|
NISCAIR ONLINE PERIODICALS REPOSITORY (NOPR) >
NISCAIR PUBLICATIONS >
Research Journals >
Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (JSIR) >
JSIR Vol.68 [2009] >
JSIR Vol.68(02) [February 2009] >
| Title: | Wireless information and safety system for mines |
| Authors: | Bandyopadhyay, L K
Chaulya, S K
Mishra, P K
Choure, A
Baveja, B M |
| Keywords: | Mining
Tracking and monitoring
Wireless sensor network
ZigBee devices |
| Issue Date: | Feb-2009 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | This study presents a wireless information and safety system for mines developed by CIMFR, Dhanbad. System consists
of hardware devices and application software. Hardware module is ZigBee-compliant active radio frequency identification
(RFID) devices/ transceivers, which can be programmed to act as end device (tag), router or coordinator that enables them to
form an IEEE 802.15.4-based mesh network. It uses a unified wireless mesh-networking infrastructure to locate, trace and
manage mobile assets and people as well as monitor different environmental conditions using sensors. Another core module is
wireless sensor network (WSN) software, which is developed for tracking of underground miners and moveable equipment by
wireless sensor networking in mines. Software is especially designed for tracking of miners and vehicles, route tracking in
opencast mines, preventing fatal accidents and vehicle collisions, environmental monitoring, observing miners’ unsafe practice,
sending alert message, and preparing computerized miners’ duty hours |
| Page(s): | 107-117 |
| ISSN: | 0019-5189 |
| Source: | JSIR Vol.68(02) [February 2009]
|
|
