Methods and approaches to the determination of the carbon-containing dust concentrations in the atmospheric air during coal mining and processing

An overview of russian and foreign methods and approaches to control carbon-containing dust in the atmospheric air in the influence zone of coal mining and processing enterprises is presented in this paper. The main composition of suspended substances (coal dust), entering in the atmosphere in the processes of coal mining and processing, consists of an inorganic part, represented by the main rock-forming oxides, toxic elements, mineral particles PM2,5 and PM10, also organic substances, which include soot(carbon), organic matter of coal, benz(a)pyrene and other PAHs. The capabilities of modern physical and chemical analysis methods, which significantly increase the accuracy, reliability and information content of monitoring the state of atmospheric air, are still poorly used in industrial environmental control. Information about the composition and properties of coal dust obtained from research of Kuzbass coals, its mining and processing waste should be used in the development of industrial environmental monitoring programs by industry enterprises. (paper)