scholarly journals Freezing on demand: A new concept for mine safety and energy savings in wet underground mines

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 621-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud A. Alzoubi ◽  
Ahmad Zueter ◽  
Aurelien Nie-Rouquette ◽  
Agus P. Sasmito
Keyword(s):  
Energy Savings ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Mine Safety ◽  
On Demand

scholarly journals ENERGY SAVINGS IN AUXILIARY VENTILATION SYSTEMS OF UNDERGROUND MINES

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 72-82
Author(s):  
ALPER GONEN
Keyword(s):  
Energy Savings ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Control Variable ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Variable Speed Drives ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Electrical Consumption

Energy is a basic need for industries around the world. In recent years, electrical power costs have risen considerably and this rise is likely to continue in the future. Meanwhile, the increasing cost of ventilating mines safely and efficiently is of vital importance. Ventilation on demand has the potential to optimize electrical consumption while maintaining the safety of mines. This paper investigates the energy efficiency enhancement through ventilation on demand in underground mines by installing variable speed drives on the auxiliary mine ventilation fans to provide variable airflow control. Variable speed drives are cost effective and manageable and require low maintenance. It has been estimated that a total electrical energy saving of 324,300 kW, or 53%, can be achieved in 1 year by using variable speed drives. Therefore, it is possible to reduce CO2 emissions by 155.6 tons per year with a simple payback period of 5 months 220 days.

scholarly journals IOT Based Coal Mine Safety Monitoring and Alerting System

2021 ◽  
pp. 404-410
Author(s):  
Prof. A. H. Ansari ◽  
Karishma Shaikh ◽  
Pooja Kadu ◽  
Nikam Rishikesh
Keyword(s):  
Mining Industry ◽  
Safety Monitoring ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Mine Safety ◽  
Fundamental Aspect ◽  
Reliable Communication ◽  
Gas Leakage ◽  
Coal Mine Safety ◽  
Alerting System

Safety is the most vital part of any type of industry. In the mining industry safety and security is a fundamental aspect of all. To avoid any types of accidents mining industry follows some basic precautions. Still accidents take place in underground mines due to rise in temperature, increased water level, and methane gas leakage. Here we provide safety to worker. When worker in danger he can press panic switch inform security. To enhance safety in underground mines, a reliable communication system must be established between workers in underground mines and fixed ground mine system. The communication network must not be interrupted at any moment and at any condition. A cost effective zigbee based wireless mine supervising system with early-warning intelligence is proposed in this project. Worker status can be monitor over IOT.

scholarly journals Advanced diagnostic system for underground communication networks with ventilation on demand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Daoud
Keyword(s):  
Communication Networks ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Communication Protocol ◽  
Diagnostic System ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Specific System ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Underground Communication ◽  
Receiver Unit

In this thesis, a novel diagnostic system has been developed to increase the realibility of leaky feeder communication systems in underground mines. The new system is based on three main parts: 1) Diagnostic Receiver Unit (DRU) located in the control room above ground; 2) several Diagnostic Transponder Units (DTU) connected to amplifiers, Power Supply Units (PSU), fans and sensors; and 3) Communication protocol that was designed for this specific system. The amplifiers, PSU, fans, and sensors in the system cascade will be able to communicate freely with the control room through the leaky cable to send information about their current conditions, and receive configuration messages. A new concept is also presented that provides energy saving in mines; Ventilation-on-Demand where the fans will operate according to the current situation of each section in the mine. This is made possible through a series of interrupt messages that is sent from the DTU attached to the fan/sensor to the DRU in the control room.

On Miner's Location in Underground Mines

2021 ◽  
pp. 80-83
Author(s):  
A.V. Novikov ◽  
K.V. Panevnikov ◽  
I.V. Pisarev
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mine ◽  
Coal Mines ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Mine Safety ◽  
National Standard ◽  
Positioning Systems ◽  
Safety Requirements ◽  
Safety Regulations ◽  
Mining Safety ◽  
Safety Systems

To ensure industrial and mining safety the established safety rules for coal mines envisage the use of a number of complexes and systems, combined into multifunctional safety systems. These automated systems provide for people to be involved in the management of technological processes. The purpose of this paper is to assess how the coal mine safety requirements are aligned with other regulatory documents as they apply to modern safety systems in coal mines. To achieve this goal, the personnel location (positioning) and emergency alert systems in coal mine workings are analyzed for compliance with the requirements of the national standard for multifunctional safety systems in coal mines. It is shown that the current requirements for positioning systems are met by systems that have high accuracy in determining the location coordinates of people. It is suggested that positioning systems of the zonal type should be either upgraded to increase the number of readout devices to bring them up to the requirements of safety regulations in coal mines or replaced.

Reliable Communication Network for Emergency Response and Disaster Management in Underground Mines

2019 ◽  
pp. 195-239
Author(s):  
S. M. Kamruzzaman ◽  
Xavier Fernando ◽  
Muhammad Jaseemuddin ◽  
Wisam Farjow
Keyword(s):  
Communication Network ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Mine Safety ◽  
Tracking Systems ◽  
Reliable Communication ◽  
Backbone Networks

Emergency response and disaster management in underground mines are very challenging due to the hostile nature. Environment monitoring in mines has been an obligatory requirement to ensure safe working conditions for miners. Reliable communication network is essential to quickly detect the underground condition especially in emergency situation and to conduct proper rescue operations. This chapter presents an overview of reliable communication network needed for emergency response and disaster management in underground mines. The chapter begins by introducing the most common accidents occurring in the mining, underground mine environment and channel properties. Subsequently, communications in underground mines, existing underground communication and tracking systems, and disaster forecasting & mine safety management are discussed. The chapter also covers post-disaster mine communications & tracking systems and optimized backbone networks for underground mines. Finally, the chapter concludes by reporting relevant research at Ryerson Communications Lab and pointing out some open issues and possible research directions.

scholarly journals Methods to Solve Practical Problems for the Monitoring and Control of Driver-Less Electric Transport Vehicles in the Underground Mines

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoxuan Yu ◽  
Shuai Li
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Mine Safety ◽  
Electric Transport ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Transportation Capacity ◽  
Practical Engineering ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Technology ◽  
Zigbee Networks

With the continuous development of Artificial Intelligence technology and Internet of Things engineering, more and more driver-less vehicles have been developed and put into the industrial production. The birth of driver-less vehicles undoubtedly brings new vitality to a large amount of industries, particularly in transportation. For the mining industry, transportation is undoubtedly an extremely important link in the whole production process. If the driver-less vehicles can be applied to the underground mines, it can not only improve the production and transportation capacity of the whole mine, but also can reduce the occurrence of many mine safety accidents. ZigBee Networks can play a greater role in the narrow environment like underground mines according to the relevant literature, this review mainly integrates the ZigBee Networks and the communication-based train control (CBTC) system to explore the possibility of the driver-less vehicles to be used in the underground mines, which aims to solve practical engineering problems. This review serves just as a guide to the Tossing out a brick to get a jade gem, has implications for the development of underground mine transportation.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF SAFETY RISKS THROUGH HIERARCHICAL ANALYSIS IN FUZZY SETS TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2: A CASE STUDY (FARYAB CHROMITE UNDERGROUND MINES)

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Ameri Siahuei ◽  
Mohammad Ataei ◽  
Ramin Rafiee ◽  
Farhang Sereshki
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Fuzzy Sets ◽  
Underground Mine ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Mine Safety ◽  
Safety Risks ◽  
Proper Scaling ◽  
Blast Scaling

There is a high rate of casualty among miners in the world every year. One way to reduce accidents and increase safety in mines is to use the risk management process to identify and respond to major hazards in mines. The present study is an attempt to investigate the assessment and management of safety risks in Faryab chromite underground mines. In this paper, the method of AHP in type-1 and type-2 fuzzy sets is used for risk assessment. Upon studying two underground mines of Faryab chromite (Makran and Nemat), 45 hazards were divided into 9 groups, among which 7 main risks were eventually identified. The risk assessment showed that the most important hazards in the Nemat underground mine are the required airflow, the lack of proper scaling and post-blast scaling. Similarly, the assessment of hazards in the Makran underground mine showed that post-blast scaling, absence of proper scaling, and proper ventilation of dust, are the most important hazards. Finally, after detecting the causes of the accidents, based on the records of accidents at the mine safety, health, and environmental unit, technical personnel’s descriptions, and similar risk projects, proper responses are prepared for each group of hazards.

scholarly journals Advanced diagnostic system for underground communication networks with ventilation on demand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Daoud
Keyword(s):  
Communication Networks ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Communication Protocol ◽  
Diagnostic System ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Specific System ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Underground Communication ◽  
Receiver Unit

In this thesis, a novel diagnostic system has been developed to increase the realibility of leaky feeder communication systems in underground mines. The new system is based on three main parts: 1) Diagnostic Receiver Unit (DRU) located in the control room above ground; 2) several Diagnostic Transponder Units (DTU) connected to amplifiers, Power Supply Units (PSU), fans and sensors; and 3) Communication protocol that was designed for this specific system. The amplifiers, PSU, fans, and sensors in the system cascade will be able to communicate freely with the control room through the leaky cable to send information about their current conditions, and receive configuration messages. A new concept is also presented that provides energy saving in mines; Ventilation-on-Demand where the fans will operate according to the current situation of each section in the mine. This is made possible through a series of interrupt messages that is sent from the DTU attached to the fan/sensor to the DRU in the control room.

Reliable Communication Network for Emergency Response and Disaster Management in Underground Mines

2018 ◽  
pp. 41-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Kamruzzaman ◽  
Xavier Fernando ◽  
Muhammad Jaseemuddin ◽  
Wisam Farjow
Keyword(s):  
Communication Network ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Mine Safety ◽  
Tracking Systems ◽  
Reliable Communication ◽  
Backbone Networks

Emergency response and disaster management in underground mines are very challenging due to the hostile nature. Environment monitoring in mines has been an obligatory requirement to ensure safe working conditions for miners. Reliable communication network is essential to quickly detect the underground condition especially in emergency situation and to conduct proper rescue operations. This chapter presents an overview of reliable communication network needed for emergency response and disaster management in underground mines. The chapter begins by introducing the most common accidents occurring in the mining, underground mine environment and channel properties. Subsequently, communications in underground mines, existing underground communication and tracking systems, and disaster forecasting & mine safety management are discussed. The chapter also covers post-disaster mine communications & tracking systems and optimized backbone networks for underground mines. Finally, the chapter concludes by reporting relevant research at Ryerson Communications Lab and pointing out some open issues and possible research directions.

scholarly journals Engineering Project: The Method to Solve Practical Problems for the Monitoring and Control of Driver-Less Electric Transport Vehicles in the Underground Mines

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuai Li ◽  
Guojun Wang ◽  
Haoxuan Yu ◽  
Xinmin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Mine Safety ◽  
Electric Transport ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Engineering Project ◽  
Transportation Capacity ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Technology

With the continuous development of Artificial Intelligence technology and Internet of Things engineering, more and more driver-less vehicles have been developed and put into industrial production. The birth of driver-less vehicles undoubtedly brings new vitality to a large amount of industries, particularly in transportation. For the mining industry, transportation is undoubtedly an extremely important link in the whole production process. If the driver-less vehicles can be applied to the underground mines, it can not only improve the production and transportation capacity of the whole mine but also can reduce the occurrence of many mine safety accidents. ZigBee WSN technology can play a greater role in the narrow environment such as underground mines according to the relevant literature; this concept paper, similar to an engineering project plan, mainly tries to integrate the ZigBee WSN technology and the communication-based train control (CBTC) system to explore the possibility of the driver-less vehicles to be used in the underground mines, which aims to solve practical engineering problems for the engineering projects. As the mining engineers, we put forward the concept of this integrated system in this concept paper, but we need to continue to work hard for the future of the underground mines. This concept paper serves as a guide to Tossing out a brick to get a jade gem, and it has a few implications for the development of underground mine transportation.

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