pneumatic injection

pneumatic injection

[nu̇′mad·ik in′jek·shən] (mining engineering) A method for fighting underground coal fires, developed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines; this air-blowing technique involves the injection of incombustible mineral, like rock wool or dry sand, through 6-inch (15-centimeter) boreholes drilled from the surface to intersect underground passageways in the mines.