An Efficient Implementation of Wireless Sensor Network for Performing Rescue & Safety Operation in Underground Coal Mines

Author(s):  
Shilpa Lande ◽  
Punam Chabukswar ◽  
Vishal Bhope
Author(s):  
Pankaj Kumar Mishra ◽  
Pratik ◽  
Manish Kumar

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) has an enormous prospective in hazardous areas such as underground coal mines. However, there is a need to ensure safety while installing WSN in underground coal mine as it is hazardous in nature and WSN radiates Radio Frequency (RF) signals which can be an eminent source of ignition. Henceforth when the underground coal mines are equipped with WSN there is a need to set the threshold limits of different physical parameters in order to eradicate such hazards for enabling safety. Therefore, in the present chapter, attempts have been made to assess the required safety for WSN while installing in underground coal mines. In addition, various types of hazards associated with underground coal mines and their consequences are elaborated in details with a glimpse to mitigate them with the use of WSN.


2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1398-1403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvaro Romero Acero ◽  
Alejandro Marin Cano ◽  
Jovani Alberto Jimenez Builes

Author(s):  
Pankaj Kumar Mishra ◽  
Subhash Kumar

Underground mines include a number of challenges due to their hostile milieu. Therefore, geotechnical and environmental monitoring mainly in underground coal mines have always been a critical task to ensure safe working conditions. If the monitoring device is cable based, then it requires an huge amount of cable deployment which can pose not only the high maintenance cost but difficulty in laying out the cable throughout the underground galleries. on the other hand, if it is direct wireless communication between sensing devices and the central processing unit, it is also not so feasible due to the crisscross, uneven and incline path. Therefore, Wireless Sensor Networks grab an opportunity to be deployed in such a hostile environment. Keeping in view, in the present chapter, attempts have been made to discuss the different aspects of wireless sensor network for underground coal mining services applications to overcome the various threats. Further, the best suited logical topology has been identified for the same.


Sensors ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 9891-9918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhigao Liu ◽  
Chunwen Li ◽  
Danchen Wu ◽  
Wenhan Dai ◽  
Shaobo Geng ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 571-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudipta Bhattacharjee ◽  
Pramit Roy ◽  
Soumalya Ghosh ◽  
Sudip Misra ◽  
Mohammad S. Obaidat

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