A new apparatus to establish the spontaneous combustion propensity of coals and coal-shales

Coal and coal-shale both tend to undergo spontaneous combustion under favourable atmospheric conditions. The Wits-Ehac index has been developed in South Africa since the late 1980’s to test the spontaneous combustion liability of coal. However, in some cases, the Wits-Ehac index fails to produce tan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: M. Onifade, B. Genc, A. Carpede
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:International Journal of Mining Science and Technology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095268617308121