A Portable Environmental Data-Monitoring System for Air Hazard Evaluation in Deep Underground Mines

Autor: Bartłomiej Ziętek, Aleksandra Banasiewicz, Radosław Zimroz, Jarosław Szrek, Sebastian Gola
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 13, Iss 23, p 6331 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en13236331
Popis: Air-quality measurements in a deep underground mine are a critical issue. The cost of ventilation, as well as the geometry of the considered mine, make this process very difficult, and local air quality may be a danger to miners. Thus, portable, personal devices are required to inform miners about gas hazards. There are available tools for that purpose; however, they do not allow the storage of data collected during a shift. Moreover, they do not allow the basic analysis of the acquired data cost-effectively. This paper aims to present a system using low-cost gas sensors and microcontrollers, and takes advantage of commonly used smartphones as a computing and visualization resource. Finally, we demonstrate monitoring system results from a test in an underground mine located in Poland.
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