Underground mining fire hazards and the optimization of emergency evacuation strategies (EES): The issues, existing methodology and limitations, and way forward

OB Salami, G Xu, AR Kumar, RI Pushparaj - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Underground mine fires are associated with thermal and non-thermal hazards. Thermal
hazards are primarily characterized by the release of heat into the underground confined …

Applications of computational fluid dynamics for mine ventilation in mineral development

H Yi, M Kim, D Lee, J Park - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the application status of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling in mine
ventilation is presented by reviewing papers published since the year 2000. The aspects …

The method of combating coal spontaneous combustion hazard in goafs—a case study

D Szurgacz, M Tutak, J Brodny, L Sobik, O Zhironkina - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
One of the major natural hazards occurring during the process of mining exploitation are
endogenous fires. They cause very large material losses and constitute a threat to the health …

Investigation on coal spontaneous combustion in the gob of Y type ventialtion caving face: A case study

S Yang, B Zhou, C Wang - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2021 - Elsevier
Gas and coal spontaneous combustion (CSC) compound disasters have become a common
mode of serious accidents in coal mines. This study is aimed at revealing the characteristics …

Enhancing fire safety in underground mines: Experimental and large eddy simulation of temperature attenuation, gas evolution, and bifurcation influence for improved …

OB Salami, AR Kumar, I Aamir, RI Pushparaj… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The occurrence of underground mine fires remains a significant and persistent safety
challenge in the mining industry, posing imminent risks to both miners' lives and the …

L2 regularized deep convolutional neural networks for fire detection

SS Roy, V Goti, A Sood, H Roy… - Journal of Intelligent …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
Fire calamity is one of the worst adversarial events that can happen to the human race. Fire
disaster can happen as a manmade disaster or even naturally, and it may cause …

Identification of zones with coal spontaneous combustion hazards in the three goafs surrounding an isolated Island working face: A case study on Qianyingzi Coal …

Z Hou, S Yang, H Shao, B Zhou, J Cai… - … Science and Technology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Crushed coal pillars on both sides of isolated Island working face will form multiple goafs in
series, resulting in complex air leakage in goafs. Therefore, it is crucial to explore the law of …

Numerical simulation study on the evolution law of mechanical properties of different metamorphic coals after heat treatment

X Zhang, H Lai, G Huang, B Lu, H Liang - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In order to study the effect of temperature on the structure and mechanical properties of coal
with different metamorphic degree. Three coal samples with varying degrees of …

Determination and fire analysis of gob characteristics using CFD

F Fernández-Alaiz, AM Castañón, F Gómez-Fernández… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
A laboratory-scale analysis using coal from an underground mine was carried out, emulating
a mixture from the gob area in an actual mine, consisting of waste, coal, and free space for …

Analysis of the fire propagation in a sublevel coal mine

F Fernánez-Alaiz, AM Castañón, F Gómez-Fernández… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
A fire has been analyzed in a real underground coal mine, using a sublevel method, during
an entire year. The study was focused on the collapsed area, reproducing a real mixture …