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Mohalik, N.K., Lester, Edward, Lowndes, Ian 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 1758-3012

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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−1 and 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
RIS ID:	https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/826841
Additional Information:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Carbon Management on 28 Nov 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17583004.2016.1249216
Keywords:	Spontaneous combustion, greenhouse gases, Jharia coalfield, opencast mines, emission estimation
Schools/Departments:	University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2016.1249216
Depositing User:	Eprints, Support
Date Deposited:	13 Feb 2017 11:32
Last Modified:	04 May 2020 18:19
URI:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/40559

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