Applications of wireless sensor networks to improve occupational safety and health in underground mines

S Sadeghi, N Soltanmohammadlou… - Journal of safety research, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction: The very complex and hazardous environment of underground mines may
significantly contribute to occupational fatalities and injuries. Deploying wireless sensor …

Multi-hazard disaster studies: Monitoring, detection, recovery, and management, based on emerging technologies and optimal techniques

A Khan, S Gupta, SK Gupta - International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2020 - Elsevier
Every year man-made and natural disasters impact the lives of millions of people. The
frequency of occurrence of such disasters is steadily increasing since the last 50 years, and …

Application of wireless sensor network for environmental monitoring in underground coal mines: A systematic review

L Muduli, DP Mishra, PK Jana - Journal of Network and Computer …, 2018 - Elsevier
The production, productivity and safety of underground coal mines are greatly affected by
the environmental conditions of the mines. Hence, continuous monitoring of the complex …

Wireless sensor networks for smart cities: Network design, implementation and performance evaluation

A Khalifeh, KA Darabkh, AM Khasawneh, I Alqaisieh… - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The advent of various wireless technologies has paved the way for the realization of new
infrastructures and applications for smart cities. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are one …

Underground mine positioning: A review

F Seguel, P Palacios-Játiva… - IEEE Sensors …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Underground mining is expected to lead the mining industry in the near future. Due to the
advance of electronic devices and communications technologies, new safety regulations …

A VLC channel model for underground mining environments with scattering and shadowing

PP Játiva, CA Azurdia-Meza, I Sánchez, F Seguel… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Underground mining is an industry that preserves the miners' safety and efficiency in their
work using wireless communication systems as a tool. In addition to communication links …

An internet of things system for underground mine air quality pollutant prediction based on azure machine learning

BW Jo, RMA Khan - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
The implementation of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for monitoring the complex,
dynamic, and harsh environment of underground coal mines (UCMs) is sought around the …

Interference mitigation for visible light communications in underground mines using angle diversity receivers

P Palacios Játiva, M Román Canizares… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper proposes two solutions based on angle diversity receivers (ADRs) to mitigate
inter-cell interference (ICI) in underground mining visible light communication (VLC) …

Opportunities and challenges in health sensing for extreme industrial environment: perspectives from underground mines

A Ranjan, Y Zhao, HB Sahu, P Misra - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Occupational health and safety hazards in the extreme work environment of underground
mines remained a serious concern for both mine management and regulatory agency …

Efficient energy mechanism in heterogeneous WSNs for underground mining monitoring applications

R Alsaqour, ES Ali, RA Mokhtar, RA Saeed… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) play an important role in underground mining
applications. In particular, they help to collect information using sensors and provide …