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Mine personnel locator and mine activity controller. Final report.

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  • Description:
    Recent advances in microcomputer technology have opened the way for systems that can track the location of underground mining personnel from the surface. A computerized system was designed that is capable of not only tracking the location of the miner but also of monitoring underground parameters, communicating between work stations, and sounding alarms when underground conditions are judged to be unsafe. In this report the locations of underground personnel are detected by a network of underground terminals that routinely emit radiofrequency (rf) pulses to interrogate miniature transponders worn by the miners. Each transponder is uniquely programed to delay its response so that the rf terminal can identify the individual transponders by the time slots in which the responding pulses are received. The underground terminals are then interrogated by the host computer on the surface that keeps a running account on underground mine conditions and personnel. The underground portion of the system is designed to operate even during mine emergencies, deriving its power from rechargeable battery supplies that are float charged during normal operation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
  • Content Notes:
    in NTRL, no pdf
  • Subjects:
  • Series:
    Mining Publications
  • Subseries:
    Open File Report
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Genre:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Division:
    SRC - Spokane Research Center
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-187
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:10002435
  • NTIS Accession Number:
    PB82235979
  • Citation:
    NTIS: PB/82-235979; :1-187
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    1981
  • Performing Organization:
    Nelson & Johnson Eng., Inc.
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Source Full Name:
    NTIS: PB/82-235979
  • Collection(s):
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
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  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 168.02 KB ]
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