CO Poisoning after the Disaster in Miike Coal Mine
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CO dispersion from a coal fire in a mine entry
Five mine fire experiments were conducted in a 2.08 m high and 2.90 m wide, ventilated mine entry in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)’s Safety Research Coal Mine (SRCM) to determine the effect of the dispersion of carbon monoxide (CO) on mine fire detection. CO measurements were made at distances from 7.6 m to 45.2 m downwind from the fire with diffusion mode CO...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sangyo Igaku
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0047-1879,1881-1302
DOI: 10.1539/joh1959.9.3_372_3