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Mining Publication: Rapid Detection and Suppression of Mining Equipment Cab Fires
Keywords: Alarms Cabs Fire and explosion prevention Fire sensors Fire suppression 
 Smoke detection Smoke sensors
Original creation date: April 2010
Authors: MI DeRosa, CD Litton
Peer Reviewed Journal Article - April 2010
Download PDF Document (0.54 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20033062
Fire Technol 2010 Apr; 46(2):425-435
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH/PRL) conducted a series of large-scale experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of optical flame detectors, photoelectric smoke detectors, and combined ionization and photoelectric smoke detectors for rapidly detecting mining equipment cab fires. The detector alarm times were then used to trigger the discharge of a fire inerting system inside the cab to suppress cab material fires. This paper discusses the types of fire detectors tested, the experiments that were conducted, and the results that were obtained. Conclusions are that rapid detection of equipment cab fires can be achieved to trigger the discharge of a fire inerting system inside the cab to protect the operator in the cab.
Image of publication Rapid Detection and Suppression of Mining Equipment Cab FiresPeer Reviewed Journal Article - April 2010
Download PDF Document (0.54 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20033062
Fire Technol 2010 Apr; 46(2):425-435
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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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