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Here you’ll find a collection of content to provide guidance, offer insights and practical support. Uncover how refuge chambers work, learn about controlled environments for plant growth or understand servicing best practice.
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Are Stench Gas Mine Alert Systems Flammable?
Regulation 4.37 states that flammable materials or explosives are not to be stored near mine openings. Stench Gas contains Ethyl Mercaptan
Airtight Environment In A Refuge Chamber
The primary control over the internal environment of a refuge chamber to ensure it can preserve life is that it is hermetically sealed, or air tight.
Controlling Temperature in a Refuge Chamber
Controlling the internal temperature of a refuge chamber is critical to the health and well-being of trapped miners and personnel
Refuge Chamber Scrubber Chemicals: Free Pour vs. Cartridge
Refuge chamber scrubber chemical work by removing undesired gases from the air using chemical reactions.
Positive Pressure Inside A Refuge Chamber
Positive pressure helps to prevent the ingress of airborne contaminants inside a refuge chamber. How to maintain positive pressure is via…
Gas Monitoring in a Refuge Chamber
Why is it important to monitor gas levels in a sealed refuge chamber, and how is this done? Digital or manual gas monitoring…
Refuge Chamber Batteries: A Backup Power Supply
Batteries provide a reliable, uninterruptable power supply to power a refuge chamber in a mains power failure…
Oxygen Supply to Emergency Safe Refuge Chambers
Oxygen levels within an emergency safe refuge chamber will quickly be consumed without an additional source and redundancies.
Designing Refuge Chambers for Tunnels Under Construction
Developing a refuge chamber to meet the specific needs of a tunnel under construction requires an understanding of Computational Fluid…
Breathable Air in a Refuge Chamber: Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide
Breathable air inside a refuge chamber is air that can support life, has enough oxygen in its mix, and doesn’t contain contaminants…
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