Within the framework of achieving carbon neutrality,various industries are confronted with fresh challenges.The ongoing process of downsizing coal industry operations has evolved into a new phase,with the burgeoning p...Within the framework of achieving carbon neutrality,various industries are confronted with fresh challenges.The ongoing process of downsizing coal industry operations has evolved into a new phase,with the burgeoning proliferation of abandoned mines posing a persistent issue.Addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by these abandoned mines,this paper advocates for a scientific approach centered on the advancement of pumped storage energy alongside gas-oil complementary energy.Leveraging abandoned mine tunnels to establish pumped storage power stations holds significant ecological and economic importance for repurposing these sites.This initiative not only serves as an effective means to restore the ecological balance in mining regions but also provides an environmentally friendly approach to repurposing abandoned mine tunnels,offering a blueprint for economically viable pumped storage power stations.This article delineates five crucial scientific considerations and outlines seven primary models for the utilization of abandoned mine sites,delineating a novel,comprehensive pathway for energy and power development that emphasizes multi-energy complementarity and synergistic optimization within abandoned mines.展开更多
An automated underground mine monitoring and communication system based on the integration of new technologies is introduced to promote safety and health,operational management and cost-effectiveness.The proposed syst...An automated underground mine monitoring and communication system based on the integration of new technologies is introduced to promote safety and health,operational management and cost-effectiveness.The proposed system integration considering Wireless Sensor Network(WSN) assisted Geographic Information System(GIS) enables to monitor and control underground mining applications from surface office.Based on the capabilities of WSNs,ZigBee network is adapted for near real-time monitoring,ventilation system control and emergency communication in underground mine.ZigBee nodes were developed to sense environmental attributes such as temperature,humidity and gases concentration;switching ON and OFF ventilation fans;and texting emergency messages.A trigger action plan for monitored attributes above normal and threshold value limits is programmed in the surface GIS management server.It is designed to turn the auxiliary fans on remotely or automatically in orange condition and sending evacuation messages for underground miners in unsafe(red) condition.Multi-users operation and 3D visualisations are other successful achievements of the proposed system for the underground monitoring and communication.展开更多
Groundwater is one of the most important resources, its monitoring and optimized management has now become the priority to satisfy the demand of rapidly increasing population. In many developing countries, optimized g...Groundwater is one of the most important resources, its monitoring and optimized management has now become the priority to satisfy the demand of rapidly increasing population. In many developing countries, optimized groundwater level monitoring networks are rarely designed to build up a strong groundwater level data base, and to reduce operation time and cost. The paper presents application of geostatistical method to optimize existing network of observation wells for 18 sub-watersheds within the Wainganga Sub-basin located in the central part of India. The average groundwater level fluctuation(GWLF) from 37 observation wells is compared with parameters like lineament density, recharge, density of irrigation wells, land use and hydrogeology(LiRDLH) of Wainganga Sub-basin and analyzed stochastically in Geographic Information System(GIS) environment using simple, ordinary, disjunctive and universal kriging methods. Semivariogram analyses have been performed separately for all kriging methods to fit the best theoretical model with experimental model. Results from gaussian, spherical, exponential and circular theoretical models were compared with those of experimental models obtained from the groundwater level data. Spatial analyses conclude that the exponential semivariogram model obtained from ordinary kriging gives the best fit model. Study demonstrates that ordinary kriging gives the optimal solution and additional number of observation wells can be added utilizing the error variance for optimal design of groundwater level monitoring networks. This study describes the use of Geostatistics methods in GIS to predict the groundwater level and upgrade groundwater level monitoring networks from the randomly distributed observation wells considering multiple parameters such as GWLF and LiRDLH. The method proposed in the present study is observed to be an efficient method for selecting observation well locations in a complex geological set up. The study concludes that minimum 82 wells are required for proper monitoring of groundwater level in the study area.展开更多
Extraction of a coal seam which lies not far below a heating goafcan be a major safety challenge. A force auxiliary ventilation system was adopted as a control method in successful extraction and recovery of the panel...Extraction of a coal seam which lies not far below a heating goafcan be a major safety challenge. A force auxiliary ventilation system was adopted as a control method in successful extraction and recovery of the panel 30110 of the #3-1 coal seam, which is about 30-40 rn below the heating goaf of the #2-2 seam at Longhua underground coal mine, Shanxi Province, China. Booster fans and ventilation control devices such as doors and regulators were used in the system. The results show that, provided that a force auxiliary ventilation system is properly designed to achieve a pressure balance between a panel and its overlying goat', the system can be used to extract a coal seam overlain by a heating goal. This paper describes the design, installation and performance of the ventilation system during the extraction and recovery phases of the oanel 30110.展开更多
According to the basic requirements of underground mine personnel position systems and the working characteristics of active RFID tags,we studied the cause of concurrent collision of RFID tags and leak reading probabi...According to the basic requirements of underground mine personnel position systems and the working characteristics of active RFID tags,we studied the cause of concurrent collision of RFID tags and leak reading probability,by means of theoretical analysis and computation.The result shows that the probability of wireless collision increases linearly with an increase in the number of tags.The probability of collision and leak reading can be reduced by extending the working period of the duty cycle and using a backoff algorithm.In a practical application,a working schedule for available labels has been designed according to the requirement of the project.展开更多
The use of sulfur hexafiuoride (SF6) as a tracer gas for analyzing underground mine ventilation systems has been practiced for over 30 years. As a result, the methods used to release, sample, and analyze SF6 are wel...The use of sulfur hexafiuoride (SF6) as a tracer gas for analyzing underground mine ventilation systems has been practiced for over 30 years. As a result, the methods used to release, sample, and analyze SF6 are well accepted. As the complexity and size of underground mine ventilation networks increase, the ability of a SF6 to function as a convenient and rapid means of analysis diminishes. The utilization of multiple tracer gases can mitigate this by removing the need to purge the background presence of a tracer before conducting another release and allowing for a more comprehensive evaluation using multi-zone tech- niques. Recent studies have identified perfluoromethylcyclohexane (PMCH) as a possible supplement for SF6 in underground mine ventilation tracer studies. However, the deployment of PMCH remains a challenge because of this compounds physical properties. This paper evaluates a PMCH permeation plug release vessel (PPRV) under controlled turbulent conditions. The details of the experimental parameters used in the evaluation as well as a discussion regarding the performance of the PPRV are included.展开更多
This paper introduces a method of building a prototype system of geologic profile auto-drawing.A.NET development platform and integrated environment was used along with a component based design,a B/S system model,and ...This paper introduces a method of building a prototype system of geologic profile auto-drawing.A.NET development platform and integrated environment was used along with a component based design,a B/S system model,and XML techniques.Knowledge rules for creating geologic profiles and generating virtual drilling data from existing bore data and expert,hand-drawn geologic profiles were acquired. Then a prototype system was established by utilizing the known knowledge rules,topological relationships, and semantic relationships among strata.This system has a friendly human-computer interface and can meet requirements of mutual queries between attribute and spatial data.The generated profile map is editable.This study provides a new powerful tool for underground mine work.展开更多
A recent developed Cycloconverter-IM haulage drive for underground mining is described in this paper. The control of this system is fully digitized. Six INTEL 8031 single-chip microprocessors are interconnected to per...A recent developed Cycloconverter-IM haulage drive for underground mining is described in this paper. The control of this system is fully digitized. Six INTEL 8031 single-chip microprocessors are interconnected to perform the functions of motor speed control,cycloconverter firing , fault diagnosis,etc. The implementations of the above functions are illustrated,and also a new method called "slip feedback control" for improving power factor of cycloconverter is put forward in this paper.展开更多
Described the main environmental hazards occurring in Polish undergroundmines and their continuous growth in recent years as well as equipment and systemswhich were used for monitoring mine air parameters and geodynam...Described the main environmental hazards occurring in Polish undergroundmines and their continuous growth in recent years as well as equipment and systemswhich were used for monitoring mine air parameters and geodynamic phenomena.Thelatest versions of environmental hazard monitoring systems,having a form of a comprehensiveset of underground and surface equipment,are presented and their functionscharacterized.展开更多
Aiming at the existing problems of safety, reliability and flexibility in the traditional coal mine belt transport system, this paper designed the mine centralized control system transmitted by CAN bus and PLC as the ...Aiming at the existing problems of safety, reliability and flexibility in the traditional coal mine belt transport system, this paper designed the mine centralized control system transmitted by CAN bus and PLC as the core, and use comparison instructions and trigger of Siemens S7-200 PLC, the article has elaborated the four level conveyor belt sequence control, realized the sequence start, reverse sequence stop and fault processing and other functions for four level conveyor belt, the compared with traditional timer control instructions scheme, the design has clear thinking, simple design program, and is easy to be extended to multilevel belt drive sequence control.展开更多
This paper describes the design and implementation of a coal mine safety management information system based on Ajax. The whole system includes two alarm processing subsystem and management subsystem. Alarm processing...This paper describes the design and implementation of a coal mine safety management information system based on Ajax. The whole system includes two alarm processing subsystem and management subsystem. Alarm processing subsystem in the server, used to analyzed monitoring data of underground mine, judged whether it is in an abnormal state, also including the crews time recorded by RFID, so that timely alarm data is written to the database for the use of management infonlaation system; management information system adopts the three layer system structure based on B/S, the client the use of ax technology for an asynchronous request to the server, the server operation backstagc Oracle database to complete the business logic processing, and the results in XML form and return it to the client, the subsystem to the user to provide an interactive platform, users can monitor the underground state in real time, at the same time when the abnormal status, the system can timely alarm, prevent the occurrence of coal mine accidents.展开更多
A real-time Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) monitor has been developed on the base of the successful National In- stitute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) designed Personal Dust Monitor (PDM) unit. The ...A real-time Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) monitor has been developed on the base of the successful National In- stitute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) designed Personal Dust Monitor (PDM) unit. The objectives of a recently completed Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) study was to modify the PDM to measure the submicrometre fraction of the aerosol in a real-time monitoring underground instrument. Mine testing focused on use of the monitor in engineering evaluations of Longwall (LW) moves demonstrated how DPM concentrations from vehicles fluctuate under varying ventilation and operational conditions. The strong influence of mine ventilation systems is reviewed. Correlation between the current SKC DPM measurement system and real-time DPM monitors were conducted and results from eight mines show a correlation between elemental carbon (EC) and the new monitor DPM mass ranging from 0.45 to 0.82 with R2〉0.86 in all but two cases. This differences in suspected to be due to variations from mine to mine in aspects such as mine atmospheric contamination, vehicle fleet variations, fuel type, engine maintenance, engine combustion efficiency, engine behavior or interference from other submicrometre aerosol. Real-time monitoring clearly reflects the movement of individual diesel vehicles and allows pin-pointing of high exposure zones such as those encountered where various vehicles engage in intense work in areas of constrained or difficult ventilation. DPM shift average monitoring approaches do not readily allow successful engineering evaluation exercises to determine acceptability of pollution levels. Identification of high DPM concentration zones allows efficient modification of mine ventilation, operator positioning and other work practices to reduce miners' exposures without waiting for laboratory analysis results.展开更多
基金Project(202208340045)supported by the China Scholarship Council FundProject(U21A20110)supported by the Regional Innovation and Development Joint Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China+1 种基金Project(EUCMR202201)supported by the Open Project Program of Anhui Engineering Research Center of Exploitation and Utilization of Closed/abandoned Mine Resources,ChinaProject(2023cxcyzx063)supported by the Anhui Province New Era Talent Education Project,China。
文摘Within the framework of achieving carbon neutrality,various industries are confronted with fresh challenges.The ongoing process of downsizing coal industry operations has evolved into a new phase,with the burgeoning proliferation of abandoned mines posing a persistent issue.Addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by these abandoned mines,this paper advocates for a scientific approach centered on the advancement of pumped storage energy alongside gas-oil complementary energy.Leveraging abandoned mine tunnels to establish pumped storage power stations holds significant ecological and economic importance for repurposing these sites.This initiative not only serves as an effective means to restore the ecological balance in mining regions but also provides an environmentally friendly approach to repurposing abandoned mine tunnels,offering a blueprint for economically viable pumped storage power stations.This article delineates five crucial scientific considerations and outlines seven primary models for the utilization of abandoned mine sites,delineating a novel,comprehensive pathway for energy and power development that emphasizes multi-energy complementarity and synergistic optimization within abandoned mines.
文摘An automated underground mine monitoring and communication system based on the integration of new technologies is introduced to promote safety and health,operational management and cost-effectiveness.The proposed system integration considering Wireless Sensor Network(WSN) assisted Geographic Information System(GIS) enables to monitor and control underground mining applications from surface office.Based on the capabilities of WSNs,ZigBee network is adapted for near real-time monitoring,ventilation system control and emergency communication in underground mine.ZigBee nodes were developed to sense environmental attributes such as temperature,humidity and gases concentration;switching ON and OFF ventilation fans;and texting emergency messages.A trigger action plan for monitored attributes above normal and threshold value limits is programmed in the surface GIS management server.It is designed to turn the auxiliary fans on remotely or automatically in orange condition and sending evacuation messages for underground miners in unsafe(red) condition.Multi-users operation and 3D visualisations are other successful achievements of the proposed system for the underground monitoring and communication.
基金Under the auspices of the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology(Nagpur)Centrally Funded Technical Institution Under the Ministry of Human Resource Development(No.l7-2/2014-TS.I)Department of Science and Technology,Government of India(No.SR/S9/Z-09/2012)
文摘Groundwater is one of the most important resources, its monitoring and optimized management has now become the priority to satisfy the demand of rapidly increasing population. In many developing countries, optimized groundwater level monitoring networks are rarely designed to build up a strong groundwater level data base, and to reduce operation time and cost. The paper presents application of geostatistical method to optimize existing network of observation wells for 18 sub-watersheds within the Wainganga Sub-basin located in the central part of India. The average groundwater level fluctuation(GWLF) from 37 observation wells is compared with parameters like lineament density, recharge, density of irrigation wells, land use and hydrogeology(LiRDLH) of Wainganga Sub-basin and analyzed stochastically in Geographic Information System(GIS) environment using simple, ordinary, disjunctive and universal kriging methods. Semivariogram analyses have been performed separately for all kriging methods to fit the best theoretical model with experimental model. Results from gaussian, spherical, exponential and circular theoretical models were compared with those of experimental models obtained from the groundwater level data. Spatial analyses conclude that the exponential semivariogram model obtained from ordinary kriging gives the best fit model. Study demonstrates that ordinary kriging gives the optimal solution and additional number of observation wells can be added utilizing the error variance for optimal design of groundwater level monitoring networks. This study describes the use of Geostatistics methods in GIS to predict the groundwater level and upgrade groundwater level monitoring networks from the randomly distributed observation wells considering multiple parameters such as GWLF and LiRDLH. The method proposed in the present study is observed to be an efficient method for selecting observation well locations in a complex geological set up. The study concludes that minimum 82 wells are required for proper monitoring of groundwater level in the study area.
基金supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Shandong University of Science and Technology for Recruited Talents and Science Research Innovative Group of Resources and Environment Engineering College of Shandong University of Science and Technology (No. 2012ZHTD06)the Scientific Research Foundation of Shandong University of Science and Technology for Recruited Talents (No. 2013RCJJ049)+1 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2013M541942)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. 20133718120013)
文摘Extraction of a coal seam which lies not far below a heating goafcan be a major safety challenge. A force auxiliary ventilation system was adopted as a control method in successful extraction and recovery of the panel 30110 of the #3-1 coal seam, which is about 30-40 rn below the heating goaf of the #2-2 seam at Longhua underground coal mine, Shanxi Province, China. Booster fans and ventilation control devices such as doors and regulators were used in the system. The results show that, provided that a force auxiliary ventilation system is properly designed to achieve a pressure balance between a panel and its overlying goat', the system can be used to extract a coal seam overlain by a heating goal. This paper describes the design, installation and performance of the ventilation system during the extraction and recovery phases of the oanel 30110.
基金supported by the Fund of Coal Gas Sensing Technology and Early Warning Systems-Based Theory and Key Technology Research (No.50534050)
文摘According to the basic requirements of underground mine personnel position systems and the working characteristics of active RFID tags,we studied the cause of concurrent collision of RFID tags and leak reading probability,by means of theoretical analysis and computation.The result shows that the probability of wireless collision increases linearly with an increase in the number of tags.The probability of collision and leak reading can be reduced by extending the working period of the duty cycle and using a backoff algorithm.In a practical application,a working schedule for available labels has been designed according to the requirement of the project.
文摘The use of sulfur hexafiuoride (SF6) as a tracer gas for analyzing underground mine ventilation systems has been practiced for over 30 years. As a result, the methods used to release, sample, and analyze SF6 are well accepted. As the complexity and size of underground mine ventilation networks increase, the ability of a SF6 to function as a convenient and rapid means of analysis diminishes. The utilization of multiple tracer gases can mitigate this by removing the need to purge the background presence of a tracer before conducting another release and allowing for a more comprehensive evaluation using multi-zone tech- niques. Recent studies have identified perfluoromethylcyclohexane (PMCH) as a possible supplement for SF6 in underground mine ventilation tracer studies. However, the deployment of PMCH remains a challenge because of this compounds physical properties. This paper evaluates a PMCH permeation plug release vessel (PPRV) under controlled turbulent conditions. The details of the experimental parameters used in the evaluation as well as a discussion regarding the performance of the PPRV are included.
基金supported by the National Department Public Benefit Research Foundation(No. GYHY200806002)the Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology Research Fund(No.S8108185001)Project supported by NSFC(No.40901244).
文摘This paper introduces a method of building a prototype system of geologic profile auto-drawing.A.NET development platform and integrated environment was used along with a component based design,a B/S system model,and XML techniques.Knowledge rules for creating geologic profiles and generating virtual drilling data from existing bore data and expert,hand-drawn geologic profiles were acquired. Then a prototype system was established by utilizing the known knowledge rules,topological relationships, and semantic relationships among strata.This system has a friendly human-computer interface and can meet requirements of mutual queries between attribute and spatial data.The generated profile map is editable.This study provides a new powerful tool for underground mine work.
文摘A recent developed Cycloconverter-IM haulage drive for underground mining is described in this paper. The control of this system is fully digitized. Six INTEL 8031 single-chip microprocessors are interconnected to perform the functions of motor speed control,cycloconverter firing , fault diagnosis,etc. The implementations of the above functions are illustrated,and also a new method called "slip feedback control" for improving power factor of cycloconverter is put forward in this paper.
文摘Described the main environmental hazards occurring in Polish undergroundmines and their continuous growth in recent years as well as equipment and systemswhich were used for monitoring mine air parameters and geodynamic phenomena.Thelatest versions of environmental hazard monitoring systems,having a form of a comprehensiveset of underground and surface equipment,are presented and their functionscharacterized.
文摘Aiming at the existing problems of safety, reliability and flexibility in the traditional coal mine belt transport system, this paper designed the mine centralized control system transmitted by CAN bus and PLC as the core, and use comparison instructions and trigger of Siemens S7-200 PLC, the article has elaborated the four level conveyor belt sequence control, realized the sequence start, reverse sequence stop and fault processing and other functions for four level conveyor belt, the compared with traditional timer control instructions scheme, the design has clear thinking, simple design program, and is easy to be extended to multilevel belt drive sequence control.
文摘This paper describes the design and implementation of a coal mine safety management information system based on Ajax. The whole system includes two alarm processing subsystem and management subsystem. Alarm processing subsystem in the server, used to analyzed monitoring data of underground mine, judged whether it is in an abnormal state, also including the crews time recorded by RFID, so that timely alarm data is written to the database for the use of management infonlaation system; management information system adopts the three layer system structure based on B/S, the client the use of ax technology for an asynchronous request to the server, the server operation backstagc Oracle database to complete the business logic processing, and the results in XML form and return it to the client, the subsystem to the user to provide an interactive platform, users can monitor the underground state in real time, at the same time when the abnormal status, the system can timely alarm, prevent the occurrence of coal mine accidents.
文摘A real-time Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) monitor has been developed on the base of the successful National In- stitute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) designed Personal Dust Monitor (PDM) unit. The objectives of a recently completed Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) study was to modify the PDM to measure the submicrometre fraction of the aerosol in a real-time monitoring underground instrument. Mine testing focused on use of the monitor in engineering evaluations of Longwall (LW) moves demonstrated how DPM concentrations from vehicles fluctuate under varying ventilation and operational conditions. The strong influence of mine ventilation systems is reviewed. Correlation between the current SKC DPM measurement system and real-time DPM monitors were conducted and results from eight mines show a correlation between elemental carbon (EC) and the new monitor DPM mass ranging from 0.45 to 0.82 with R2〉0.86 in all but two cases. This differences in suspected to be due to variations from mine to mine in aspects such as mine atmospheric contamination, vehicle fleet variations, fuel type, engine maintenance, engine combustion efficiency, engine behavior or interference from other submicrometre aerosol. Real-time monitoring clearly reflects the movement of individual diesel vehicles and allows pin-pointing of high exposure zones such as those encountered where various vehicles engage in intense work in areas of constrained or difficult ventilation. DPM shift average monitoring approaches do not readily allow successful engineering evaluation exercises to determine acceptability of pollution levels. Identification of high DPM concentration zones allows efficient modification of mine ventilation, operator positioning and other work practices to reduce miners' exposures without waiting for laboratory analysis results.