Analysis of underground fires in Polish hard coal mines

Journal of China University of Mining and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 332-336

  WACHOWICZ, Jan ^a  

^a CENTRAL MINING INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

coal self heating; fire resistant conveyor belts; fire resistant materials; flammability of conveyor belts; open fires; spontaneous fires

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACITE; BELT CONVEYORS; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL MINES; CONVEYORS; DISASTERS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRE RESISTANCE; FIREPROOFING; HEATING; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MINES; MINING;

COAL SELF-HEATING; FIRE-RESISTANT CONVEYOR BELTS; FIRE-RESISTANT MATERIALS; FLAMMABILITY OF CONVEYOR BELTS; OPEN FIRES; SPONTANEOUS FIRES;

FIRES;

EID: 58649104428     PISSN: 10061266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1006-1266(08)60070-X     Document Type: Article

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