Mohalik, N.K. and Singh, V.K. (2016) Estimation of greenhouse gas emissions from spontaneous combustion/fire of coal in opencast mines - Indian context. Carbon Management, 7 (5-6). pp. 317-332. ISSN 1758-3004

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Abstract

There are a significant number of uncontrolled coal mine fires (primarily due to spontaneous combustion of coal), which are currently burning all over the world. These spontaneous combustion sources emit greenhouse gases (GHGs). A critical review reveals that there are no standard measurement methods to estimate GHG emissions from mine fire/spontaneous combustion areas. The objective of this research paper was to estimate GHGs emissions from spontaneous combustion of coals in the Indian context. A sampling chamber (SC) method was successfully used to assess emissions at two locations of the Enna Opencast Project (OCP), Jharia Coalfield (JCF), for 3 months. The study reveals that measured cumulative average emission rate for CO2 varies from 75.02 to 286.03 gs−1m−1and CH4 varies from 41.49 to 40.34 gs−1m−1 for low- and medium-temperature zones. The total GHG emissions predicted from this single fire affecting mines of JCF vary from 16.86 to 20.19 Mtyr−1

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Spontaneous combustion, greenhouse gases, Jharia coalfield, opencast mines, emission estimation
Subjects:	Mine Fire
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Mr. B. R. Panduranga
Date Deposited:	18 Aug 2017 06:00
Last Modified:	18 Aug 2017 06:00
URI:	http://cimfr.csircentral.net/id/eprint/1806

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