Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
2005
Abstract
Underground coal heating is a significant hazard in some coal mines. The broad principles of how underground coal heatings occur is reasonably known, however the technique for locating the heatings in often inaccessible goaf has been proved to be difficult. Since 2002, CSIRO, with the support of the Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) has been undertaking investigations to apply and develop innovative surface-based radon technique for locating the underground heatings in Australia. This paper presents the progress of the investigation.
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Publication Details
This conference paper was originally published as Xue, S and Winkelmann, N, Detection of Underground Spontaneous Combustion of Coal With Surface-Based Radon Technique at Dartbrook Mine, in Aziz, N (ed), Coal 2005: Coal Operators' Conference, University of Wollongong & the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2005, 265-270.