Dust entrapment composition and method therefor
AssigneeAkzona Incorporated
InventorCharles H. Jacoby
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Abstract
The present invention relates to improvements in binding dust particles such as coal dust in mining operations by coating exposed surfaces in mine workings with a dust binding agent. Additives to the binding agent enhance dust entrapment and may be coated on the exposed surfaces after an initial layer of binding agent has been structured in the mine workings.
Claims4
The method of entrapping dust particles in a mine working comprising coating the mine working surfaces with a first mixture consisting essentially of sodium chloride, clay and water to form a crust;
- then coating the formed crust with a second mixture consisting essentially of sodium chloride, water and a water soluble complex iron cyanide selected from the group consisting of alkali metal ferrocyanide salts, alkaline earth metal ferrocyanide salts, alkali metal ferricyanide salts, and alkaline earth metal ferricyanide salts.
The method of regenerating an already formed salt crust formed in a mine working comprising the step of spraying the salt crust with a saturated brine solution heated to an above-ambient temperature.
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