Practical Issues of Safety in COAL Mines
T. V. Goffart1, A. A. Vasil'ev2
1Granch Company, Novosibirsk, 630015 Russia 2Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090 Russia
Keywords: предотвращение аварий, взрыв, многофункциональная система безопасности, треугольник безопасности, позиционирование, подземная связь, сканирующий газовый анализ, accident prevention, explosion, multifunctional safety system, safety triangle, positioning, underground communication, scanning gas analysis
Abstract
A number of modern scientific and practical problems in design of multifunctional safety systems for coal mines and requirements to such systems are discussed. The reasons and the dynamics of accidents in mines are analyzed; examples of approaches to preventing such accidents are given. Available and promising directions of the development of engineering tools and systems for ensuring miners' safety are considered. The efficiency of using the scanning gas monitoring technology is demonstrated. Combining this technology with the automatic system of fire quenching allows the fire to be suppressed at the initial stage of ignition of the methane-air mixture.
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