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Fault Tree & Event Tree For Gas and Dust Explosion

The document summarizes a fault tree analysis and event tree analysis for gas and coal dust explosions in mines. The fault tree for gas explosions identifies two main events - combustible atmosphere and source of ignition. The five basic events that can lead to these are deficient ventilation, methane outburst, mechanical ignitions, electrical ignitions, and blasting. The event tree analysis for gas explosions outlines different incident types and outcomes based on initiating events and probabilities. The fault tree for coal dust explosions identifies concentration of dust reaching explosive limits and a high temperature fire source as intermediate events. It then outlines 26 basic events that can influence these factors and lead to a coal dust explosion.

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Fault Tree & Event Tree For Gas and Dust Explosion

The document summarizes a fault tree analysis and event tree analysis for gas and coal dust explosions in mines. The fault tree for gas explosions identifies two main events - combustible atmosphere and source of ignition. The five basic events that can lead to these are deficient ventilation, methane outburst, mechanical ignitions, electrical ignitions, and blasting. The event tree analysis for gas explosions outlines different incident types and outcomes based on initiating events and probabilities. The fault tree for coal dust explosions identifies concentration of dust reaching explosive limits and a high temperature fire source as intermediate events. It then outlines 26 basic events that can influence these factors and lead to a coal dust explosion.

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Fault Tree & Event Tree for

Gas and Coal Dust Explosion

SILU PRADHAN
116MN0574
Fault tree for gas explosion:
• Fault tree presented in above figure has two major events as combustible atmosphere and
source of ignition with five basic events as deficient ventilation practice (X1), methane
outburst (X2), mechanical ignitions (X3), electrical ignitions (X4), and blasting (X5). X1
and X2 are connected with OR gate to combustible atmosphere and X3, X4, and X5 are
connected with OR gate to source of ignition.

• Combustible atmosphere and source of ignition are connected with AND gate to the top event
methane explosion.

• The intermediate events presented on fault tree, primary ventilation practice, auxiliary
ventilation practice, and failure in gas monitoring are combined under deficient ventilation
practice.

• The intermediate events presented on the fault tree, misuse and friction are combined under
mechanical ignitions, while electro-statical discharge, improper battery charging storages and
the basic events non-permissible equipments and bad electrical connection, cable laying,
short-circuit are combined under electrical ignitions on the fault tree.
Event tree analysis for gas explosion:
Initiating Event Incident Type Mine being ignition probability of this severity
Worked at the source outcome
Time
Yes yes=0.95 P=0.3*0.95*0.2 5 dead,
Yes=0.2 = 0.0570 10 injured
Outburst
0.3 P=0.3*0.95*0.8 no injury
No=0.8 =0.228

No=0.05 P=0.3*0.05 no injury


= 0.015

Yes=0.1 P=0.05*0.7*0.1 10 dead,


Yes=0.7 = 0.0035 5 injured
Gas explosion
No=0.9 P=0.05*0.7*0.9 no injury
Ground support = 0.0315
Collapse in old no=0.3 P=0.05*0.3 no injury
Workings = 0.015
0.05
Yes=0.2 P=0.65*0.8*0.2 5 dead,
Yes=0.8 = 0.104 10 injured
No no=0.8 P=0.65*0.8*0.8 no injury
Continual release = 0.416
0.65 No=0.2 P=0.65*0.2 no injury
= 0.13
Fault tree for dust explosion:
• Coal dust explosion is easy to occur at the site of working face and transports by the
roadway. This study takes a coal dust explosion as the top event that is least likely to
occur in the fault tree.
• A coal dust explosion is caused by a mixture of concentrations of coal dust and air that
reaches the explosion limit and meets a high-temperature fire source. These two factors
are taken as intermediate events of a fault tree, to conduct a further analysis and
determine the various factors that influence the occurrences of such events. A coal dust
explosion fault tree is presented in above figure and the meanings of the basic events are
indicated in Table below.
Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning
T Coal dust explosion X11 Spray damage at transport point in coal working
face
M1 The mixture concentration of coal dust and air reached the limit of explosion X12 Quantity of underground air is small in coal
working face

M2 High temperature fire X13 The wind speed exceeds limit in working place

M3 The flying coal dust in coal working face X14 Spray damage of fully mechanized airborne teeth

M4 The flying coal dust in tunnelling faces X15 Spray damage of rake loader

M5 The fire source of blasting X16 Not use blister mud in blasting driving

M6 Electric spark X17 Not use wet drilling in blasting driving

X1 Coal dust accumulated on air return way X18 Not use water curtain in blasting

X2 The flying coal dust at transport point X19 Without spraying water before and after blasting

X3 Coal dust management is out of control X20 Blasting illegally


X4 Friction spark X21 Deal with blown-out shot improperly

X5 Naked light X22 Use the blasting material which is not suitable to
coal mine

X6 Synthetic clothing X23 Electrical explosion


X7 Electrical fire X24 Aging insulation breakdown
X8 The spray in the drum of the coal mining machine is damaged X25 Maintenance with electricity

X9 Outer drum damage of coal-winning machine X26 Spark caused by lightning entered the coal mine

X10 Removal spray damage in coal working face

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