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Mining Publication: Evaluation of Person-Wearable Methane Monitors
Keywords: Methane Methane alarms Methane monitors Personal protective equipment
This page is archived for historical purposes and is no longer being maintained or updated.
Original creation date: January 2005
Authors: JE Chilton, CD Taylor, EE Hall, DS Yantek
Conference Paper - January 2005
Download PDF Document (0.40 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20028291
Proceedings of the Eighth International Mine Ventilation Congress, Gillies ADS, ed. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 6-8, 2005. Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2005 Jul; :189-195
Regular monitoring for methane gas is required near working faces in gassy underground mines where the potential for methane ignitions is greatest. However, high concentrations of methane can also accumulate outby the face where methane levels are monitored less frequently. Wearing a personal methane monitor equipped with an alarm could protect persons working in these outby areas from injury or death due to methane ignitions. NIOSH has done studies to evaluate methanometers that could be used as person-wearable monitors. In the present study, seven different person-wearable monitors that are not currently approved for underground use were evaluated. This paper describes test procedures used to evaluate performance of methane monitors that could be used underground for continuous personal monitoring of methane. The information in this report provides data that allow the reader to make side-by side comparisons of these instruments.
Image of publication Evaluation of Person-Wearable Methane MonitorsConference Paper - January 2005
Download PDF Document (0.40 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20028291
Proceedings of the Eighth International Mine Ventilation Congress, Gillies ADS, ed. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, July 6-8, 2005. Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2005 Jul; :189-195
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Evaluating Performance Characteristics of Machine-Mounted Methane Monitors by Measuring Response Time
Factors Affecting the Location of Methanometers on Mining Equipment
Ignition of Methane-Air Mixtures by Laser Heated Small Particles
Methane Emission Rate Studies in a Northern West Virginia Mine
NIOSH Research for Monitoring and Controlling Methane at U.S. Underground Coal Mining Operations
Remote Fiber-Optic Methane Monitor
Remote Methane Sensors
Review of Horizontal Drilling Technology for Methane Drainage From U. S. Coalbeds
Use of a Test Box to Measure Response Times for Machine-Mounted Monitors
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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