It is without doubt that mountain top coal mining is safer for humans than sending people into tunnels to dig it out with machines, however environmentalists warn us about shaving off mountain tops to get the coal out.
How Come Mexican Drug Runners Build Their Tunnels Better than Coal Mines?
Recently in the United States in West Virginia one mining accident killed 12 people. Why is it that the Mexican Drug runners can build better tunnels than the coal mining industry?
VamTox Solutions to Coal Mine Methane and Our Environment
A ventilation air methane thermal oxidizer (VamTox) is an equipment processing unit for air pollution control on underground mining operations that decomposes methane gases at a high temperature.
These VamTox system of oxidizers are used to destroy Ventilation Air Methane from underground shafts that provide exhaust for underground mining workers. Flow rates are so high that ventilation air methane constitutes the largest source of methane at most mines.
Ventilation Air Methane Thermal Oxidizer (VamTox)
The ceramic heat exchanger can be designed for thermal efficiencies of 95+%. The coal mine exhaust streams allow the VamTox systems to operate at reduced or zero fuel usage, which makes these systems ideal for mine shaft ventilation operations.