MAD 627E - Methane Control in Underground Mines and Tunnels

Course Objectives

1. Defining methane related problems in underground mines and tunnels
2. Teaching the measuring and sampling methods for methane control
3. Teaching the methane control methods for different kind of mining methods

Course Description

Facts about methane. Importance of methane in accordance to mine safety. Sampling for methane in mines and tunnel. Methane control at development excavations. Preventing methane ignitions at longwall faces. Coal seam degasification. Managing excess gas emissions associated with coal mine geologic features. Forecasting gas emissions for coal mine safety applications. Control of methane during coal mine shaft excavation. Explosion hazards of coal dust in the presence of methane. Methane control in metal-nonmetal mines. Preventing methane gas explosions during tunnel construction.