ENVIRONMENT

Battery failure leads to high methane levels

ELECTRICAL protection systems should have appropriate levels of functional safety, New South Wales Mine Safety has warned, after a battery failure lead to methane levels reaching a high of 4.7% in a NSW longwall mine.

Lou Caruana
Battery failure leads to high methane levels

The battery failure in the back-up system for the controls within the surface substation caused the power to the main fans to trip.  This resulted in a loss of power to the underground and surface areas...

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