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Design, Development and Field Deployment of a Low-cost Distributed Wireless Sensor Network System for Real-time Hydraulic Fracturing Monitoring in Mines

Authors:
Amirali Soroush
Wen Shen (Vincent) Mow

Keywords: Tiltmeter Monitoring; Surface Deformation Monitoring; Mine Preconditioning; Hydraulic Fracturing Monitoring and Diagnostics; Distributed Wireless Sensor Network Systems

Abstract:
A low-cost Distributed Wireless Sensor Network (DWSN) system designed and developed for real-time monitoring and diagnostics of hydraulic fracturing activities applicable to mine preconditioning operations is introduced in this paper. Built on open-source electronics platforms, as well as XBee wireless transceiver modules, and powered by solar energy, the system was deployed during the preconditioning operation in Whitehaven’s Narrabri mine (New South Wales (NSW), Australia) and Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag’s (LKAB) Malmberget iron ore mine (Norrbotten County, Sweden). Over a period of two years, the system successfully monitored the placement of more than 2000 hydraulically-induced fractures in real-time, while providing an average packet delivery success rate of more than 99.995%.

Pages: 74 to 79

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2019

Publication date: October 27, 2019

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4405

ISBN: 978-1-61208-744-3

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from October 27, 2019 to October 31, 2019