An overview of underground coal miner electronic tracking system technologies

Sunderman, Carl; Waynert, J. A.

doi:10.1109/ias.2012.6374081

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“…According to the mining statistics analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the fatal worker accidents that occurred in the underground mines in the United States have accounted for 390 deaths over 10 years (2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017) [1]. To prevent fatal worker accidents in underground mines, information communication technology (ICT)-based mine safety management systems are being developed in the mining industry, and these systems are being implemented in underground mining sites worldwide [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. In a mine safety management system, a wireless network environment is built within an underground mine [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”

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Simulation of Truck Haulage Operations in an Underground Mine Using Big Data from an ICT-Based Mine Safety Management System

Baek

Choi

2019

Applied Sciences

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Information communication technology (ICT)-based mine safety management systems are being introduced at numerous mining sites to track the location of equipment and workers in real time and monitor environmental changes. This paper presents the results of a case study in which the big data created by an ICT-based mine safety management system are used for simulating truck haulage operations. An underground limestone mine located in Danyang, South Korea was studied, and the data generated over three months, from October 1 to December 31, 2018, were analyzed. Truck tag packet data recognized by relays were extracted and analyzed to calculate the averages and standard deviations of the truck travel times of each mine segment. A discrete event simulation program that simulates truck haulage operations in the study area was developed. Haulage times, the number of haulage operations, production output, and truck delay times were predicted, and results were compared with the actual operation results that were obtained on January 2 and 9, 2019. The difference between the predicted and actual results for the total amount of loaded ore was 30 tons for January 2 and 0 tons for January 9. The mean absolute error between the predicted and observed truck travel times was 0.13 min for January 2 and 0.14 min for January 9. The truck travel times that were measured differently according to the data aggregation period were set as temporal factors, and truck haulage simulations were performed. The results showed that more reliable simulation results were obtained as data accumulation time increased.

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“…Total amount of loaded ore (tons),2 No. of occurrence of K1 (times),3 No. of occurrence of K2 (times),4 Standard deviation.6.…”

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Simulation of Truck Haulage Operations in an Underground Mine Using Big Data from an ICT-Based Mine Safety Management System

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Choi

2019

Applied Sciences

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“…Hence, in the summer of 2006, the United States Congress enacted the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) act to a series of tragedies that occurred earlier that year. The MINER law requires mine managers to submit an emergency response plan [5].…”

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“…This is because the signal is easily blocked by most construction materials and the mobile terminal cannot process the beacons sent from the satellites [7][8][9][10][11][12]. Therefore, other wireless technologies such as Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), and Zigbee have been preferred to provide indoor localization/positioning [5].…”

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A Novel Frequency Domain Visible Light Communication (VLC) Three-Dimensional Trilateration System for Localization in Underground Mining

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A new visible light communication (VLC) system is proposed for localization in underground mining. Existent systems, such as global positioning system (GPS) and systems based on mobile communication, are generally not useful in underground mining. The proposed system is based on a three-dimensional trilateration VLC localization scheme. This articles offers an evaluation of the proposed system in different evaluation scenarios in terms of the average localization error. The proposed algorithm localizes the source with an average localization estimation error of less than (16.4 cm), based on the source location. The average error is (3.5 cm) for subjects that are very close to the light-emitting-diode (LEDs).The obtained results show the superiority of the proposed method in comparison with traditional short range radio frequency technologies such as RFID, Wi-Fi and Zigbee, making it a feasible system for localizing objects in underground mining.

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“…With RTLS, an algorithm was developed to analyze the walking paths of the field workers in advance. It is defined as dangerous, risky or safe according to the status of the target object in the danger zone according to the predefined work areas [4]. Another use of RTLS is hospitals.…”

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Control and application of accuracy positioning estimation based real-time location system

Aktaş

2019

Int. J. Optim. Control, Theor. Appl. (IJOCTA)

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Nowadays, with the development of ultra-wide band antennas and internet of thing technologies, tracing systems are being developed in many fields such as security, health, mining and transportation. The accuracy location estimation issue is becoming very important in areas of application where occupational health and safety are high. In these applications, the transfer of information between the target and the manager, whose location must be accuracy known, has become indispensable. Especially when the target person is human, the movement parameters such as speed, acceleration, position and altitude compose the calculation parameters of the central management system. The information to be sent by the worker in emergency situations and warnings explain the need for real-time location systems to avoid a possible occupational accident. This paper includes real-time location system structure and improved accuracy location control algorithm, which are being used in occupational health and safety, hospital, storage, mine and tracing areas. The real-time location system was designed using a DWM1000 location sensor module with an ultra-wide band integrated antenna. Product usage time has been extended in designed real-time location cards with low power consuming processors. An accuracy positioning control algorithm has been improved to quickly and exactly locate the target to be tracked. With this algorithm, a new approach to real-time location systems has been introduced and worker tracing, information and warning systems are made with fast response time. The control cards developed in a sample workspace were tested and the application results on the developed computer virtual map interface were given.

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An overview of underground coal miner electronic tracking system technologies

Cited by 11 publications

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Simulation of Truck Haulage Operations in an Underground Mine Using Big Data from an ICT-Based Mine Safety Management System

Simulation of Truck Haulage Operations in an Underground Mine Using Big Data from an ICT-Based Mine Safety Management System

A Novel Frequency Domain Visible Light Communication (VLC) Three-Dimensional Trilateration System for Localization in Underground Mining

Control and application of accuracy positioning estimation based real-time location system

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