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Document ID (ISN)37017
CIS number 82-227
ISSN - Serial title 0003-4290 - Annales des mines de Belgique - Annalen der Mijnen van België
Year 1981
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Giust A.
Title CH4 danger level detector - for incorporation in a cap lamp
Original title Circuit détecteur de seuil de CH4 incorporable à une lampe chapeau [in French]
Bibliographic information May 1981, No.5, p.433-439. Illus.
Abstract Description, circuit diagram and explanation of the operation of an instrument that every 4min analyses the atmospheric CH4 content and, by flashing the cap lamp, indicates 4 alarm situations: breakage of the detector filament or the compensator filament; atmopsheric methane concentration exceeding 2% (selected threshold); discharged battery.
Descriptors (primary) mine gases; methane; explosive atmosphere detection; coal mining; cap lamps
Descriptors (secondary) description of equipment; automatic alarms
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Mines and quarries
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Mining and quarrying
Lighting and colour
Aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons