HADES: Security and Monitoring System for Selected Technological Processes in Polish Underground Mining

Abstract

A mine cannot operate without environmental monitoring systems and basic mining machinery and equipment. In individual mines, these systems work in various configurations. Current information from these systems is visualized in the mine dispatch rooms. This article presents the basic structure of the visualization system, focusing on those most commonly used in our mines. It highlights that the diversity of monitoring systems used does not favor their unification and integration, aimed at providing the entrepreneur with essential data necessary for making crucial decisions related not only to the functioning of individual facilities within a company but, most importantly, the entire enterprise. The article introduces a new proprietary Hades visualization system program used in JSW SA mines. This program, named after the first microprocessor-based dispatching system implemented in Polish mines several decades ago, enables the entrepreneur to make key decisions regarding the operation of the entire coal company and its individual facilities.