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Reducing Fuel Costs - Virginia Power's Transportation ProgramBy James O. Mawyer
Fuel is a major .cost for power generating utilities. Virginia Power is completing one of the nation's largest coal reconversion programs. As a result, 10 million tons of coal will now be used at
Jan 1, 1986
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Study Of Tracer Gas Dispersion In A Mine After Different Ventilation Damage ScenariosTracer gases are an effective method for assessment of mine ventilation systems, but their dispersion characteristics can differ substantially as ventilation parameters, such as flow path and velocity
Jan 1, 2012
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Anticipated Behavior Of Silty Sands In TunnelingBy Ronald E. Heuer, Debra L. Virgens
INTRODUCTION Behavior of clay soils in response to tunneling is reasonably well understood by reference to the tunnel stability factor NT = Pz/su (Peck, 1969; Heuer, 1974). With this analysis tool,
Jan 1, 1987
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Influence Of Deep Mining On The Ground Water Regime At A Mine In Northern AppalachiaBy Robert W. Bruhn
Ground movements associated with high extraction underground coal mining, such as pillar retreat and longwall, are some- times large enough to disrupt the ground water regime as well as damage buildin
Jan 1, 1986
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Investigation of Occupational Accidents in Western Lignite Corporation by Using the Efficiency Assessment Approach Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (a017703a-5db6-4c3d-94be-c80359dfab6f)By Cem Şensöğüt, Özer Ören, Yaşar Kasap
The mining sector, which has an important place in terms of raw material and energy supply, is referred as a sector with one of the highest fatal accidents in comparison with other sectors. In this ce
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Modification and Enhanced Testing of Data Mining-Based Algorithm to Detect Subtle Errors in Temperature Sensors in Gold Stripping Circuit Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (cca8e619-0fb1-422a-925d-6e04d2a067f5)By Eduardo Pimenta de Melo, Rambabu Pothina, Rajive Ganguli
Sensors are everywhere in the mining industry, with sensor information being used to monitor and operate processes. Therefore, when sensor information is wrong, economic losses can occur. Unfortunatel
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Safe Slot Hole Excavation With A New Boxhole Boring Machine - IntroductionBy W. Burger
In underground mines worldwide, a large number of short and small diameter slot holes need to be excavated. Herrenknecht has developed and built a new boxholeboring machine based on the well-proven Mi
Jan 1, 2012
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Job Site Security: Risk Management beyond Gates, Guards and GunsBy Eric Jacobs
"Building and operating tunnels has been a highstakes endeavor in terms of costs, complexity, safety and impact on contractors, owners and the public for a long time. There are many variables that nee
Jun 1, 2019
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Concurrent Segment Lining and TBM Design: A Coordinated Approach for Tunneling SuccessBy M. Younis, E. Comis
"The success of a tunnel project relies on many factors, but one of the most important is also the most overlooked: coordination by all parties involved during the design stages. This is particularly
Jan 1, 2016
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Adaptive Reuse of Mined Lands for Solar EnergyBy D. Anderson Willis, Alan A. Campoli, Douglas Mynear, Seth Mittle, J. Steven Gardner
"The diversification of energy sources in the United States has seen some major shifts during the past decade resulting from:• A sudden abundance of low-cost natural gas becoming available through adv
Jun 1, 2019
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Beneficiation Of 3 Mm X 0.15 Mm Fine Coal With Two-Stage Hindered Bed Settling EquipmentBy R. J. Snoby, M. A. Short, A. Jungmann
In processing coal, the low concentrate value requires high capacity production and sharp classification/separation techniques to reduce specific production costs. The allflux separator meets these c
Jan 1, 2001
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Discussions - Relationship of Fault Displacement to Gouge and Breccia ThicknessBy E. C. Robertson
D.G. Wilder I found the suggestion that the amount of displacement of a fault can be numerically related to the thickness of gouge or breccia to be both intuitively satisfying and intriguing. I hav
Jan 12, 1984
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Production Of Cultured Marble vs. Natural Marble ProductsBy T. Lamond, J. O. Costello
Marble is a preferred surfacing material in up-scale buildings. Its use increased in the 1870's with rising national wealth and declined in the 1950's when synthetic materials for these appl
Jan 1, 1999
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A Review of the Modified Zincex® Process From Skorpion to HorseheadBy M. S. Moats
In the 1990?s, Técnicas Reunidas developed the Modified ZINCEX® Process to recover zinc from ores and secondary materials. The heart of this process was the use of solvent extraction to produce purif
Feb 23, 2014
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Does sustainable mining have any meaning?Sustainable development is at odds with reality in the minerals industry. Increasing world population and aspirations are leading to increased energy and mineral consumption. Non-renewable fossil fuel
Jan 1, 2011
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A Field Study Of US Longwall Coal Mine Ventilation And Bleeder PerformanceBy S. J. Schatzel
Longwall coal mine operators in the US are required to ventilate multi-panel longwall districts but may have little or no knowledge about what happens to the ventilation air between the inlet evaluati
Jan 1, 2011
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Modern Caverns In Gotham?Geotechnical And Design Challenges For Large Rock Caverns In ManhattanBy Timothy P. Smirnoff
Sustaining the region?s mobility needs, achieving projected economic growth, and maintain Midtown Manhattan as a center of regional, national and global importance has led to continued investment in c
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Lithologic Controls On Aggregate Quality In A Mountain-Front Alluvial System--An Example From The Colorado Front RangeBy D. A. Lindsey
Gravel lithology affects the quality of aggregate because different rock types in gravel have different physical and chemical properties. The lithologic composition of alluvial gravel reflects the com
Jan 1, 2002
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The Tichauer-DeTomi Matrix: a Tool for Assessment of Geological Uncertainty in Small-scale Mining Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (9437b467-4b8d-4115-856e-5795cdbb6370)By Giorgio De Tomi, Ricardo Tichauer
Mineral exploration is a critical step for success in mining. However, small-scale mining often ignores exploration best practices. This paper introduces the Tichauer-DeTomi Matrix, a tool for assessm
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3D modelling of offshore alluvial tin mineralization in Ringarooma Bay, TasmaniaBy Michelle Stokes, Alexandra Miller, Campbell McKenzie
"The ancestral Ringarooma River in northeast Tasmania has transported alluvial tin and other heavy minerals from their onshore source of stanniferous Devonian granites downstream into what is now Ring
Sep 1, 2014