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Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR) Dhanbad, is a constituent
laboratory of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
was aimed to provide R&D inputs for the entire coal-energy
chain from mining to Consumption through integration of the
Core Competencies of the two (CFRI & CMRI) premier Coal c
institution of the country. The newly formed entity CIMFR
Dhanbad, a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR) would be the premier organization
of the country providing basic research, R & D back up,
advisory services and help in technology up-gradation &
adaptation to coal and mineral based industries to reach the
targeted production with high standards of safety, economy
and cleaner environment. As such CIMFR, Dhanbad would
have to have its own vision for discharging its national role
effectively to help coal, mineral and other associated industries
to get their vision translated into reality.

Technology upgradaton
Development and adaptation of mass production technology in underground mining for safe and economic
extraction of thick and/or steep seams

Establishing a centre of excellence for application of numerical methods to mining problems

Establishing a centre of excellence for coal petrology

Coastal Placer Mining

Mines safety
Monitoring for gas and fire
Development of wireless multimedia communication for Indian mines
Application of 'Robots' in difficult and risky situations
Detection and mapping of old and unapproachable workings and stabilization of unstable areas

Providing scientific support to 'Disaster Management' specially in underground coal mines

Detection of any increase of temperature at the earliest

Identification and demarcation of water bodies in mines
Use of ground penetration Radar to assess barrier
Developing a technology for location of trapped miners
Design and installation of safety chambers where miners can take shelter

Environmental issues
Utilisation and disposal of fly ash
 Developing a numerical-cum-statistical model for projecting environmental impacts of mining operation
Wasteland management in mining areas

Equipment utilisation
Establishing a centre for design and development of mine supports and mine equipment and other plant and
processing equipment

Alternative energy sources

Coal Bed Methane (CBM)
Underground Coal Gasification (UCG)

Perfecting ground control technology for tunneling & underground caverns

Optimising slope stability in open cast mines

Clean coal initiative
Innovative mining initiatives to exclude obvious dirt in coal
Creation of a data bank regarding permeability of coal in situ, sorption behaviour and gas diffusion
characteristics for sequestration of CO2 in deep coals mines
Advanced techniques including dry and wet beneficiation for upgradation of coal quality
Improvement of efficacy of power generation to realize much of the installed capacity through use of
beneficiated coal and have a recourse to more efficient power generation cycles including promotion of co-
generation systems and near-zero emission technologies
Gasification of high ash Indian coals for the generation of power, chemical feedstock and liquid fuels
Co-combustion/ co-gasification of coal with bio mass
Oxy-fuel combustion and post combustion capture
Direct liquefaction of high Sulphur Indian coals (North-East region) for generation of specification grade liquid
fuels
Utilization of North-East coal for different industries

Augmentation of better indigenous reductant for steel making and other

metallurgical purposes for inferior coals
Design and development of energy efficient coke oven including power
generation from waste heat
Development of coal-based value added carbons of varied specification
Reduce dependence on petroleum feed stocks through conversion of coal or
organic wastes into synthetic fuel and other chemicals/feed stocks
Continuation of the national task of resource quality assessment in alliance
with coal producing industries
Societal mission
Utilisation of discharged mine water for the community
Socio-economic development of people residing in mining areas
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