Increasing the occupational health and safety level by using specialized software

Worldwide, but also at European Union level, the mining industry is subject to legislative and technical restrictions. For mining coal from underground is used a complex network of horizontal, vertical and inclined mine workings aiming at transporting and exhausting coal at the surface. In every min...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:MATEC Web of Conferences 2020, Vol.305, p.39
Main Authors: Morar, Marius Simion, Păsculescu, Vlad Mihai, Cioară, Cristian Raul, Băbuţ, Andrada Denisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coal mines
Coal mining
Exhausting
Longwall mining
Mine ventilation
Mining industry
Occupational health
Occupational safety
Software
Spontaneous combustion
Underground mines
Underground mining
Ventilation
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Worldwide, but also at European Union level, the mining industry is subject to legislative and technical restrictions. For mining coal from underground is used a complex network of horizontal, vertical and inclined mine workings aiming at transporting and exhausting coal at the surface. In every mine unit, very important is the ventilation network, used for ensuring the oxygen for workers, for diluting explosive and/or toxic gases and for exhausting heat and humidity form the underground. Coal mining involves the risk of spontaneous combustion which, besides methane accumulations and improper ventilation, represents the main source generating work accidents, sometimes resulting in human losses. The current article proposes an analysis of the potentially explosive and/or toxic atmosphere for a longwall with undermined coal bed and of the use of specialized software for increasing the underground safety level by mining ventilation improvement.
ISSN:2261-236X
2274-7214
2261-236X
DOI:10.1051/matecconf/202030500039