An empirical approach for classification of coal seams with respect to the spontaneous heating susceptibility of Indian coals

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 175-180

  Sahu, H B ^a   Mahapatra, S S ^a   Panigrahi, D C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Classification; Coal; Mine fire; Principal component analysis; Spontaneous heating

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; COAL SAMPLE; COAL SEAMS; COALFIELDS; CROSSING POINT; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FIELD ENGINEERS; RESEARCH STUDIES; SPONTANEOUS HEATING; VOLATILE MATTERS;

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL MINES; COAL RESEARCH; DISASTERS; HEATING; MINE FIRES; MINES; MINING;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

COAL MINING; COAL PRODUCTION; COAL RANK; COAL SEAM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HEATING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SAFETY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70449534613     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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