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Improved Method for Extinguishing Coal Refuse Fires
Coal refuse fires present environmental and personnel hazards to those living in the vicinity of the fire as well as those engaged in the reclamation efforts. The fire can also increase subsidence problems as well as prevent revegatation and reclamation of the site. Conventional efforts have been excavation and quenching; expensive, dangerous, and very often unsuccessful techniques. Water flooding has also proven unsuccessful due to the poor distribution of the water in the refuse pile. Water quickly drains from the coal refuse pile below its injection point with little or no laterial distribution. As an alternate to excavation and/or quenching, the feasibility of using water based foams to improve the distribution of water injected into a coal refuse fire was examined. Using surfactants to foam the water and gelling agents to reduce its fluidity, tests were conducted in the lab and the field. The foam still tends to follow the larger channels/openings in the pile, although above, as well as below the injection point. While the foam does improve water distribution in the pile, additional work needs to be conducted to prevent preferential channel flow and further improve distribution.
Improved Method for Extinguishing Coal Refuse Fires
Coal refuse fires present environmental and personnel hazards to those living in the vicinity of the fire as well as those engaged in the reclamation efforts. The fire can also increase subsidence problems as well as prevent revegatation and reclamation of the site. Conventional efforts have been excavation and quenching; expensive, dangerous, and very often unsuccessful techniques. Water flooding has also proven unsuccessful due to the poor distribution of the water in the refuse pile. Water quickly drains from the coal refuse pile below its injection point with little or no laterial distribution. As an alternate to excavation and/or quenching, the feasibility of using water based foams to improve the distribution of water injected into a coal refuse fire was examined. Using surfactants to foam the water and gelling agents to reduce its fluidity, tests were conducted in the lab and the field. The foam still tends to follow the larger channels/openings in the pile, although above, as well as below the injection point. While the foam does improve water distribution in the pile, additional work needs to be conducted to prevent preferential channel flow and further improve distribution.
Improved Method for Extinguishing Coal Refuse Fires
S. S. Gross (author)
1991
138 pages
Report
No indication
English
Fire extinguishing demonstration on coal fires
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