Mining Publication: EM Rescue (Location) System for Deep Mines: Phase II - Build and Test Breadboard Equipment
Original creation date: October 1984
Authors: FB Curry, TC Moore, LH Rorden, ID Schleicher
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 10005157
Develco, Inc. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. Final Report Contract No. J0199009, Oct. 1984; 109 pp
The purpose of this program is to extend electromagnetic (EM) techniques for use in locating miners trapped in mines as deep as 1000 m. A previously developed EM system is considered adequate for use at mines less than 300 m deep where it has a probability of detection of 54%. A system for deep mines must keep underground equipment simple, and use extremely low frequencies (ELF), sensitive receivers, and noise cancellation. The proposed location method, developed by Develco for other applications, is based on vector field measurements from two or more static sensors and computation of source location by iterative techniques. During Phase II, very sensitive search coil sensors were built and used in a separate test to verify the feasibility of atmospheric noise cancellation. A "Breadboard" location system version without cancellation, which is a fieldable test bed to evaluation receiving and location functions, was tested and supplied. Very good results were achieved from the first in-mine test with the transmitter at a depth of 380 m. It is expected the results of this work, and additional evaluation tests in the future, will be used to define the requirements for a prototype operational system.
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 10005157
Develco, Inc. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. Final Report Contract No. J0199009, Oct. 1984; 109 pp
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