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Ventilation District
Threshold=200
Fig1.
Example Ventilation District
with a threshold of 200. Pre-Check Area
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Diesel-powered equipment has been utilised in underground This automated solution manages the number of vehicles operating
mines for over 50 years. The exhaust emitted by diesel engines per ventilation district by monitoring the individual DPM token count
includes diesel particulate matter (DPM) and is now understood for each vehicle in relation to the total DPM threshold for that district.
to be a health hazard. This is of particular concern in the Each vehicle is periodically tested for emissions, and the results of
underground environment where concentrations of DPM and the test entered into a database. From this data, an appropriate DPM
gases can quickly rise if ventilation is inadequate. emission value is calculated (DPM Token) and the monitoring system
can respond if the test result record for a particular vehicle exceeds
DPM is a submicron aerosol and therefore a respirable dust.
an allowable age, or if the value itself exceeds a pre-set threshold.
Due to its size, it will not settle to the ground but instead remain
Likewise, the threshold for a ventilation district can be updated in
airborne, not only affecting the original location it is released, but
the system in response to any change in ventilation volumes.
will travel to surrounding workplaces.
The DPM Token Count Monitoring solution can be used to support
Monitoring DPM is critical to ensure that workers are not
multiple ventilation districts, and works by providing automated
submitted to emission levels above the indicated threshold for
logging of total DPM token count as vehicles enter or exit a ventilation
a specific ventilation district. Putting in place an automated
district. A live LED display of the current token count is visible at the
solution will capture and analyse important information regarding
ventilation district entry point. Vehicles are monitored in a pre-check
machinery and equipment efficiency, and maintenance status,
area at the entry point, where the LED display indicates whether
delivering valuable business benefits as well as minimising impact
access is denied or granted. The system can also optionally check if a
to production and output.
brake test is overdue, and deny access if warranted. DPM reports are
To address these challenges, Mine Site Technologies (MST) has created through a central dashboard which also manages alarms and
developed a real-time DPM Token Count Monitoring solution for warnings.
underground diesel vehicles in mining, particularly coal mines.
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