Critical Appraisal to Assess the Extent of Fire in Old Abandoned Coal Mine Areas - Indian Context

Authors

N. Mohalik, Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, India
R. Singh, Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, India
V. Singh, Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, India
D. Tripathi, Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, India

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2009

Publication Details

This conference paper was originally published as Mohalik, N, Singh, R, Singh, V & Tripathi, D, Critical Appraisal to Assess the Extent of Fire in Old Abandoned Coal Mine Areas - Indian Context, in Aziz, N (ed), Coal 2009: Coal Operators' Conference, University of Wollongong & the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2009, 271-280.

Abstract

Mine fires in Indian coal mines have a long history of over 140 years and major causes of fire are considered to be spontaneous heating of coal. Regular thermo compositional monitoring plays an important role for assessment of fire in abandoned coal mines and therefore different fire indices assist to categorise location and extent of fire. The paper highlights different methodologies to know extent of fire in old abandoned areas and reviews different fire indices for interpretation of status of mine fires with suitable case studies.