Download or read book Mine Fires and how to Fight Them written by James Washington Paul and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Prevention and Combating Mine Fires written by Sudhish Chandra Banerjee and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a growing concern about fires in mines, coal mines in particular. Attempts are being made to improve mine fire combat efforts and their prevention, taking advantage of developments in the fields of science and technology. This book looks at those developments and their applications.

Download or read book Fire Underground written by David Dekok and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a modern-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town * For much of its history, Centralia, Pennsylvania, had a population of around 2,000. By 1981, this had dwindled to just over 1,000—not unusual for a onetime mining town. But as of 2007, Centralia had the unwelcome distinction of being the state’s tiniest municipality, with a population of nine. The reason: an underground fire that began in 1962 has decimated the town with smoke and toxic gases, and has since made history. Fire Underground is the completely updated classic account of the fire that has been raging under Centralia for decades. David DeKok tells the story of how the fire actually began and how government officials failed to take effective action. By 1981 the fire was spewing deadly gases into homes. A twelve-year-old boy dropped into a steaming hole as a congressman toured nearby. DeKok describes how the people of Centralia banded together to finally win relocation funds—and he reveals what has happened to the few remaining residents as the fiftieth anniversary of the fire’s beginning nears.

Download or read book Advanced Mine Ventilation written by Pramod Thakur and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-23 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced Mine Ventilation presents the reader with a unique book providing the theory and applications for designing mine ventilation with computers, controlling respirable coal dust and diesel particulate matter, combustible gas control and, mine fire management. The book summarizes the latest knowledge created in the past 40 years in these areas. Authored by an expert in the field with 50 years' experience, the book is a great combination of theory and applications. The mine ventilation section provides computer programs (both FORTRAN and C++) to calculate not only air quantities and pressure losses but also the concentration of any pollutant in all junctions and branches of the mine network. Small particle mechanics and dust control is covered in the second section of the book. The third section on combustible gas control discusses all aspects of mine gases from origin to control. The last section on mine fire control discusses spontaneous combustion, frictional ignitions, mine explosions, and mine sealing and recovery. The book is not only a very good reference book but also an excellent textbook for two graduate level courses in Mining Engineering. - Provides the latest knowledge on the four related topics of mine environment control; that is, ventilation, dust, gas, and fire in a single volume - Computer simulation of mine ventilation in both FORTRAN and C++ - State-of-the-art respirable dust control - Mine degasification and methane production from a coal lease - Mine fire management

Download or read book Metal mine Fires and Ventilation written by Daniel Harrington and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Unseen Danger written by David DeKok and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the Centralia mine fire; a government's indecisiveness and a town's struggle for survival.

Download or read book Three Mine Fire Control Projects in Northeastern Pennsylvania written by Henry A. Dierks and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Equipment Accessories and Procedure for Fighting Mine Fires with High expansion Foam written by R. Ward Stahl and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Real Disaster Is Above Ground written by J. Stephen Kroll-Smith and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s Centralia was a small town, like many others in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. But since the 1960s, it has been consumed, outwardly and inwardly by a fire that has inexorably spread in the abandoned mines beneath it. The earth smokes, subsides, and breathes poisonous gases. No less destructive has been the spread of dissension and enmity among the townspeople. The Real Disaster Above Ground tells the story of the fire and the tragic failure of all efforts to counter it. This study of the Centralia fire represents the most thorough canvass of the documentary materials and the community that has appeared. The authors report on the futile efforts of residents to reach a common understanding of an underground threat that was not readily visible and invited multiple interpretations. They trace the hazard management strategies of government agencies that, ironically, all too often created additional threats to the welfare of Centralians. They report on the birth and demise of community organizations, each with its own solution to the problem and its diehard partisans. The final solution, now being put into effect, is to abandon the town and relocate its people. Centralia's environmental disaster, the authors argue, is not a local or isolated phenomenon. It warns of the danger lurking in our own technology when safeguards fail and disaster management policy is not in place to respond to failure, as the examples of Chernobyl and Bhopal have clearly demonstrated. The lessons in this study of the fate of a small town in Pennsylvania are indeed sobering. They should be pondered by a variety of social scientists and planners, by all those dealing with the behavior of people under stress and those responsible for the welfare of the public.

Download or read book Barricading as a Life saving Measure Following Mine Fires and Explosions written by Daniel Harrington and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Problems in the Control of the Centralia Mine Fire written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Monthly Statement of Coal mine Fatalities in the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Coal Mine Health and Safety written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Labor and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers S. 355 and related S. 467, S. 1094, S. 1178, S. 1300, and S. 1907, to strengthen Federal coal mining health and safety regulations.

Download or read book Coal Mine Health and Safety written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. General Subcommittee on Labor and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Coal Mine Health and Safety written by United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Anthracite Mine Fires written by George Stanley Scott and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Prevention and Combating Mine Fires written by Sudhish Chandra Banerjee and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a growing concern about fires in mines, coal mines in particular. Attempts are being made to improve mine fire combat efforts and their prevention, taking advantage of developments in the fields of science and technology. This book looks at those developments and their applications.