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Predicting The Self-Heating Potential Of Coal, Seyed Mohammad Fatemi-Badi
Predicting The Self-Heating Potential Of Coal, Seyed Mohammad Fatemi-Badi
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Self-heating in coal has been studied for well over one hundred years, yet there is no accurate or reliable method for predicting the potential of certain coals to undergo self-heating. Fires caused by self-heating, and eventually spontaneous combustion, have occurred in the high wall of surface mines, in underground mines, in coal stockpiles, and on trains, barges and ships. Self-heating in coal is brought about through a complex interplay of conditions depending on the specific properties of the coal as well as many external factors involved in the mining and handling of coal.
In a study supported by the United …