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R&D THRUST AREAS FOR X PLAN

  • PRODUCTION, PRODUCTIVITY & SAFETY
    • COAL EXPLORATION
      • In-seam seismic survey
      • Detection of subsurface cavities in abandoned U/G workings
      • Measurement of volume of overburden, coal stock by aerial survey 
      • Coal bed methane
    • UNDERGROUND MINING
      • Development and trials of new mining methods including thick seam mining
      • Development of methods for faster liquidation of developed pillars.
      • Development of methods for improvement of face productivity in conventional Board and Pillar workings
      • Development of techniques/systems for determining underground mine environment
      • Location of trapped mines
      • Alternative to sand for stowing
      • Stabilization of worked out areas
      • Application of continuous miner in underground mines
      • Replacement of Timber
      • Enhancing incubation period of coal by spray of chemicals to help design of larger panel for high productivity
    • OPENCAST MINING
      • Haul-Road dust suppression
      • Slope stabilization/optimization studies
      • Development of methods for selective mining
    • EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT
      • Development of machines suitable to Indian conditions
      • Development of efficient tele-monitoring, communication and control system
    • UNDERGROUND COAL GASIFICATION
  • COAL BENEFICIATION
    • Beneficiation and dewatering of small and fine coal
    • Cheap and efficient methods for benefication of non-coking coal and development of simulation modules
    • Effective washery-effluent-treatment systems
    • Beneficiation of low volatile coal 
    • Recovery of coking coal form washery middlings/rejects
    • Blending studies of low volatile coking coal for their use in Coal Industry
    • Environment friendly disposal of coal washery-tailings
    • Development of computerized control system for washery operations covering quality of feed, quality of product, performance etc.
  • COAL UTILIZATION
    • Use of SLV/Jhama coal
    • Bio-processing of coal/lignite for methane
    • Use of low volatile medium coking coal for metallurgical purposes
    • Bio-technological conversion of lignite to humic acid
    • Utilization of rejects including tailings and fly ash
    • Fluidized Bed combustion
  • ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
    • Development of compatible bio-reclamation and hydro-reclamation systems for rehabilitation of degraded land and mined out areas for each coalfield
    • Development of efficient dust suppression measures specially for dust generated on haul roads/transport roads and in CHPs
    • Assessment of noise attenuation for different width and height of plantation barriers
    • Identification of suitable flocculating agents for reducing high level of suspended solids in the mine effuent, specially opencast mines. Collection of environmental data in different coalfields and interpretation/assessment of likely impact level due to varied level of mining operations
    • Impact of leaching due to fly ash on water resources
    • Bio-rehabilitaion and gainful utilization of abandoned mines
    • Sequestration of CO2 and control of green-house gases
  • OTHERS
    • Development of suitable explosive for use in gassy seams and in B.G. method
    • Strata behaviour in PSLW face
    • Development of light weight support
    • Development of light weight hand held electrical drill machine
    • Development of back hoc type SDL to take the coal which are being lost in goaf
    • Disaster Management in mines and mining areas

     

     

     

     

     


For any clarification and further information please contact
Director (RD&T), Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd., Gondwana Place, Kanke Road, RANCHI - 834 008 
Telephone:(0651) 230040, (0651) 231850/230347/230827 (PBX), Fax (0651) 231851, 231447 
E- Mail : sandt@cmpdi.co.in