Water spray ventilator system for continuous mining machines

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:869838

Page, Steven J ^[1]; Mal, Thomas ^[1]

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1. Pittsburgh, PA

The invention relates to a water spray ventilator system mounted on a continuous mining machine to streamline airflow and provide effective face ventilation of both respirable dust and methane in underground coal mines. This system has two side spray nozzles mounted one on each side of the mining machine and six spray nozzles disposed on a manifold mounted to the underside of the machine boom. The six spray nozzles are angularly and laterally oriented on the manifold so as to provide non-overlapping spray patterns along the length of the cutter drum.

• Research Organization: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by Secretary of (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 5407253
• OSTI ID: 869838
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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