Controlling ventilation for safe escape from coal mine fires

Mining Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 61-66

  Wala, A M ^a,b  

^a SME ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL MINES; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MINE FIRES; OXYGEN; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SIMULATORS; TEMPERATURE; VISUALIZATION;

COLOR GRAPHIC VISUALIZATION; ESCAPE ROUTES; LONGWALL DEVELOPMENT PANELS; MINE FIRE SIMULATORS;

MINE VENTILATION;

EID: 0030126238     PISSN: 00265187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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