ECOAL project: delivering solutions for integrated monitoring of coal-related fires supported on optical fiber sensing technology

The combustion of coal wastes resulting from mining is of particular environmental concern, and the importance of proper management involving real-time assessment of their status and identification of probable evolution scenarios is recognized. Continuous monitoring of the combustion temperature and...

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Authors: Ribeiro, Joana, Viveiros, Duarte, Ferreira, João, López Gil, Alexia, Domínguez López, Alejandro, Martins, Hugo F., Pérez Herrera, Rosa Ana, López Aldaba, Aitor, Duarte, Lia, Rodrigues Pinto, Ana Margarida, Martín López, Sonia, Baierl, Hardy, Jamier, Raphael, Rougier, Sébastien, Auguste, Jean-Louis, Teodoro, Ana Cláudia, Gonçalves, José Alberto, Esteban, Óscar, Santos, José Luís, Roy, Philippe, López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel, González Herráez, Miguel, Baptista, José Manuel, Flores, Deolinda
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repository:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/26154
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/26154
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Coal mining
Coal waste deposits
Spontaneous coal combustion
Optical fiber sensing
Temperature measurement
Gas detection
Environmental impact
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Summary:The combustion of coal wastes resulting from mining is of particular environmental concern, and the importance of proper management involving real-time assessment of their status and identification of probable evolution scenarios is recognized. Continuous monitoring of the combustion temperature and emission levels of certain gases allows for the possibility of planning corrective actions to minimize their negative impact on the surroundings. Optical fiber technology is well suited to this purpose and here we describe the main attributes and results obtained from a fiber optic sensing system projected to gather data on distributed temperature and gas emissions in these harsh environments.

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