Energy storage using underground mining caverns

Energy-Efficient Routing Algorithm for WSNs in Underground mining

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) technology has been used for security monitoring to provide a safe working environment for Underground mining miners. But, energy consumption is an important issue in the design of routing protocol in wireless sensor networks. For the problems of coal mine chain-type network topology, unbalanced information flow and energy consumption among nodes is serious uneve...

Underground Mining Transportation Systems

Intelligent Stability Design of Large Underground Hydraulic Caverns: Chinese Method and Practice

The global energy shortage has revived the interest in hydroelectric power, but extreme geological condition always pose challenges to the construction of hydroelectric power stations with large underground caverns. To solve the problem of safe design of large underground caverns, a Chinese-style intelligent stability design, representing recent developments in Chinese techniques for the constr...

Autonomous Control of Underground Mining Vehicles using Reactive Navigation

This paper describes how many of the navigation techniques developed by the robotics research community over the last decade may be applied to a class of underground mining vehicles (LHDs and haul trucks). We review the current state-of-the-art in this area and conclude that there are essentially two basic methods of navigation applicable. We describe an implementation of a reactive navigation ...

Production Estimating Techniques for Underground Mining Using Roadheaders

Roadheaders are one of the most popular mechanized excavators used in mining and civil underground construction. These machines are primarily used in soft to medium hard rocks. This paper reviews the parameters associated with the application and operation of roadheaders and presents a method for estimating cutting performance.