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In-situ measurement of thermal diffusivity in underground coal mines

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Title In-situ measurement of thermal diffusivity in underground coal mines
 
Creator Varma, N. K.
Gupta, M.L.
 
Subject Mine Ventilation
 
Description Existing methods of in-situ determination of thermal diffusivity are critically reviewed. A new method based on cooling of rock, instead of heating, is presented. Formulae has been derived to determine thermal diffusivity of rock massif from only nine temperature measurements in a single drill hole. However, for accurancy more measurements are recommended. A simple computer programme written in Fortran77 is described which requires negligible amount of computer memory space. It generates all possible 3x3 matrices required to compute a diffusivity value, systematically scans them, calculates thermal diffusivity from viable ones and performs statistical calculations on them. Program output consists of number of diffusivity values calculated, their mean, standard deviation and range. An example from actual field measurement is also given.
 
Publisher Books and Journals Private Ltd.,
 
Date 1999-07
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Identifier Varma, N. K. and Gupta, M.L. (1999) In-situ measurement of thermal diffusivity in underground coal mines. Journal of Mines, Metals & Fuels, 47 (7&8). pp. 172-176. ISSN 0022-2755
 
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