The Power Systems Development Facility (PSDF) is an engineering scale demonstration of advanced coal based power systems, including the KBR Transport Gasifier, a hightemperature, high-pressure syngas filtration system, and a gas cleanup unit. Designed to be at a sufficient scale to test advanced power systems and components in an integrated fashion, the PSDF provides data necessary for commerci...

Simulations and experiments have been carried out to investigate heat transfer and thermodynamic processes in coal-bearing strata in order to quantitatively understand the development of underground coal fires under the spontaneous combustion condition. With the controlled temperature and under lean oxygen conditions, the thermodynamic parameters for coal oxidation at different stages are exper...

Increasing the production rate and minimizing the related costs, while optimizing the safety measures, are nowadays’ most important tasks in the mining industry. To these ends, mechanization of mines could be applied, which can result in significant cost reductions and higher levels of profitability for underground mines. The potential of a coal mine mechanization depends on some important fact...

The development of three-dimensional geological models has proven to be critical for conceptualizing complex subsurface environments. This is crucial mining areas due their various hazards and unstable conditions. Furthermore, (3D) can the initial step numerical in order support decisions sustainable planning. paper illustrates results phases a 3D model within boundaries Kardia lignite deposit ...

The underground workers in the Dutch coal-mines have been radiographed (70 mm.) seven times since 1949. The prevalence of coal-miners' pneumoconiosis shows a continuous decrease in all age groups. To evaluate the effect of the intensive system of dust suppression over this period a cohort analysis was made of the proportion ofmen with pneumoconiosis with the same number of years of exposure und...

The effective production of high-quality anthracite has attracted increasing global attention. Based on the coal occurrence in Yongxia Mining Area and mining conditions of a coalface in Xinqiao Coal Mine, we proposed a systematic study on the technical support for the production of high-quality anthracite. Six key steps were explored, including coal falling at the coalface, transport, undergrou...

The longwall mining method is one of the most applied methods in extracting low-inclined to high-inclined coal seams. Selection of the most suitable extraction equipment is very important in the economical, safety, and productivity aspects of mining operations. There are a lot of parameters affecting the selection of an extraction equipment in mechanized longwall mining in steeply inclined coal...