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Remote Monitoring of a Coal Waste Impoundment in West Virginia

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  • Description:
    This report addresses remote monitoring of coal waste impoundments for stability. Existing automated geotechnical monitoring systems are described and reviewed along with details of instruments suitable for such systems. An impoundment in West Virginia, which was in the construction stage, was instrumented and monitored between July 1979 and May 1981. Sensors that measure surface and subsurface parameters including settlement, horizontal deflection, surface tilt, pore water pressure, seepage, pond level, and meteorological parameters were installed. Data from 37 sensors were collected by on-site logger and transmitted by telephone to a central processing station in seattle for recording and interpretation. Difficulties were encountered with telephone and powerline outages and malfunction of electronic units. Detailed descriptions of the design and performance of the system are provided along with evaluation and comparison with other systems. Recommendations for improving and expanding the capabilities of the monitoring system are given. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  • Subjects:
  • Series:
    Mining Publications
  • Subseries:
    Open File Report
  • Document Type:
    Text
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  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Division:
    SRC - Spokane Research Center
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-175
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:10002887
  • NTIS Accession Number:
    PB83-196584
  • Citation:
    NTIS: PB/83-196584; :1-175
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    1982
  • Performing Organization:
    Shannon & Wilson, Inc.
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Source Full Name:
    NTIS: PB/83-196584
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:2e48232d95d56fbde224f3ffa9a51e7da61e88d10f614b68e130caa06a10c5735ffb247e9a0bf033037addec1e295349eb9ecca342664cc804ab7d0de033fb98
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