Abstract
A commercially available through-the-earth (TTE) communications system was evaluated at an active underground longwall mine in West Virginia. This TTE system uses electricfield (E-field) sensing to send text-based communications through two separate antenna arrays connected in parallel. Each antenna array is composed of interconnected, grounded metallic rods or other such structures. Two-way communication between subsurface locations was investigated in this study using various antenna configurations. This field study was conducted as a part of a larger multisite evaluation of available TTE systems in an effort to determine their operational sensitivities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 91-96 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Volume | 68 |
| No | 9 |
| Specialist publication | Mining Engineering |
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| State | Published - Sep 2016 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology