RainOpsRevolution

RainOpsRevolution

Enhancing Heavy Machinery Performance in Wet Conditions in Deep Mines

The problem RainOpsRevolution solves

Several reports from 2014 to the present year can be found in the public domain which show how Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. open cast mines suffered losses every year during the monsoon season. An average loss of 40K tons of coal. This monetarily is equivalent to a loss of 18-20 Crore rupees. The issue is recurring and it’s still unfixed, because of this mine operators in the fields of Karimnagar and Kothagudem ignore the 35-40 days of monsoon every year. This is done to reduce the maintenance cost that will go into the repairs of heavy machinery damaged on the treacherous paths of coal mines.

The weather conditions will be actively updated on the software
If the weather is rainy OR foggy, the path finding systems will be activated
In cases of rain, we use the given scanners to detect the water blockages, and the algorithm will scan the shortest optimal path to the target location through the widely used Djkistra’s Algorithm.

The GUI applications will be updated on both administrator and the operators screen.
The maps will act like a GPS on both screens, and the floodlights will be activated to indicate the correct paths in foggy conditions to prevent any accidents

FOR LARGER MINES
: Aerial Perception Drones
(Higher Cost, Better Results)

FOR AVERAGE SIZED MINES
: Commercial Grade Water Level Sensors
(Lower Cost, Robust Results)

Challenges we ran into

Hardware implementation and gui interfacing

Tracks Applied (1)

Open Innovation

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