Mining Publication: Seismic Detection of Trapped Miners Using In-Mine Geophones
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Original creation date: January 1976
Authors: JA Powell, RA Watson
Report of Investigations - January 1976
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 10001467
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. Report of Investigations 8158, NTIS No. PB-257432, 1976; :1-12
A seismic system which utilizes in-mine geophones to detect trapped miners has been developed. Tests at the Bureau of Mines safety research mine at Bruceton, Pennsylvania, and at two operating mines indicate such a system has a maximum detection range in excess of 1,000 feet. The system is fieldworthy and portable and requires less than 30 minutes to set up and check. Real-time detection is possible.
Report of Investigations - January 1976
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 10001467
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. Report of Investigations 8158, NTIS No. PB-257432, 1976; :1-12
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- Development and Testing of a Mine Escape Vehicle (MEV)
- Development of an Automated PC-Network-Based Seismic Monitoring System
- Mine Rescue Training Simulations and Technology
- New Vest Style Escape SCSR Through SCSR Efficiency Improvement Study
- Rapid Rescue Drilling Equipment Transferred to National Mine Health and Safety Academy
- Rapid Response Rescue Drilling System Development for Mine Rescue Application
- Rescue Technologies and Training
- Temporal Imaging of Mine-Induced Stress Change Using Seismic Tomography
- Three-Dimensional Time-Lapse Velocity Tomography of an Underground Longwall Panel
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