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MineARC Tech Topic: Hydrogen Sulfide
Is Stench Gas flammable? This MineARC TechTopic explains the flammability of stench gas and how that affects emergency response procedures. – More information
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MineARC Discussion Topic: The Future of Safe Refuge
Can life be continuously sustained in a sealed environment? MineARC’s monitoring and control technologies are moving closer towards providing significant refuge periods with the aid of Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems (CELSS). – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Stench Gas Flammability
Is Stench Gas flammable? This MineARC TechTopic explains the flammability of stench gas and how that affects emergency response procedures. – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Tunnelling Design Challenges
What are the principle safety design features of a refuge chamber for tunnelling projects? This MineARC Tech Topic explains how the MineARC TunnelSAFE Refuge Chamber is built to overcome the challenges of a
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MineARC Tech Topic: Fire Protection
What are the fundamental passive fire protection solutions offered for refuge chambers? This MineARC Tech Topic explains what fire rated materials are used to construct passive fire rated MineARC refuge chambers. – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Cartridge Vs Free Pour Chemical
What are the fundamental differences between free pour and cartridge chemical scrubbing for refuge chambers? This MineARC Tech Topic explains the importance of equal and even pressure to the efficiency of chemical reaction to ensure the performance characteristics of the refuge chamber are optimised. – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Air Tight Environments
Why is it necessary for refuge chambers to be air tight environments? This MineARC Tech Topic explains the importance, components and procedures necessary to ensure refuge chambers maintain an air tight environment. – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Heat Loads
What is the impact of heat loads to a refuge chamber and why does it need to be considered? This MineARC Tech Topic explains why understanding heat loads is important to temperature control within refuge chambers. – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Oxygen Systems
What are the oxygen systems supplied to a refuge chamber to keep occupants alive in the event of an emergency? This MineARC Tech Topic explains the importance of multiple oxygen systems to a refuge chamber. – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Gas Monitoring
Why is it important to monitor gas levels in a sealed refuge chamber and how is this done? This MineARC Tech Topic explains why gas monitoring is an essential aspect of maintaining a life supporting atmosphere within a refuge chamber and how internal gases are monitored by our digital gas monitoring system. – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Combating Carbon Monoxide
How does Carbon Monoxide enter a sealed refuge chamber and why is it necessary to remove this gas? This MineARC Tech Topic explains how MineARC refuge chambers monitor and remove Carbon Monoxide from within occupied refuge chambers. – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Batteries
How do refuge chamber’s life support equipment and associated components function optimally during an emergency? This MineARC Tech Topic explains the importance of a reliable Uninterruptible Power Supply to refuge chambers. – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Carbon Monoxide & Carbon Dioxide
What are the potential effects of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide to occupants of a refuge chamber? This MineARC Tech Topic explains the importance of monitoring and removing carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from within occupied refuge chambers. – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Internal Positive Pressure
How are pressure systems designed to maintain a safe breathable atmosphere within a refuge chamber? This MineARC Tech Topic explains the importance of pressure systems within refuge chambers. – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Temperature Control
What are the sources of temperature control in a refuge chamber and why do we need them? This MineARC Tech Topic explains the importance of temperature control within refuge chambers. – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Breathable Air
What are the sources of breathable air supplied to a refuge chamber and why do we need them? This MineARC Tech Topic explains the importance of multiple sources of breathable air within their refuge chambers. – More information
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MineARC Tech Topic: Scrubbing Systems
What exactly is a Scrubbing System and why is it necessary to the operation of a refuge chamber? This MineARC Tech Topic explains how chemical scrubbing works and why you need it in your chamber. – More information