Mine fire gas indices and their application to Indian underground coal mine fires

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 192-204

  Singh, Ashok K ^a   Singh, R V K ^a   Singh, Mahendra P ^b   Chandra, Hem ^a   Shukla, N K ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Mine fire gas indices; Sealed off fires; Spontaneous combustion

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL MINES; COMBUSTION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN;

COALFIELDS; MINE FIRE GAS INDICES; SEALED OFF FIRES;

MINE FIRES;

COAL MINE; COMBUSTION; FIRE; MONITORING; OXIDATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CATOPTROPHORUS SEMIPALMATUS;

EID: 33845488110     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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