Influence of rock properties on emission rate of Particulates Matter (Pm) during drilling operation in surface mines

Subject Areas : Mineralogy

Koneti Nagesha ¹ , Harinandan Kumar ² , Muralidhar Munisingh ³

1 - Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science, Madanapalle, India
2 - Department of Petroleum and Earth Sciences, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Bidholi, Via Prem Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248007, India
3 - Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science, Madanapalle, India

Received: 2019-12-01 Accepted : 2020-08-07 Published : 2021-01-01

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