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Implementation of Wireless Sensor in Coal Mine Safety System

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Author(s):
R.MUTHAIYAN, V.G.RAJARAMYA, A.BILOMIN RAMYA
Volume
3, Issue 1
Pages:
613-620
Year of Publication:
2015
International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering Communications
ISSN:
2347-8586
Citation: R.MUTHAIYAN, V.G.RAJARAMYA, A.BILOMIN RAMYA. (2015). Implementation of Wireless Sensor in Coal Mine Safety System. International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering Communications,Vol.3 ,Issue.1,pp.613-620.
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Abstract
The foremost critical task for coal mine is of keeping track of miners spread out across a large mining areas .It becomes even difficult when mine tunnels collapse. Many mines use a radio system to track miners, but when a collapse occurs, the base stations connected by a thin wire often are rendered useless. In this project to overcome the demerits of radio system we used wireless technology for tracking the miners. The transceivers communicate with base stations through LIFI module. In addition of tracking the location of miners we also include sensors such as temperature & humidity to intimate the base station & miners when some atmosphere changes occur. Mine operators are now able to monitor the real-time locations of each miner to better pinpoint their locations in the event of an emergency.
I.Introduction
LiFi is a new paradigm for short range wireless technology to provide unprecedented connectivity within a localized data-centric environment. Li Fi is a transmission of data through illumination, sending data through a red light bulb that varies in intensity faster than human eye can follow. This sort of communication can be called as Visible light communication (VLC). Using this technique, the user can transmit the data through light from one device to another. Li-Fi technology works on a simple digital principle which is nothing but a led is ON a digital data 1 can be transmitted and if it is OFF digital data 0 can be transmitted. So, in this project work we are going to switching the LEDs very quickly. These fast switching can be achieved by PWM technique to transmit digital data stream containing strings.
To acquire this, we are programming the microcontroller to vary the duty cycle of the PWM signal which has the task of regulating the current in the LED. The biased current is fed to LED driver unit. The power of LED is varied according to the waveform of data signal. At the receiver side photodiode sensor produces a current proportional to the received instantaneous power. From this data can be filtered and it can be displayed on PC.

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