Dust effects on Leaky Feeder cable in an underground mine environment

Author

Elia, Mohamad ; Hakem, N. ; Ailas, Mohamed

Author_Institution

Lab. de Rech. Telebec en Commun. Souterraines, Univ. du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Val-d´Or, QC, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

7-13 July 2013

Firstpage

1610

Lastpage

1611

Abstract

Leaky Feeder based network is widely used for underground mine communications to transmit voice, data and video signals. In this paper we present the dust´s effects on leaky feeder signal propagation which is produced from drilling operations and vehicles in the underground mine. Simulations were done to study the signal propagation behavior in a leaky feeder according to scattering parameters: S₁₁ and S₂₁ in presence of dust. Results obtained show the dust´s influence on the communication cable, and a solution to this problem is suggested.

Keywords

S-parameters; dust; electromagnetic wave propagation; mining; telecommunication cables; underground cables; underground communication; S11 parameter; S21 parameter; communication cable; drilling operation; dust effects; leaky feeder based network; leaky feeder cable; leaky feeder signal propagation; scattering parameters; underground mine communication; Attenuation; Cable shielding; Communication cables; Communication systems; Computational modeling; Fuel processing industries; Reliability; CST; Leaky feeder; UHF; VHF; mine dust; underground mine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5315-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2013.6711464

Filename

6711464