Underground Operator Monitoring Platform Based on Ultra-Wide Band WSN

Authors

  • Weicai Xie College of Electrical & Information Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering; 2011 Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Wind Power Equipment and Energy Conversion
  • Xiaofeng Li College of Electrical & Information Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering
  • Xi Long PowerChina Zhongnan Engineering Co. Ltd.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v14i10.9307

Keywords:

Ultra-wide band (UWB), wireless sensor network (WSN), underground posi-tioning

Abstract


This paper aims to accurately locate underground personnel in coal mines. For this purpose, an underground personnel positioning platform was established on the wireless sensor network (WSN). Specifically, the ultra-wide band (UWB) and the time difference of arrival (TDOA) positioning algorithm were introduced briefly, in view of the underground operation environment. Then, the underground operator monitoring platform was developed based on UWB-WSN and compared it with different positioning techniques through experiments. The results show that the proposed platform achieved a high positioning accuracy and satisfied the needs of real-time monitoring of underground personnel. The research findings shed new light on the mitigation of personnel and property losses in coal mine accidents.

Author Biographies

Weicai Xie, College of Electrical & Information Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering; 2011 Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Wind Power Equipment and Energy Conversion

Weicai Xie often works as associate professor, School of electrical and information engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering. He Mainly engaged in motor control.

Xiaofeng Li, College of Electrical & Information Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering

Xiaofeng Li is a master graduate student in Hunan Institute of Engineering. He Mainly engaged in Micro network Technology.

Xi Long, PowerChina Zhongnan Engineering Co. Ltd.

Xi Long often works in Power China Zhongnan Engineering Co. Ltd, He Mainly engaged in power electronic technology.

Article submitted 16 May 2018. Published as resubmitted

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Published

2018-10-26

How to Cite

Xie, W., Li, X., & Long, X. (2018). Underground Operator Monitoring Platform Based on Ultra-Wide Band WSN. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 14(10), pp. 219–229. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v14i10.9307

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Short Papers