Mining Project: Battery Safety Enhancements for Underground Coal Mines
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Start Date | 3/1/2011 |
End Date | 9/30/2014 |
Objective |
To conduct research needed to make recommendations and guide policy or program decisions regarding the safety of batteries used in underground coal mines. |
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Research Summary
This project conducted research needed to make recommendations and guide policy or program decisions regarding the safety of batteries used in underground coal mines.
The research objectives for this project were addressed by way of the following project tasks:
- to conduct experimental research of lithium battery ignition of flammable methane-air mixtures with the aim of demonstrating the potential ignition hazard of lithium batteries considered intrinsically safe, and then to identify potentially safer lithium chemistry alternatives based on comparative experimental evidence;
- to gather information from large-format lead acid battery manufacturers, refurbishment service providers, and equipment users with the aim of developing recommendations for enhancing battery assembly construction, charging cable protection, and providing ignition safe disconnects; and
- to develop guidelines to improve battery safety for underground coal mine communications and tracking system equipment, focusing on battery selection, integration, use, and maintenance.
See Also
- Analysis of Mine Fires for All U.S. Underground and Surface Coal Mining Categories: 1990-1999
- Are lithium-ion cells intrinsically safe?
- Continuous Wave Laser Ignition Thresholds of Coal Dust Clouds
- Further Study of the Intrinsic Safety of Internally Shorted Lithium and Lithium-ion Cells Within Methane-air
- NIOSH Research for Monitoring and Controlling Methane at U.S. Underground Coal Mining Operations
- Refuge Alternatives in Underground Coal Mines
- Safe and Economical Inerting of Sealed Mine Areas
- Spontaneous Combustion
- Technical Solutions for Enhancements to Mine Safety Using Barricade II Fire Blocking Gel
- Ultra-Low Frequency Through-the-Earth Communication Technology
- An Underground Coal Mine Fire Preparedness and Response Checklist: The Instrument
- Wireless Mesh Mine Communication System
Page last reviewed: October 22, 2016
Page last updated: October 22, 2016
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program