with the researchers.

Agenda
*Click on presentation titles to view slides in PDF format. Presentation file hosting courtesy of the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association website.*

Time
Topic/Title
Presenter/Facilitator7:15 AM – 8:00 AM
Arrival and sign in8:00 AM – 8:10 AM
1. Welcome and introductions
Dr. Jessica Kogel, NIOSH Mining
Dr. RJ Matetic, NIOSH PMRD8:10 AM – 8:30 AM
2. BIP contamination ingress & purging research
Dr. Jim Noll, NIOSH PMRD8:30 AM – 8:45 AM
3. BIP stopping & door research
Dave Yantek, NIOSH PMRD8:45 AM – 9:05 AM
4. Heat & humidity, mine air and mine strata temperature field data
Dave Yantek, NIOSH PMRD9:05 AM – 9:20 AM
Break9:20 AM – 9:45 AM
5. Miner heat input for RA testing and simulation
Dr. Tom Bernard, University of
South Florida9:45 AM – 10:10 AM
6. Miner thermal response and max occupancy
Mark Klein, ThermoAnalytics10:10 AM – 10:35 AM
7. Thermal simulation tool for RAs
Dr. George Danko, University of Nevada Reno10:35 AM – 10:50 AM
Break10:50 AM – 11:15 AM
8. Battery-powered A/C system for RAs
Ken Deaton, DRS11:15AM – 11:40 AM
9. Cryogenic air supply for RAs
Ed Roscioli, BCS/ChemBio11:40 AM – 12:05 PM
10. Protected compressed air lines
Dr. Jhon Silva-Castro, University of
Kentucky12:05 PM – 12:30 PM
11. San Juan Mine BIP RA
David Hales, Westmoreland Coal12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch on site1:00 PM – 1:50 PM
Open discussion of RA issues/concerns
Pete Kovalchik, Joe Lamonica,
NIOSH-PMRD1:50 PM – 2:00 PM
Break****
**MSHA Forum**
**Presenter/Facilitator**2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Overview of 2018 RA structural component
requirements
Brittany Wilson, MSHA2:30 PM – 3:15 PM
Impacts of structural approvals – What these mean to
the mine operator (refits of tent, derating, etc.)
Wesley Shumaker, Ben Gandy,
MSHA3:15 PM – 3:35 PM
Charting path forward
Mike Getto, MSHA3:35 PM – 4:00 PM
Open discussion and questions/answers
Page last reviewed: December 9, 2021
Page last updated: December 9, 2021
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