Continuous respirable mine dust monitor development
- and others
In June 1992, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) published the Report of the Coal Mine Respirable Dust Task Group, Review of the Program to Control Respirable Coal Mine Dust in the United States. As one of its recommendations, the report called for the accelerated development of two mine dust monitors: (1) a fixed-site monitor capable of providing continuous information on dust levels to the miner, mine operator, and to MSHA, if necessary, and (2) a personal sampling device capable of providing both a short-term personal exposure measurement as well as a full-shift measurement. In response to this recommendation, the U.S. Bureau of Mines initiated the development of a fixed-site machine-mounted continuous respirable dust monitor. The technology chosen for monitor development is the Rupprecht and Patashnick Co., Inc. tapered element oscillating microbalance. Laboratory and in-mine tests have indicated that, with modification, this sensor can meet the humidity and vibration requirements for underground coal mine use. The U.S. Department of Energy Pittsburgh Research Center (DOE-PRC) is continuing that effort by developing prototypes of a continuous dust monitor based on this technology. These prototypes are being evaluated in underground coal mines as they become available. This effort, conducted as a joint venture with MSHA, is nearing completion with every promise of success.
- Research Organization:
- Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg, VA (United States). Dept. of Mining and Minerals Engineering
- OSTI ID:
- 577406
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9608122-; ON: DE97006604; TRN: 98:001077-0009
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 27. annual institute on mining, health, safety, and research, Blacksburg, VA (United States), 26-28 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of Twenty-Seventh Annual Institute on Mining Health, Safety and Research; Bockosh, G.R. [ed.] [Pittsburgh Research Center, US Dept. of Energy (United States)]; Langton, J. [ed.] [Mine Safety and Health Administration, US Dept. of Labor (United States)]; Karmis, M. [ed.] [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. Dept. of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Blacksburg (United States)]; PB: 135 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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