Przedsiębiorstwo Odmetanowania Kopalń "Zachód" Sp. z o.o.

Center for Methane Prognosis "Sośnica"

ul. Błonie 6

44-100 Gliwice

Tel. 32 230 88 44

Tel. 32 32 717 82 52

Equipment of the Center:

device for degassing of coal samples MOD 1

gas chromatographs SHIMADZU and VARIAN

conductometric gas analyzers ANKO - 3

PYLOX device for measurements of the non-flammable solid part of the mine dust

device for determination of the coal auto-ignition index

laboratory dryers

analytical and technical balances

silit furnaces

coal samples shakers

distiller

desorbometers

pressure containers

flowmeter "Barbara"

methanometer "Ricken"

device for measurements of consistency index

device for ventilation measurements: anemometer, barometer "Thommen", Prandtl tube

Center performs:

analyses of the methane content in coal seam

methane capacity forecasts for coal mines

temperature measurements of the rocks

methane risk opinions

measurements of non-combustible solid parts in the mine dust

We measure:

In the air and gases: oxygen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ethylene, ethane, hydrogen, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide

in coal: ash, transient and hygroscopic humidity, volatile components

in the mine dust: non-combustible solid parts content

auto-ignitability index of coal

coal consistency index

in water: pH, total solids, dissolved substances, suspended solids, COD, total hardness, carbonate hardness, non-carbonate hardness, dissolved oxygen, BZTs, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, nitrites, nitrates, chlorides, sulfates, sodium, bicarbonates, phosphates