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  • NIOSH
    Utilization And Efficiency In Underground Coal Mine Electrical Systems

    By Lloyd A. Morley

    To reduce safety and production problems, it is essential that the electrical operating characteristics of coal mining equipment and their electrical subsystems be clearly understood. The Bureau of Mi

    Jan 1, 1975

  • NIOSH
    Long Drill For Coal Probing And Pillar Removal - Objective

    Provide a machine for economically drilling probe holes in coal mines (required where there's a possibility of unmapped, abandoned workings) to check for possible water flood or gas hazards ahead

    Jan 1, 1981

  • NIOSH
    IC 9076 Coal Mine Roof Instability: Categories And Causes

    By Noel N. Moebs

    Coal mine roof failure is categorized according to character, trend, or pattern of occurrence. Two principal categories of failure are proposed--geology related and stress related. Geology-related fai

    Jan 1, 1986

  • NIOSH
    RI 7281 Entrainment Drying And Carbonization Of Wood Waste

    By Charles C. Boley

    The Bureau of Mines dried and carbonized two wood wastes, one softwood (redwood) and one hardwood (oak), using continuous, vertical entrainment techniques previously developed for use with coal. It wa

    Jan 1, 1969

  • NIOSH
    RI 7427 Design And Construction Of A Radiation Probe

    By C. H. Schwartz

    A thermal radiation probe was constructed and tested in pulverized-coal-fired furnaces. A rotatable sensing head on the side of a water-cooled probe permitted measurement of radiant flux within a 7.20

    Jan 1, 1970

  • NIOSH
    RI 8210 Melting and Casting of Raney Nickel Alloy

    By Stephen A. Hare, O&apos

    The melting, casting, and welding of the Raney nickel alloy (42 pct Ni-58 pct A1), a methanation catalyst useful in coal gasification, were investigated. Melting was done in graphite crucibles by heat

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    RI 7282 Entrainment Drying And Carbonization Of Wood Waste

    By Charles C. Boley

    The Bureau of Mines dried and carbonized two wood wastes, one softwood (redwood) and one hardwood (oak), using continuous, vertical entrainment techniques previously developed for use with coal. It wa

    Jan 1, 1969

  • NIOSH
    Experimental Comparison Of Buried And Elevated ELF Transmitting Antennas

    By J. R. Katan, J. R. Ball, Peter R. Bannister, F. J. Williams

    During the last week in March and the first week in April, 1973, the Naval Underwater Systems Center measured the 76 Hz magnetic field strength (in Wisconsin and Texas) produced by both the elevated a

    Jan 1, 1973

  • NIOSH
    IC 7994 Gasfreeing Of Cargo Tanks ? Summary And Introduction

    By Michael G. Zabetakis

    The process of ?gasfreeing? has been defined3/ as "* * * the removal of oil and vapors from tanks, pipelines, and compartments to render such spaces safe for the intended work," Generally, part or all

    Jan 1, 1961

  • NIOSH
    Seismic System For Detecting And Locating Trapped Miners ? Objective

    Provide a method of detecting and locating miners trapped underground following a mine disaster. Approach Develop a surface deployed system which senses the vibrations caused by a trapped miner p

    Jan 1, 1981

  • NIOSH
    Reduce Dust Exposure During Bag Filling And Stacking - Objective

    Determine the dust reduction capabilities of various bag valves available to the minerals processing industry. The Problem Many different types of ground mineral products are packaged into 50-

    Jan 1, 1986

  • NIOSH
    Combined Short- And Long-Duration Oxygen Self-Rescuer ? Objective

    Provide respiratory protection for escape in a toxic or oxygen-deficient atmosphere with a device small and light enough to be belt-worn. Approach Combine a 10-minute, belt-worn respirator with a

    Jan 1, 1981

  • NIOSH
    Surface Of Underground Metal/Nonmetal And Stone Mine Fires

    By Maria I. De Rosa

    Table 10 and figure 4 show the number of fires and fire injuries occurring at the surface of underground metal/nonmetal and stone mines by state during 1990-2001. Table 10 also shows the injury risk r

    Jan 1, 2004

  • NIOSH
    Seated Human Response To Simple And Complex Impacts - Introduction

    By J. Ankrum, T. Xia1, D. Wilder, K. Spratt

    The human lumbar spine is inherently an unstable structure and requires sophisticated neuromuscular control to maintain its stability and for performing physical tasks. As a consequence, it is import

    Jan 6, 2006

  • NIOSH
    Appendix B.-Example of Mfire Data File and Output

    By Rudolf E. Greuer, Linneas W. Laage, Xinton Chang

    INPUT FORMAT INSTRUCTION FILE FOR PROGRAM MFIRE GENERAL RULES FOR DATA INPUT: $THERE IS NO NEED TO DISTINGUISH INTERGER AND REAL NUMBERS. $ $ SYMBOLS FOR NUMERICAL INPUT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING $ $

    Jan 1, 1990

  • NIOSH
    Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance Report HETA 98-0020

    By Lon Santis, Scott Deitchman, John A. Decker

    This report describes three cases of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in a manhole, including one fatality, from CO migrating through soil after nearby use of explosives. A municipal sewer project invol

    Oct 30, 1997

  • NIOSH
    Improved Underground Rerailing Methods Enhance Safety and Efficiency - Objective

    Increase the safety of underground mine workers by minimizing hazards associated with rerailing mine cars after derailment. Background and Approach A serious operational problem in underground m

    Jan 1, 1986

  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 178-C Petroleum Investigations and Production of Helium

    By Van H. Manning

    PETROLEUM INVESTIGATIONS. The work of the petroleum division of the Bureau of Mines during the period of the war was under the supervision of Chester Naramore, chief petroleum technologist. In its pet

    Jun 1, 1919

  • NIOSH
    RI 8485 Structure Response and Damage Produced by Airblast

    By Mark S. Stagg, Virgil J. Stachura, John W. Kopp, David E. Siskind

    The Bureau of Mines studied airblast from surface mining to assess its damage and annoyance potential, and to determine safe levels and appropriate measurement techniques. Research results obtained fr

    Jan 1, 1965

  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 62 National Mine Rescue and First Aid Conference

    By Herbert M. Wilson

    The act (36 Stat., 369) that established the Bureau of Mines in the Department of the Interior defined as part of the bureau's province and duty the making of "diligent investigation of the methods of

    Jan 1, 1913