| Name | Designation | Email & phone | Photo |
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| Section 1: Intelligent Mining Systems | |||
| Dr. Sujit Kumar Mandal Briefbiodata |
Chief Scientist | E-mail : skm[dot]cimfr[at]gmail[dot]com, sujitkm[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in Phone : Extn. 4437 (O), 9431123474 (M) |
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| Dr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra | Sr. Principal Scientist | E-mail : pkmishra[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, mishrapkapp[at]gmail[dot]com |
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| Dr. Swades Kumar Chaulya Briefbiodata |
Scientist & HOS | E-mail : chaulyask[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in Phone : 326-2296045 (O), 9471191387 (M) |
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| Mr. Naresh Kumar Briefbiodata |
Sr. Technical Officer (3) | E-mail : nareshkr[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, nkcfri[at]rediffmail[dot]com Phone : 9431318083 (M) |
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| Mr. Surajit Dey | Sr. Technical Officer (2) | E-mail : surajitdey[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, surajitcmri[at]gmail[dot]com, surajitcmri[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in Phone : +91-9431160729 (M) |
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| Dr. Prem Kumar | Sr. Technical Officer (2) | E-mail : prem[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in Phone : +91 9983525748 (M), +91 8104433182 (M) |
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| Mr. Vikash Kumar Briefbiodata |
Technical Officer | E-mail : vikash170294[at]gmail[dot]com Phone : 8969817209 (M) |
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| Mr. Vijay Kumar Rawani | Technician | E-mail : rawanivijay[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, vijayrawani0326[at]gmail[dot]com Phone : 7209761897, 7677565704 (M) |
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| Section 2: Automation and Product Development | |||
| Mr. Nilabjendu Ghosh Briefbiodata |
Sr. Scientist & HOS | E-mail : nilabjendu[dot]ghosh[at]cimfr[dot]nic[]dot]in, ngtrueblue[at]gmail[dot]com |
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| Sl. No. | A brief description of Facilities/ Equipment/Tools/software with photos | ||||||
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| Major Facilities | |||||||
| 1 | The EISTL (Electronics and IT Products Safety Testing Lab) of ‘Intelligent Mining Systems’ division is having various state of the art facilities. Photographs of some major equipment are given below:
DROP TEST MACHINE SURGE, IMPULSE AND TELECOMM WAVE TEST SYSTEM
DSO, ARBITRARY GENERATOR AND FREQUENCY COUNTER
ELECTRICAL SAFETY TESTER
BATTERY TEST SYSTEM
DVDF TESTER
HI POT TEST EQUIPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER
Other Facilities: Geo-technical software tools such as RS2, Dips, Map3D, UnWedge, Examine3D | ||||||
| SL. NO. | Projects | Sponsor |
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Development of landslide monitoring system for North-East Region of India using wireless sensor networking |
Ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) |
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Development of a road dust collecting system |
MoEF & CC |
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Development of tracking and monitoring system using RFID tags for disaster management in underground mines |
Ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) |
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Development of wireless communication system for underground mines (including trapped miner communication) |
Ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) |
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5 |
Development of feasibility assessment model for adaption of underground coal gasification technology in North East region of India |
Ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) |
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6 |
Development of tracking system for controlling illegal mining and coal transportation for NER of India |
Ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) |
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7 |
Setting-up of safety testing facility for electronics and IT products |
Ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) |
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8 |
Development of road dust collecting and briquetting system |
Council of scientific and industrial research (CSIR) |
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9 |
Development of digital mine using Internet of Things |
Ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) |
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10 |
Development of vision enhancement system for foggy weather |
MeitY & NMDC |
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11 |
Setting-up of information and facilitation centre for empowering living of SC in Jharkhand State |
Ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) |
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12 |
Scientific studies and implementation of Mine transport surveillance system at Kumaraswamy and Donimali Iron Ore Mine and Donimalai Pellet Plant |
National mineral development corporation (NMDC) |
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Implementation of dust suppression system at Donimalai Crushing and Screening Plant |
National mineral development corporation (NMDC). |
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14 |
Performance testing of tele-monitoring system |
JTRC |
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15 |
Performance testing of RFID device |
DWI |
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16 |
Development of slope stabilization and monitoring technique using geo-synthetic concrete cement mat and IoT devices |
SSPL |
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17 |
Scientific Investigations for Capacity Enhancement of 6.7 km long Sei Dam Tunnel of Water Resources Department, Zone Jodhpur, Government of Rajasthan, Jodhpur |
Department of Irrigation, Govt. of Rajasthan |
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18 |
Advice for coal Extraction in XV(T&B) seam at Moonidih Colliery and design of Longwall workings with no adverse subsidence impact on surface, considering parting stability and other related rock mechanics aspects with empirical and numerical modeling techniques |
Bharat Coking Coal Limited – Indu Projects Limited |
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19 |
Advice on Suitable Method to Safely Cross Fault Zone in Longwall Panel No. 1 of RVI Seam, Jhanjra Project Colliery, Jhanjra Area |
Eastern Coalfields Limited |
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Advice regarding caving behaviour of Adriyala LW Panel No. 2 of Adriyala Project Area, SCCL |
Singareni Collieries Company Limited |
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About us:
This group is majorly looking into research for modernization and application of latest technologies in mining which facilitates multi-disciplinary research in the following areas:
Investigating and analysing properties and mechanics of rock mass for mine mechanisation with Longwall technology, Shortwall method, and the other continuous mining technologies.
Identifying and applying latest technologies in coal and non-coal mines for higher productivity and safety;
Understanding of human factors in mechanisation and automation,
Applying innovative systems (Embedded based) approach to mechanisation and automation.
Incorporation of IoT, Machine learning and different signal processing technology for safe, productive and economic mining.
Development of technologies for societal upliftment.
Providing training and consultancy services to the industry in the areas of mine mechanisation in coal and non-coal industries
Our expertise
Geotechnical study for mechanisation with Longwall, Shortwall, and other Continuous mining technologies to extract mineral from complex deposits.
Mine-scale numerical methods (FLAC & FEA) for stability analysis of mine structures, partings, and barriers.
Seismic monitoring of mine structures in coal and non-coal mines.
Hard roof management in coal and non-coal mines.
Real time monitoring of geotechnical parameters for ground safety.
Condition monitoring of machines, equipment and support systems deployed in mines.
Techno-economic evaluation of mining and allied industry projects.
Embedded systems for safety and productivity optimization in coal and non-coal mines.
Scientific investigation of mineral rules, regulation and policy to exploit complex deposits.
Preparation of mining plan and mine closure plan for coal and non-coal mines.
Underground structural health and reliability assessment and management.
Mine life cycle assessment and sustainable mining practices.
Research and development for efficient monitoring, control, automation and communication to improve safety and productivity in mines.
Development of real-time monitoring, hazard prediction and control system using IoT-based sensors and devices along with application of artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, image processing, etc.
Carrying out collaborative projects in association with industries, manufacturers, research and academic institutes for implementation of turn-key based projects.
Design of multi-purpose devices, web applications for societal benefits.
Technology developments, transfer of technologies and commercialization of the developed products for the benefit of mining industry and society.
Our Accomplishments
Application of numerical modelling for simulating the caving behaviour of the overlying rock beds, predicting the caving span, convergence, closure abutment stress and estimation of support resistance. This numerical modeling on prediction of longwall roof behaviour with goaf simulation has greatly helped to overcome strata control problems, so long prevalent in longwall mines of India.
A method to classify the coal mine roof rock according to the caving behavior has been developed. Caving Index number has been introduced based on the stratification and the physico-mechanical properties of the roof rock layers. Based on this Caving Index number and other mining parameters the coal mine roof can be classified and the required support capacity for safe extraction of coal can be determined.
Introduced microseismic monitoring in mines and development of “Specific Instability Criterion” and modules in MATLAB to calculate seismic parameters has helped to quantify the degree of instability over worked out panels and previously extracted unknown workings in coal mines. The microseismic monitoring technique can be effectively used for ground control, roof fall prediction, detection of unknown workings below railway tracks and monitoring of rock burst prone mines.
Hard roof management by induced caving of massive and bridging rock beds by hydro-fracturing with water injection under high pressure and development of methodology for design and planning of hydro-fracturing at any locale. This has potential to improve the cavability and fragmentation of the broken rock debris in the goaf. Mining with hydro-fracturing as caving technique will improve both productivity and safety of the mines.
Introduction of “Oblique shortwall mining method” for fast liquidation of standing pillars in underground coal mines in India. The method was designed and implemented for the first time in India at Balrampur mine, SECL and RK-NT mine, Srirampur Area, SCCL. Extraction was successfully completed in 10 shortwall panels of Balarampur mine, and 4 shortwall panels in RK-NT with this technology.
detection and alerting system using wireless sensor network
Integrated strata, gas and environment monitoring system for underground mines
Mine transport surveillance system
Local methane detector
A Device for 'Directional Illuminated Support under Harsh Ambience’ (DISHA)
Vision Improvement Device for Harsh Atmosphere Caused by Temperature Attenuation (VIDHATA)
Intelligent dust suppression system for mining applications
Biometric-based Exploder
Biometric-based theft control device for motor bikes
Automatic headlamp dimming device
Blocks and sand manufacturing process using mine wastes
Intrinsically safe digital fuel meter
Digital mine using Internet of Things
Portable weather and environmental monitoring system
Retractable bed cover and dust collector for transport vehicles
Slope stabilization and monitoring technique using geo-synthetic concrete cement mat and IoT devices
Solar-based multipurpose utility system
Portable dust monitoring device for measuring PM10 and PM2.5
Sensor-based soil and water analysis device