Numerical study on effects of coal properties on spontaneous heating in longwall gob areas

Fuel

Volumn 87, Issue 15-16, 2008, Pages 3409-3419

  Yuan, Liming ^a   Smith, Alex C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal properties; Mine fires; Mine ventilation; Numerical modeling; Spontaneous heating

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; HEATING; MINE FIRES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; SURFACE REACTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VENTILATION;

COAL OXIDATION; COAL PROPERTIES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); CONVECTION AND CONDUCTION; HEAT OF REACTION; HEATING PROCESSES; KINETIC DATA; LONGWALL PANEL; LOW-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION (LTO); NUMERICAL STUDIES; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; POROSITY PROFILES; SIMULATION RESULTS; SURFACE AREA (SA); TEST RESULTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL CFD MODELING; UNSTEADY STATES; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION;

EID: 48049119249     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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