Best practice guidance for effective methane drainage and use in coal mines
Contributors: Methane to Markets Partnership
Series: ECE energy series -- no. 31; ECE energy series -- no. 31.
Publisher: United Nations; United Nations Environment Programme
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York; Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 69
ISBN-13: 9789211170184
Subjects: Firedamp; Recycling; Safety measures
Description: Coal mines are not only a safety management challenge but also a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.  Methane release during coal mining creates unsafe working conditions in underground coal mines around the world. This Guidance is intended to help improve mine safety practices at active underground coal mines, by supporting safer mining practices to reduce fatalities, injuries, and property losses, while encouraging the use of coal mine methane (CMM) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and utilize otherwise-wasted energy resources.--Publisher's description
Notes: At head of title: Economic Commission for Europe, Methane to Markets Partnership.

"United Nations publication. Sales no. E.10.II.E.2"--T.p. verso.

"ECE/ENERGY/73"--P. 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-69).

Also freely available online.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Fundamentals of gas control; title: Occurrence, release, and prediction of gas emissions in coal mines; title: Mine ventilation; title: Methane drainage; title: Methane utilisation and abatement; title: Cost and economic issues; title: Conclusions and summary for policymakers; title: Case studies; title: Appendix 1: Comparisons of gas drainage methods.