Senior Lecturer in Mining Engineering
(Director – Spontaneous Combustion Testing Laboratory)
(MEA Node: UQ Mining -School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering)
Email:b.beamish@uq.edu.au
Phone: 07 3365 4780
Qualifications
BSc Hons, University of Tasmania, 1979
NSW Mines Rescue Certificate of Competency No. 2500, Southern Mines Rescue Brigade, 1980
MSc in Mining Engineering, University of New South Wales, 1985
PhD in Mining Engineering, University of Auckland, 1998
Employment
1980 – 87 Collinsville Coal Company Ltd, Mine Geologist/Geotechnical Engineer
1987 – 98 The University of Auckland, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer.
1991 – 93 James Cook University, Director – Coalseam Gas Research Institute.
1998 – present The University of Queensland, Senior Lecturer in Mining Engineering
2000 – present The University of Queensland, Director – Spontaneous Combustion Testing Laboratory
Industry Awards
1980 – 87 Member of North Queensland Mines Rescue Brigade (Winner of two Interdistrict Mines Rescue Competitions as Vice-Captain (1981 and 1982), Winner (1983) and Runner up (1985) of EK Healy Cup Mines Rescue Competition as Captain)
2009 AusIMM Jim Torlach Health and Safety Award
Professional Societies
Member Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy
Member Bowen Basin Geologists Group
Teaching Areas
Underground coal mining
Resource estimation
Socio-environmental aspects of mining
Mining research projects
Research Interests
Spontaneous combustion of coal
Coalseam gas
In-seam drilling and drainage
Coal properties
Professional Interests and Consulting
Consultant to industry on coal spontaneous combustion assessment and testing:
Coal Mining Operations
New South Wales, Queensland, New Zealand, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Indonesia, Mozambique
Clean Coal Technology
Assessment of spontaneous combustion propensity reduction
Spontaneous Combustion Inhibition Technology
Assessment of spontaneous combustion inhibition effectiveness
Selected Recent Publications
BEAMISH, B and Beamish, R, 2011. Experience with using a moist coal adiabatic oven testing method for spontaneous combustion assessment, in Proceedings of the 11th Underground Coal Operators’ Conference, University of Wollongong and The AusIMM, Wollongong, February 2011, pp 380-384.
Leal, M, BEAMISH, B and Claassen, C, 2011. Analysis of ethane emission trends from active goaf seals at Mandalong Mine, in Proceedings of the 11th Underground Coal Operators’ Conference, University of Wollongong and The AusIMM, Wollongong, February 2011, pp 375-379.
BEAMISH, B and Beamish, R, 2010. Benchmarking moist coal adiabatic oven testing, in Proceedings of the 10th Underground Coal Operators’ Conference, University of Wollongong and The AusIMM, Wollongong, February 2010, pp 264-268.
BEAMISH, B, Sutherland, T, Coull, M, Walker, D, Day, G, Shales, C, Craker, R, Rowland, J and Smith, J, 2010. Application of fault tree analysis to coal spontaneous combustion, in Proceedings of the 10th Underground Coal Operators’ Conference, University of Wollongong and The AusIMM, Wollongong, February 2010, pp 269-273.
Claassen, C and BEAMISH, B, 2010. Case study of ethane emissions at Mandalong Mine, in Proceedings of the 10th Underground Coal Operators’ Conference, University of Wollongong and The AusIMM, Wollongong, February 2010, pp 274-280.
Cliff, D, BEAMISH, B and Cuddihy, P, 2009. Explosions, fires and spontaneous combustion, in Australasian Coal Mining Practice (eds: R J Kininmonth and E Y Baafi), pp 800-814 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
BEAMISH, B and Hughes, R, 2009. Comparison of laboratory bulk coal spontaneous combustion testing and site experience – A case study from Spring Creek Mine, in Proceedings of the 9th Underground Coal Operators’ Conference, University of Wollongong and The AusIMM, Wollongong, February 2009, pp 287-295.
BEAMISH, B B and Arisoy, A, 2008. Effect of intrinsic coal properties on self-heating rates, in Proceedings of the 12th US/North American Mine Ventilation Symposium, The Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., Littleton USA, pp149-153.
Arisoy, A, BEAMISH, B B and Cetegen, E, 2006. Modelling spontaneous combustion of coal, Turkish
Journal of Engineering & Environmental Sciences, 30, 193-201.
BEAMISH, B B, 2005. Comparison of the R70 self-heating rate of New Zealand and Australian coals to
Suggate rank parameter, International Journal of Coal Geology, 64, 139-144.
BEAMISH, B B and Blazak, D G, 2005. Relationship between ash content and R70 self-heating rate of
Callide Coal, International Journal of Coal Geology, 64, 126-132.
BEAMISH, B B and Hamilton, G R, 2005. Effect of moisture content on the R70 self-heating rate of Callide
Coal, International Journal of Coal Geology, 64, 133-138.
BEAMISH, B B and Hogarth, L C S, 2005. Hot spot development in stored subbituminous coal from Callide,
in Proceedings of the Bowen Basin Symposium 2005, The Geological Society of Australia, Yeppoon,
October 2005, pp 7-11.
BEAMISH, B B, Clarkson, F. and Cliff, D, 2005. Gas evolution testing of coal oxidation – small-scale versus
bulk-scale, in Proceedings of the 31st International Conference of Safety in Mines Research Institutes,
Simtars, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Brisbane, October 2005, pp 50-53.
BEAMISH, B B, 2005. Laboratory-scale assessment of hot spot development in bulk coal self-heating, in
Proceedings of the 8th International Mine Ventilation Congress, The AusIMM, Brisbane, July 2005, pp
355-359.
Hancock, M G, Kizil, M S and BEAMISH, B B. 2005. Computer Animation of Hot Spot Development in Bulk
Coal as an Aid for Training Coal Miners, in Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Coal Operators’
Conference, The AusIMM, Brisbane, April 2005, pp 243-248.
BEAMISH, B B, Blazak, D G, Hogarth, L C S and Jabouri, I, 2005. R70 relationships and their
interpretation at a mine site, in Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Coal Operators’ Conference,
The AusIMM, Brisbane, April 2005, pp 183-185.
BEAMISH, B B and Jabouri, I, 2005. Factors affecting hot spot development in bulk coal and
associated gas evolution, in Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Coal Operators’ Conference,
The AusIMM, Brisbane, April 2005, pp 187-193.
Most Cited Publications
BEAMISH, B B and Crosdale, P J, 1998. Instantaneous outbursts in underground coal mines: an overview and association with coal type, in Coalbed Methane: From Coal-Mine Outbursts to a Gas Resource, R.M. Flores (ed), Special Issue, International Journal of Coal Geology, 35, 27-55.
Crosdale, P J, BEAMISH, B B and Valix, M, 1998. Coalbed methane sorption related to coal composition, in Coalbed Methane: From Coal-Mine Outbursts to a Gas Resource, R.M. Flores (ed), Special Issue, International Journal of Coal Geology, 35, 147-158.
Gamson, P D, BEAMISH, B B and Johnson, D P, 1993. Coal microstructure and micropermeability and their effects on natural gas recovery, Fuel, 72, 87-99.