中国合肥煤矿瓦斯治理技术国际研讨会-stewartbell斯德沃特贝尔.ppt

Mine gas monitoring Safegas is a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system (SCADA) - software hardware which collects gas data continuously, displays this information in formats useful for interpretation or action and allows computer control of the hardware Mine gas monitoring Camgas (Ezgas) GC based system All Queensland coal mines have gas chromatographs (GCs) linked to central analysis and interpretation facility Field GCs can be reprogrammed from the central facility Advanced hardware High speed micro GCs have revolutionised mine gas analysis * The Coal Mining legislation is similar, but worded differently * * * * Queensland’s worst disaster was in 1925 at Mount Mulligan – 75 killed * The last two have had the most significant impact particularly the last. * In 1986, the Moura No. 4 Mine disaster occurred. In 1994, an explosion at Moura No. 2 Mine occurred, dramatically re-emphasising the hazardous nature of mining and the need for continued vigilance. Simtars provided on-site gas analysis and played an important role in: the subsequent investigations the official inquiries implementation of their outcomes. * No evidence of a spon com being the cause of the Moura No. 4 Mine explosion. hypothesised that a roof fall in an unventilated area of the mine pushed methane accumulations into workings where a flame safety lamp carried by a Mine Deputy ignited the explosion. Simtars subsequently demonstrated that this was the most likely cause Simtars was able to produce ignitions in 10% of over 200 tests conducted This was an unacceptable risk since safer alternatives were available Davy lamps banned * Australian underground coal mines set the benchmark for some of the world’s best practices in gas monitoring. A combination of 3 systems are used: real time telemetric sensors, tube bundle analysis, and gas chromatography Simtars introduced the concept of the “virtual gas chemist” when it developed Camgas. The first Camgas system was installed at Coo