Mining Goes Digital – Mueller et al. (Eds)
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Designing top layer in Internet of Things for underground mines
S. Feng & E. Ding
National Joint Engineering Laboratory of Internet Applied Technology of Mines, China University
of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
IoT Perception Mine Research Center, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
ABSTRACT: The booming development of IoT for mines requires the planning of the
mining technology from the top layer. This paper interprets the “top layer design of mine
internet technology” compiled by the State Administration of Work Safety. This paper analyzes the technical background and the core content of the top-level design from several
aspects, including the design idea, the development status, the challenges, the strategic goals,
the core technology, the implementation route and the supporting measures. This provides a
reference that helps the scientific researchers and the technological managers in the mining
industry to understand and use the ideas of “top layer design”. The demonstration project in
Jiahe coal mine proves the feasibility and the effectiveness of the ideas.
1 INTRODUCTION
The Internet of Things (IoT) for mines can support the mining enterprises to realize ubiquitous perception of the mine and intelligent decision. It is an important basis for industry
administration departments to improve supervision and law enforcement and management
level (Ding & Zhao, 2015). Since the beginning of the 2010, the concept of IoT for mines
has been widely recognized by the government, the academia and the enterprises (Han,
2016). Its connotation and extension continue to expand and deepen. Some solutions with
the characteristics of IoT for mines have been constantly put forward and gradually put
into operation. There have been some demonstration applications in several large mining
industry groups across the country. The productivity and safety level of the mine have been
greatly improved (Hu, et al., 2016). At the same time, the IoT for mines gives birth to a large
number of emerging industry clusters, which helps create a clear economic and social value
for the society.
Although the IoT for mines has made certain achievements in the theoretical system, the
technical framework, the product development, the application and the popularization, there
are still a lot of room for improvement in the different aspects, including the means of perception, the link between the objects, the information mining, the standard construction, the
service and the big data analysis. We need to view the overall situation of the national industrial development and solve the difficult problems we are facing systematically. We need to
avoid the old ways and make the scientific plans for the future development. There are several
problems with the old ways. For instance, each system was treated mutually independent. The
development lacked the standards and the investment was duplicated. The ecosystem was
fragmented. To provide the scientific guidance for the future development of IoT for mines
is the internal driving force of the top-level design of IoT technology for mines. This paper
interprets the design idea, the main contents, the key fields and the implementation of the
top-level design of IoT for mines. This provide a reference for the scientific researchers in the
mining industry and technological managers to read, understand and use the ideas of “top
layer design”.
© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-367-33604-2
695
Designing top layer in Internet of Things for underground mines
S. Feng & E. Ding
National Joint Engineering Laboratory of Internet Applied Technology of Mines, China University
of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
IoT Perception Mine Research Center, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
ABSTRACT: The booming development of IoT for mines requires the planning of the
mining technology from the top layer. This paper interprets the “top layer design of mine
internet technology” compiled by the State Administration of Work Safety. This paper analyzes the technical background and the core content of the top-level design from several
aspects, including the design idea, the development status, the challenges, the strategic goals,
the core technology, the implementation route and the supporting measures. This provides a
reference that helps the scientific researchers and the technological managers in the mining
industry to understand and use the ideas of “top layer design”. The demonstration project in
Jiahe coal mine proves the feasibility and the effectiveness of the ideas.
1 INTRODUCTION
The Internet of Things (IoT) for mines can support the mining enterprises to realize ubiquitous perception of the mine and intelligent decision. It is an important basis for industry
administration departments to improve supervision and law enforcement and management
level (Ding & Zhao, 2015). Since the beginning of the 2010, the concept of IoT for mines
has been widely recognized by the government, the academia and the enterprises (Han,
2016). Its connotation and extension continue to expand and deepen. Some solutions with
the characteristics of IoT for mines have been constantly put forward and gradually put
into operation. There have been some demonstration applications in several large mining
industry groups across the country. The productivity and safety level of the mine have been
greatly improved (Hu, et al., 2016). At the same time, the IoT for mines gives birth to a large
number of emerging industry clusters, which helps create a clear economic and social value
for the society.
Although the IoT for mines has made certain achievements in the theoretical system, the
technical framework, the product development, the application and the popularization, there
are still a lot of room for improvement in the different aspects, including the means of perception, the link between the objects, the information mining, the standard construction, the
service and the big data analysis. We need to view the overall situation of the national industrial development and solve the difficult problems we are facing systematically. We need to
avoid the old ways and make the scientific plans for the future development. There are several
problems with the old ways. For instance, each system was treated mutually independent. The
development lacked the standards and the investment was duplicated. The ecosystem was
fragmented. To provide the scientific guidance for the future development of IoT for mines
is the internal driving force of the top-level design of IoT technology for mines. This paper
interprets the design idea, the main contents, the key fields and the implementation of the
top-level design of IoT for mines. This provide a reference for the scientific researchers in the
mining industry and technological managers to read, understand and use the ideas of “top
layer design”.