Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIIsaac, Sherrin JKruger, Carel PNiels Aakvaag, NBritta Fismen, B2015-02-092015-02-092014-04Abu-Mahfouz, A.M.I., Isaac, S.J, Kruger, C.P, Niels Aakvaag, N and Britta Fismen, B. 2014. Wireless gas sensing in South African underground platinum mines. In: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Istanbul, Turkey, 6-9 April 2014978-1-4799-3083-8http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6953135http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7855IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Istanbul, Turkey, 6-9 April 2014Approximately 70% of South African mines are classified as fiery, where methane gas potentially could cause explosions. The number of flammable gas reports and accidents are increasing steadily for both gold and platinum mines. However, there is less awareness of the hazards of methane in hard rock mines (gold and platinum) than in coal mines. Currently, there is no wireless real-time gas sensing system used in South African hard rock mines. The main objective of this work is to investigate the possibility of using a wireless gas detector called GS01 in underground mines. Several experiments have been conducted to evaluate the GS01 performance, accuracy and the ability to communicate in underground mines. The results demonstrate the suitability of using GS01 in such harsh environments. A second motivation for the work was to evaluate the performance of wireless communication using different frequencies.enGas sensingUnderground minesISA100.11aWireless gas detectorsConference PresentationAbu-Mahfouz, A. M., Isaac, S. J., Kruger, C. P., Niels Aakvaag, N., & Britta Fismen, B. (2014). Wireless gas sensing in South African underground platinum mines. IEEE Xplore. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7855Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI, Sherrin J Isaac, Carel P Kruger, N Niels Aakvaag, and B Britta Fismen. "Wireless gas sensing in South African underground platinum mines." (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7855Abu-Mahfouz AM, Isaac SJ, Kruger CP, Niels Aakvaag N, Britta Fismen B, Wireless gas sensing in South African underground platinum mines; IEEE Xplore; 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7855 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI AU - Isaac, Sherrin J AU - Kruger, Carel P AU - Niels Aakvaag, N AU - Britta Fismen, B AB - Approximately 70% of South African mines are classified as fiery, where methane gas potentially could cause explosions. The number of flammable gas reports and accidents are increasing steadily for both gold and platinum mines. However, there is less awareness of the hazards of methane in hard rock mines (gold and platinum) than in coal mines. Currently, there is no wireless real-time gas sensing system used in South African hard rock mines. The main objective of this work is to investigate the possibility of using a wireless gas detector called GS01 in underground mines. Several experiments have been conducted to evaluate the GS01 performance, accuracy and the ability to communicate in underground mines. The results demonstrate the suitability of using GS01 in such harsh environments. A second motivation for the work was to evaluate the performance of wireless communication using different frequencies. DA - 2014-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Gas sensing KW - Underground mines KW - ISA100.11a KW - Wireless gas detectors LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2014 SM - 978-1-4799-3083-8 T1 - Wireless gas sensing in South African underground platinum mines TI - Wireless gas sensing in South African underground platinum mines UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7855 ER -