IJSRST173345 | Received : 12 March 2017 | Accepted: 22 March 201 7 | March-April-2017 [(2)3: 135-140]
© 2017 IJSRST | Volume 2 | Issue 3 | Print ISSN: 2395-6011 | Online ISSN: 2395-602X
Themed Section: Science and Technology
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Safety Measures In Mines using Automation
Siddharth A.K. Dhagat, Diksha A. Srivastav, Neha Y. Fulzele, Arati P.Bondre, Atharva U. Kulkarni
DBACER, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
ABSTRACT
In this paper we are implementing surveillance, safety measures for mine workers which is most essential in
underground mining areas/sections. Here we are presenting MEMS based sensors network used to monitor the
environment parameters of underground mine area and sends all sensed parameters/data to the PLC( Programmable
Logic Controller). Gas sensor is used to detect the gas found underground. The vibration sensor is used to detect the
vibrations .Vibration above a particular level would be assumed as a problem in the mine which would actuate the
lift and provide timely help to the workers.
Keywords : Sensors Network, PLC, Gas Sensor, Vibration Sensor
I. INTRODUCTION
Safety of person is primary concern/aspect in any
industry, especially in undergrounding mining industry.
To avoid any type of unwanted phenomena, all mining
industry follows some basic precaution and phenomena.
In underground coal mine major of accidents occurred
are based on fire and natural gas and overheating of
surroundings. We are also considering the health
condition of a person using Fall-Detector, made of
MEMS-Accelerometer (ADXL335). Coal mine safety
monitoring system based on wireless sensor network can
timely and accurately reflect dynamic situation of staff
in the underground regions to ground computer system.
The hybrid underpass radio propagation model
comprising of the free space propagation and the
modified waveguide propagation is proposed. However,
using popular radio communication inside underground
mines has some drawbacks. While radio signals are
transmitted, attenuation, diffraction, multi-path and
scattering are frequently very serious. Thus, wireless
communication is the important need today for the fast,
flexible safety, accurate and production method in
underground mines.
There are different other research ideas proposed by
different people on wireless communication. In a
network called chain-type wireless underground mine
sensor network
(CWUMSN) is recently proposed which consists of
three kinds of sensor nodes: sensing nodes, cluster head
nodes, and a base station deployed on both sides of the
tunnel at regular intervals to monitor the underground
environment and locate the miners. A new decision-
making approach to coal and gas outburst prediction
with multisensory information fusion is proposed.
This system is design by considering all these
parameters i.e. it can sense temperature, pressure,
humidity, Fire, Gas as well as Persons Fall. Therefore
the designed system is giving a very good solution for
most of the problems faced in mine accidents.
A good communication system must be set between
mine workers and Remote Base Station For this wired
network communication is inefficient in underground
mining areas. So we are choosing a wireless network
system based on RF communication at 2.4 GHz
(CC2500 RF Module is a Trans-Receiver module which
provides easy to use RF communication at 2.4 GHz.)
And GSM networks for sending SMS to fire and
Ambulance.
II. METHODS AND MATERIAL
The proposed system is divided into two segments. First
is a hardware circuit that will be attached with the body
of the Mine Workers. It may be preferably fitted with