矿边智能:智能矿山边缘侧建设新趋势

Mine Edge Intelligence:A New Trend in the Construction of the Edge Layer for Smart Mines

以工业物联网模式建设智能矿山“云—边—端”系统是未来矿山企业的发展重点。目前,“云”和“端”的数字化和智能化建设已初具规模,但对“边”的建设较为薄弱,导致智能矿山生产面临一些瓶颈,难以常态化运行。为加强智能矿山边缘层建设,提出“矿边智能”概念,将其定义为一种专门针对矿山生产环境而设计的新型边缘智能技术体系,具备地理、网络和技术的多维特性,其关键技术是实现对数据融合技术、信息通信能力和边缘安全保障技术的突破,从而提高矿山整体生产效率和安全性。同时,提出将现有开采工艺与智能技术深度融合的发展理念,以软件需求为驱动对采矿工艺进行重塑,进一步推进矿山智能化建设进程。研究指出,今后矿山边缘层智能建设的重点方向应聚焦在采矿技术与智能技术的深度融合,基于采矿工艺的决策技术,复杂开采场景的网络架构、位置服务与通信技术,复杂开采场景的环境感知技术以及“矿边”多源信息融合与分析技术等领域。

The“cloud-edge-terminal”system of smart mines under the mode of industrial internet of things(IIoT)has become the focus of development of mining enterprises.At present,the digitalization and intelligence at the“cloud”and“end”levels have began to take shape.However,the construction at the“edge”level,namely the edge layer,is relatively weak,which restricts the production efficiency of smart mines.Therefore,the concept of“mine-edge intelligence”were proposed,which was defined as an edge intelligence technology system specifically designed for mining production environments,with multi-dimensional characteristics in geography,network and technology.The key technologies include data fusion,information communication and edge security.Data fusion not only integrates data from different sources,but also solves the issue of equipment compatibility.The equipment in the mining environment comes from various vendors,utilizing different communication protocols and data formats.It is very important to establish a data fusion platform that can handle heterogeneous data and ensure compatibility among devices.This necessitates the conversion of data formats,so that the data in the system circulation,coupled with data cleaning,processing,and analysis.The information and communication capacities focus on establishing an efficient and reliable communication network in the mining environment.This includes the adoption of advanced communication technologies and network architectures to optimize network configuration and management,and ensure rapid and secure data transmission between the“cloud”,“edge”and“end”.The edge security technology focuses on protecting edge layer devices and data,including encryption,authentication,and access control methods to enhance security.Moreover,it is necessary to emphasize the deep integration of mining technology with intelligent technology.This includes process reshaping driven by software requirements,as well as innovations in process decision-making,network architecture and environmental sensing.In summary,as the core of the smart mine’s edge layer,“mine-edge intelligence”needs to strengthen data fusion,information communication and edge security technology.Future development should focus on the deep integration of mining technology and intelligent technology to enhance production efficiency and safety.