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Mining Publication: A Fail-Safe Control System for a Mine Methane Pipeline
Keywords: Automation Coal mining Fire and explosion prevention Hazard recognition Methane 
 Pipelines
Original creation date: January 1980
Authors: MC Irani, FF Kapsch, PW Jeran, SJ Pepperney
Report of Investigations - January 1980
Download PDF Document (1.00 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 10000714
Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 8424, 1980 Jan; :1-11
The Bureau of Mines has designed and put into operation a fail-safe control system for use in underground coal mines equipped with methane drainage pipelines. This control system can detect certain unsafe conditions and respond by automatically shutting off the flow of methane from the degasification borehole to the drainage pipeline. Methane flow is shut off when the methane content in the return airways reaches a predetermined level (typically 1.5 pct), when the methane drainage pipeline is ruptured by roof fall, or when there is an electric power failure. The fail-safe control system was designed using commercially available components and a methane analyzer system previously developed by the Bureau. The fail-safe system consists of a unit that combines a shutoff valve and pneumatic valve actuator, and electronic and mechanical equipment designed to detect hazards and effect shutdown. The fail-safe control system was designed to meet regulatory requirements for the same operation of underground methane pipelines used for mine degasification. MSHA has inspected and tested this system and permitted its use in two mines.
Image of publication A Fail-Safe Control System for a Mine Methane PipelineReport of Investigations - January 1980
Download PDF Document (1.00 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 10000714
Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 8424, 1980 Jan; :1-11
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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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