Monitoring of mine air diesel pollutants: tailpipe emissions measurement apparatus, detector tube interferences, and exhaust and ventilation system control. Annual report 1 Aug 79-31 Jul 80

Technical Report · Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5177427

Johnson, J H; Carlson, D H; Reinbold, E O; Osborne, M D

The objective of this work was to develop and test engineering approaches to the control of air quality for the protection of miners health in dieselized underground mines. A general experimental approach was developed by which instruments could be compared for the measurement of diesel exhaust pollutant concentrations in the 0.5 to 5 TLV range. Drager detector tube diluted exhaust CO, CO2, NO, and NO2 measurements were compared with simultaneously taken portable instrument measurements. The effects of two exhaust system configurations on the pollutant concentrations in a dead-end heading were studied in the report.

• Research Organization: Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5177427
• Report Number(s): PB-82-148388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NITRIC OXIDE
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
UNDERGROUND MINING
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DIESEL FUELS
VEHICLES
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OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
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