Personnel Location in Working Areas of Coal Mines

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30686/1609-9192-2020-4-104-108

Novikov A.V., Panevnikov K.V., Pisarev I.V. LLC Scientific and Production Firm «Granch», Novosibirsk, Russian Federation Russian Mining Industry №4 / 2020 стр. 104-108

Abstract: The paper describes the SBGPS Automated Personnel Location and Emergency Warning System as a component of a multifunctional coal mine safety system. The system is demonstrated to be characterized by an optimal combination of wired and wireless communication channels. An important stage in designing the underground infrastructure for the system is the procedure to determine the locations of communication hubs, i.e. base stations, inside the mine. This is done using the described calculation and experimental method that takes into account the propagation pattern of the radio field emitted by the base stations antennas. It is shown that equipment of different design that depends on the radio signal propagation patterns is used in creation of the system’s underground infrastructure in the working areas. A conclusion is made that a precondition to provide all the declared functionality of the SBGPS system is availability of stable radio communication between the underground infrastructure nodes and individual positioning-and-signalling devices.

Keywords: automated system, base station, communication infrastructure, longwall, true-to-scale layout, warning, positioning, underground infrastructure, radio communications, communication node, underground mine

For citation: Novikov A.V., Panevnikov K.V., Pisarev I.V. Personnel Location in Working Areas of Coal Mines. Gornaya promyshlennost = Russian Mining Industry. 2020;(4):104–108. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.30686/1609-9192-2020-4-104-108.

Article info

Received: 05.08.2020

Revised: 10.08.2020

Accepted: 14.08.2020

Information about the author

Aleksandr V. Novikov – Candidate of Science (Engineering), Integration Director, LLC Scientific and Production Firm «Granch», Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Konstantin V. Panevnikov – Deputy Integration Director, Head of Analysis and Integration Department, LLC Scientific and Production Firm «Granch», Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Igor V. Pisarev – Chief of Design and Development Team for automatic process control systems, LLC Scientific and Production Firm «Granch», Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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