Economic and system feasibility study of municipal waste stowage in underground coal mines

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dc.contributor.authorGrimes, Janet A.en
dc.contributor.committeechairHaycocks, Christopheren
dc.contributor.committeememberLuttrell, Gerald H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMcPherson, Malcolm J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKarmis, Michael E.en
dc.contributor.departmentMining Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:35:47Zen
dc.date.adate2009-05-09en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:35:47Zen
dc.date.issued1995-12-15en
dc.date.rdate2009-05-09en
dc.date.sdate2009-05-09en
dc.description.abstractPublic concern about surface disposal of municipal waste offers the mining industry potentially enormous economic and environmental opportunities. If underground space created by mining can successfully be utilized for safe waste stowage during the mining process, there will be immediate and substantial benefits to all sectors of the underground mining industry. To investigate an integrated system of mining and waste stowage, an economic and feasibility model was developed. Major issues include waste transportation, emplacement area, waste characteristics after emplacement, and alterations to current mining operations. In this preliminary investigation, economic feasibility is the basis for comparison between alternative systems in this research. Past and existing underground waste disposal systems are used to evaluate the model.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 112 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05092009-040521en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05092009-040521/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42549en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1995.G756.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 34609489en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectwaste disposalen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1995.G756en
dc.titleEconomic and system feasibility study of municipal waste stowage in underground coal minesen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineMining Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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