Abstract
The coal and gas outbursts which causes loss of life and property in underground coal mining through the worldwide. This event only occurs in the Zonguldak coal basin in Turkey, and it has to immediately be prevented in the collieries of the basin. The sum of 374 workers were died after 90 coal and gas outburst occurrences were experienced in the years between 1969 and 2013. After 2013, coal and gas outbursts were not occurred until today. In this paper, coal and gas outbursts were identified and the mechanism of outburst have been given as a brief summary. Moreover, statistical assessment of outbursts for the Zonguldak coal basin have been made and the prevention methods were summarized.
| Translated title of the contribution | An assessment of coal and gas outburst occurrences in Turkey, and prevention methods |
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| Original language | Turkish |
| Pages (from-to) | 99-108 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Madencilik |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |