Smart monitoring and control system test apparatus

Abstract

In underground metal/nonmetal mines, repeated localized short-term exposure to high levels of airborne contaminants can become a serious health issue. Currently, there are no common mechanisms to control or mitigate these short-term high exposures to contaminants. To improve miners’ health and safety, the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s Spokane Mining Research Division (SMRD) is developing a smart monitoring and control (SMAC) system for the real-time monitoring of mine air quality, with integrated countermeasures to reduce high concentrations of airborne contaminants in localized sections of mines. To develop and test a SMAC system capable of being implemented in an underground mine, SMRD researchers built a test apparatus incorporating a fan, louver, ducting and sensors combined with atmospheric monitoring and control software. This system will institute effective countermeasures to reduce contaminant levels, improving miner safety and health.

To Monitor Real-time Temperature and Gas in an Underground Mine Wireless on an Android Mobile

“…A lot of research work for the detection of temperature and gas in an underground mine has been carried out for the safety of the mine workers using various sensors (Raj et. al., 2018;Jha & Tikkaraja., 2020;Nie et.…”