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Methods Of Analyzing And Testing Coal And Coke
THIS bulletin presents all analytical and lest methods regularly used by Bureau of Mines laboratories for characterizing coal and coke. To provide better service to coal producers and consumers, the s
Jan 1, 1967
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Coal-Mine Accidents In The United States 1935 - Introduction
By W. W. Adams
In mining coal, the Nation's principal mineral fuel, loss of life has been much lower recently than in earlier years when coal mining contributed so heavily to the industrial-accident death toll
Jan 1, 1938
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RI 9467 - Improved 6.8L Furnace for Measuring the Autoignition Temperatures of Dust Clouds
By Ronald S. Conti
A new U.S. Bureau of Mines 6.8-L ignitability furnace was used to study the thermal autoignitability of dust clouds. This furnace has a quartz window to allow observation of the early stages of the ig
Jan 1, 2010
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RI 3473 Annual Report Of The Nonmetals Division - Fiscal Year 1939
By Oliver C. Ralston, and others
"INTRODUCTION Investigations of the Nonmetals Division are now conducted at College Park, Md.; Tuscaloosa. Ala.; Seattle, Wash.; and. Norris, Tenn. The last of these was acquired, this year by arrange
Oct 1, 1939
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RI 4250 Secondary Recovery of Oil of Water-Flooding in Fields of North Texas - Supplement to R.I. 3906 History of Water-flooding of Oil Sands on North Texas
By Robert K. Guthrie, James W. Amyx, D. B. Taliaferro
"INTRODUCTION Secondary recovery of oil by water-flooding is practiced more extensively in North Texas than in any other section of the State, and the progress and experience of the operations in that
Feb 1, 1948
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OFR-93-77 Application Study Of Portable Underground Hardrock Crushers
By Carl R. Peterson
[In lTI n,v und I'gr'oun nllnin~ Opt'I'ali n' the high . t cost is the loading and I 3ulage of t tln-of -D"'line ot'. 01' hauling costs can be r duced signifi-c
Jan 1, 1976
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Minerals In The U.S. Economy: Ten-Year Supply-Demand Profiles For Mineral And Fuel Commodities
The accompanying supply/demand flow diagrams and 10-year tables for mineral and fuel commodities present essential data required by government, industry, and others to formulate policies and programs
Jan 1, 1975
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Analyses of Iowa Coals - Iowa Coal Fields
By Paul Averitt
The coal-bearing rocks in Iowa occur in an arcuate belt across the central and southern parts of the State (fig. 1) at the northern end of the Western Interior coal field. Coal beds of minable thickne
Jan 1, 1949
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Index Of Selected Gasification Patents (In Three Parts) III. Belgian, French, German Italian, And Swedish Patents - Introduction
THE Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act (30 U.S.C., 321-325, and amendments) become law April 5, 1644, and a period of intensive research and development in this field was begun by the Bureau of Mines. As par
Jan 1, 1964
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RI 4408 Thermochemical study of the olivines and orthopyroxenes (ba15a029-4a3f-44b7-9d8b-0199ec4551f5)
By D. R. Torgoson, Th. G. Sahama
"This paper contains some new thermodynamic data for silicates in the series Mg2SiO4-Fe2siO4 and MgSiO3-FeSiO3 and gives the results of a thermodynamic attack on the problems of stability end paragene
Feb 1, 1949
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OFR-146(7)-77 Comparative Coal Transportation Costs: An Economic And Engineering Analysis Of Truck, Belt, Rail, Barge And Coal Slurry And Pneumatic Pipelines ? Volume 7 Pneumatic Transport ? 7.1 Introduction
By Michael Rieber
A new mode of coal transportation based on the principles of pneumatic conveying has been recently, proposed by Soo, et al. [5]. Pneumatic transport is not a novel concept and commercial experience wi
Jan 1, 1977
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OFR-162(2)-81 Interactive Mine-Power-System Analysis - User's Manual
By Richard A. Rivell
This document is a users manual intended as a reference for personnel interested in the analysis of coal-mine-electrical-power systems under either normal operating conditions or fault situations. The
Jan 1, 1980
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RI 6214 Reconnaissance Of Beach Sands, Bristol Bay, Alaska
By Robert V. Berryhill
Reconnaissance studies of beach deposits along approximately 220 miles of the shoreline of Bristol Bay, Alaska, were made to determine if more detailed investigations were warranted. In addition to pr
Jan 1, 1963
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Final Report Of Investigation To The Diesel Emissions Evaluation Program (Deep) - Noranda Inc. - Brunswick Mine - Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Field Study ? Executive Summary ? About the Project
By S. McGinn
The Brunswick Mine Diesel Particulate Filter Study was one of several research projects initiated by the Diesel Emissions Evaluation Program (DEEP). The study was carried out at Noranda?s Brunswick Mi
Jan 1, 2004
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RI 3994 Pilot-Plant Investigations Production of Sponge Iron with Producer Gas
By R. G. Knickerbocker, T. E. Evans, D. R. Torgeson
"INTRODUCTION Sponge iron is a product resulting from the reduction of an iron oxide at such a low temperature that fusion does not occur, and the reduced particles retain substantially the same shape
Dec 1, 1946
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OFR-84(9)-76 A Master Environmental Control And Mine System Design Simulator For Underground Coal Mining - Volume IX - Water Generator
By C. B. Manula
This report is volume 9 of an eleven-volume final report for a Grant completed by The Pennsylvania State University for the Bureau of Mines to develop a dynamic general purpose computer simulation mod
Jan 1, 1975
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RI 4142 Concentration of Magnanese Ores from Grand & Emory Co., UT
By B. K. Shibler, W. G. Sandell, G. M. Potter, H. D. Snedden
"INTRODUCTION During the course of the investigation of the occurrence of manganese deposits in the western United States, examining 'engineers of the Bureau of Mines collected samples from seven mang
Dec 1, 1947
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RI 3968 Exploration of Iron Mountain Titaniferous Magnetite Deposits, Albany County, Wyo.
By Eugene Frey
"INTRODUCTION The Iron Mountain deposits were examined in the summer of 1943 by engineers of the Bureau of Lanes, and a diamond-drilling project was set up under the Strategic Minerals Program. Actual
Nov 1, 1946
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RI 3299 Anhydrous Sodium Sulphate From Saline Deposits Or Brines By A Four-Stage Process
By J. E. Conley
Available statistics show that the demands of the American chemical industry for sodium sulphate have been increasing slightly in recent years. The supply from domestic sources, particularly In the fo
Jan 1, 1936
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IC 9191 Behavioral Accident Simulator Computer Program User Guide And Technical Reference Manual
By William E. Souder
The behavioral accident simulator (BAS) is a computer program that can be used to simulate accident situations. It demonstrates how the potential to have an accident grows or diminishes as a result of
Jan 1, 1988