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APPENDIX B: THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
APPENDIX B: THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
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APPENDIX E The U.S. Bureau of Mines Research, Development, and Demonstration Program 73
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Underground mining includes research on improved room-and-piliar mining and on panel mining with longwall and shortwall methods, increased rates of development for new mines or expansion of existing mines, control of environmental impacts from mining and mine wastes, and advanced mining systems. Surface mining research includes work on improved extraction and reclamation equipment and integrated mining and reclamation systems.
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FY 77 FY 78 Program Funding (estimate) Health and Safety Coal-Health 4.19 4.60 Coal-Safety 25.99 25.40 Metal-Nonmetal Health and Safety 5.82 5.82 Subtotal 36.00 35.82 Advancing Mining Technology Coal Underground 45.70 43.90 Surface 11.00 10.10 Coal Preparation 2.10 5.00 Supporting Studies 1.10 1.00 Subtotal 59.96 60.02 Oil Shale 5.66 3.22 Metal-Nonmetal 6.27 6.27 Subtotal 71.89 69.51 Environmental Engineering and Demonstrations Mined Land Investigations and Demonstrations 9.86 3.89 Fire Control in Coal Deposits 0.25 0.25 Subtotal 10.11 4.14 Totals 118.00 109.57 75
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Current demonstration include the shortwall section work being done with the Eeth Elkhorn Company and the longwall shields project being done with the Old Ben Coal Company. Conventional and continuous mining efforts are focused on optimizing system operating cycles to increase productivity, automation, and worker protection.
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Significant problems include explosive gas mixtures, explosion propagation, frictional sparks, spontaneous ignition, fires in equipment, flammable hydraulic fluids, and electrical circuits. Methane control research is being conducted to improve the technology necessary for safe and economic irining of methane-laden coal beds.
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TABLE B-2 Coal Mine Health and Safety Program Funding (in millions of dollars) Research Area FY 77 FY 78 Fires and explosions 2.8 2.9 Methane control 1.5 1.4 Ground control 7.5 8.1 Industrial-type hazards 8.3 9.0 Respirable dust 1.9 1.8 Noise 0.9 1.2 Industrial hygiene 1.5 1.6 Post disaster 1.4 1.3 Systems engineering 4.4 2.7 Total 30.2 30.0 78
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Industrial hygiene research is structured to provide the information, analytical tools, and monitoring and warning devices required by the mining industry to ensure that noxious gases are controlled at safe levels in the mining environment. The major problem area is toxic gases in underground mines resulting from blasting products, diesel emissions, equipment fires, and chemical extinguishment products.
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(77.50) (68.00 Grants 38 58.47 Cost-sharing arrangements 46 1.89 Cooperative agreements 123 11.08 TABLE B-4 Technology Transfer Mechanisms 1972-1976 Planned 1977 Briefings 24 7 Seminars 17 9 Exhibits 16 5 Technology News 30 12 Publications 500 80
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Working relationships have been established with all the major coal producing nations except the Peoples Republic of China. In 1976, the Bureau entered into 10 joint research projects with the National Coal Board of the United Kingdom and 5 projects with the Central Mining Institute of Poland.
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