NIOSH-Sponsored Research in Through-the-Earth Communications for Mines – a Status Report

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• Personal Author:
  Damiano, Nicholas W. ; Homce, Gerald T. ; Srednicki J ; Yenchek, Michael R.
• Description:
  This paper presents the results of recent NIOSHsponsored contractual research aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of through-the-earth wireless communications in mining. Through-the-earth systems, developed by five different contractors, are discussed with a focus on technical approach, prototype hardware, and field test results. System features include both magnetic and electric field sensing, loop and line antennas, digital and analog processing, noise filtering and cancellation, and direction finding. The systems were demonstrated at commercial mine sites. The results of these tests are charaterized by transmission range and power levels. The paper concludes with a discussion of issues that remain to be resolved as through-the-earth communications are implemented. These include text vs. voice format, acceptable time delays, portability, ease of deployment, interface with existing communications systems, permissibility, and the effect of geological variations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Wireless Communications Communication Systems Equipment-design Equipment-reliability Mine-workers Mining-equipment Mining-industry Receivers Risk-analysis Safety-engineering Safety-measures Underground-mining Vocoders

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9781424494989
• ISSN:
  0197-2618
• Publisher:
  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OMSHR - Office of Mine Safety and Health Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  333-339
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039814
• Citation:
  2011 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting: Forty-sixth IAS Annual Meeting, October 9-13, 2011, Orlando, Florida. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2011 Oct; :333-339
• Contact Point Address:
  Nicholas Damiano, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Email:
  NDamiano@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2011 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting: Forty-sixth IAS Annual Meeting, October 9-13, 2011, Orlando, Florida
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:70c0421866483f28b74232cd8a7b895cb1e427fc98acfa0ee26b4bba5de38147f8e5949cdaebe431842693a7d35db21d7a57ddcb24ca53338e0a2aea6b1a5e8a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227384/cdc_227384_DS1.pdf
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