For Gas Testing Examination. Unit 1 Air Composition
This syllabus covers gas testing and mine safety. It includes 6 units that cover topics like the composition of mine air and gases, firedamp occurrence and ignition, flame safety lamps, fire types, automatic detectors, and the physiological effects of mine gases. The units provide instruction on general mine air properties, methane emission and detection, safety lamp components and use, fire classification, methanometer operation, and regulations regarding gas exposure limits.
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For Gas Testing Examination. Unit 1 Air Composition
This syllabus covers gas testing and mine safety. It includes 6 units that cover topics like the composition of mine air and gases, firedamp occurrence and ignition, flame safety lamps, fire types, automatic detectors, and the physiological effects of mine gases. The units provide instruction on general mine air properties, methane emission and detection, safety lamp components and use, fire classification, methanometer operation, and regulations regarding gas exposure limits.
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Syllabus
For Gas Testing
Examination. Air Composition Unit 1 General atmospheric Air and its 1. composition 12 Mine air and its composition 13 Damps in mines and its threshold limits 14 Degree of gassiness Unit 2 Occurrence of Firedamp 21 Composition of Firedamp 22 Coalification process 23 Emission of methane into mines 24 Coward's diagram Ignition temperature and prevention of 25 firedamp Unit 3 Flame Safety Lamp 31 History of Flame Safety Lamp Components of flame safety lamp and 32 its role 33 Air flow in safety lamp assemble and dismantle of the safety 34 lamp 35 accessories of the safety lamp 36 Handling of safety lamp 37 Maintenance of safety lamp 38 Fuel or oil in safety lamp 39 Precautions with use of safety lamp Unit 4 Flame and Fire 41 Class of Fire 42 Types of fire extinguishers 43 Types of flames 44 Gas cap and fuel cap 45 Testing with flame safety lamp Identification of percentage of 46 firedamp from safety lamp Identification of Oxygen deficiency 47 from safety lamp Identification of presence of 48 blackdamp from safety lamp Unit 5 Automatic Detectors 51 Working principal of methanometer Wheatstone bridge circuit of 52 methanometer 53 Test procedure
Unit 6 Physiological effect of mine gases
Oxygen Physiological effect, source,
6.1 Detection, threshold limit as par regulation Carbon dioxide Physiological effect, 62 source, Detection, threshold limit as par regulation Carbon monoxide Physiological effect, 6.3 source, Detection, threshold limit as par regulation 6.4 Nitrous fumes Physiological effect, source, Detection, threshold limit as par regulation Sulphur dioxide Physiological effect, 6.5 source, Detection threshold limit as par regulation Hydrocarbons, Aldehydes and acroleins Physiological effect,source, 6.6 Detection, threshold limit as par regulation