Data Acquisition Using IoT to Monitor Coal Mining Environment

Abstract

Coal is one of the most important non-renewable resource which contributes to majority of power production and used in many industries. The study here presents an innovative, efficient method needed to increase the mining productivity and reduce costs while also considering worker safety. In underground mining, many parameters such as toxic gases released, temperature, air pressure, humidity and fire must be controlled. The proposed system makes use of Internet of Things (IoT) technology in the coal mining environment to build an effective safety system. The system consists of a network of sensors that are used in different places of the mining environment to collect real time data. Arduino senses its environment by processing feedback from a variety of sensors. The results demonstrate that the real time data collected can be used to detect changes in the environment and raise an alarm or message to the end user to avoid disasters.