Locating fires in abandoned underground coal mines

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 49-62

  Kim, Ann G ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandoned coal mines; Hydrocarbon desorption; Mine fires; Underground fires

Indexed keywords

MINE FIRE DIAGNOSTIC (MFD) METHODOLOGY; STATIC CONDITIONS;

ABANDONED MINES; BOREHOLES; COMBUSTION; MINE FIRES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

COAL MINES;

ABANDONED MINE; COAL MINE; COMBUSTION; DETECTION METHOD; FIRE;

EID: 3042688148     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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