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http://dx.doi.org/10.7474/TUS.2018.28.3.209

Review of Environmental Monitoring and Communication System in Underground Mines Using Wireless Sensor Network  

Lee, Seungjun (Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Inha University)
Park, Yohan (Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Inha University)
Lee, Hakkyung (Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Inha University)
Kim, Jin (Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Inha University)
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.28, no.3, 2018 , pp. 209-231 More about this Journal
Abstract
Severe mine disasters have continued to occur around the world. To ensure worker's health and safety and enhance the productivity, a number of studies have been conducted for the development of wireless sensor network (WSN), environmental monitoring, and communication system in underground mines. An increase in development and application of these systems has just begun with the introduction of information and communication technology into the mining industry in Korea, and yet there have been only a few studies that considered the underground mine ventilation system. This study presented the literature review on the development of WSN and environmental monitoring in underground mines, and especially, on 7 subjects in terms of underground mine ventilation. Moreover, studies that especially conducted real-time environmental monitoring were reviewed and categorized by each commercial software commonly utilized for the ventilation network analysis. For the application in domestic underground mines, further issues were discussed regarding research subjects that may be needed in the future and domestic environmental standards that has been used in the underground mine operation. This paper is expected to be useful for the development of WSN-based environmental monitoring and communication system, as well as for related studies in the future.
Keywords
Environmental monitoring; Communication system; Wireless sensor network; Underground mine; Mine ventilation;
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