Everything IoT GLS | October 2017
ENERGY
Enabling Digital Mining:IoT Challenges and OpportunitiesDr Jonathon Ralston
CSIRO: Australia’s National Research Organisation
Commonwealth Scientific Industrial & Research Organisation
Dirty
Dull
Dangerous
Difficult
What Can Mining Be Like?
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
ACT
Mining Process
THINK
Situational Awareness Decision SupportTrusted
AutonomySENSESENSE
THINK
ACT
Approach: Increased Mining Automation
Remote Management
Manually Operated
Information Driven
Digital Mining
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
IoT for Mining Use Case | Longwall Automation
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
Shearer Automation: The Solution
Drum height
Eickhoff
Drum height
DBT
Thermal Infrared
Optical marker band
Manual operator
input
Gateroad creep & retreat
Drum height
Visualisation
Face Alignment Horizon Control
SPMS (inertial navigation)
Other sensors
Joy DBT
Eickhoff
Joy
Landmark Process Control – Cut Model
DBT
Joy
available now
in development
wir
ele
ss
wireless
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
LASC Longwall Horizon Control | CSIROGeological Seam Sensing
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
LASC Automation: Impact and Value
1. Productivity: Total estimated net benefit: ~$790M*
2. Adoption: 70% of operating longwalls in Australia
3. Deployment: Global accessibility through OEMs
4. Platform: LASC open standard = extendable
5. Development: ROI enabling ongoing innovation
* ACIL Allen Consulting, 2014. “CSIRO’s Impact and Value: An Independent Assessment “
http://www.lascautomation.com
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
IoT for Mining Challenges
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
http://www2.deloitte.com/.../digital-disruption-harnessing-the-bang.html (2012)
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
Mining requires higher performance than other industries.
IoT-based solutions need to be:
Physically robust: harsh operational environment
Compliant with regulations: enclosures, explosion risk zones
Accessible and deployable: installation, ease of inspection
Low/zero maintenance: ease of access, redundancy
High performance: highly reliable in operational contexts
Functional Requirements for Mining Applications
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
Practical Challenges for Mining IoTPut Sensor Here…
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
Practical Challenges for Mining IoTNetworking…
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
Immaturity: emerging ecosystem = some chaos
Interoperability: many standards but agreement mixed
Connectivity: not uniform, hard in some industrial environments
Data Management: security, privacy, governance, provenance, storage
Deployment-at-Scale: lack of interoperability and architecture
Power: Source, usage, longevity (harvesting)
Landscape: complex, many players (see chart)
Some Practical Challenges for IoT in Mining
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
Complex IoT Ecosystem | Deployment Pathways?
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
IoT for MiningOpportunities
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
• Increasingly an information driven, closed-loop enterprise
• Desire for increased visibility, flexibility and integrationacross the value chain
• High integrity automation needed for safe and robust operations
• New sensing developments critical to deliver increased safety and efficiency
Emerging IoT OpportunitiesSafety, productivity and sustainability
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
Key Messages
1. Resource limited world
2. Service-oriented delivery
3. Minimised transaction cost
4. Interconnected, shared information
IoT Accelerators: Catching waves?
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
CSIRO and IoT | Call to Action
Interested for Collaboration?
Industrial Internet Consortium | Mining Working Group
CSIRO Live IoT Blog – broader IoT Applications
Happy to connect you with the CSIRO innovation pipeline
IoT for Mining | Drivers | Use Case | Challenges | Opportunities
Summary
IoT captures the physical – digital connection using sensors,
networking, and processing
The value of IoT for mining is increased situational awareness,
decision support, and trusted system autonomy
IoT is providing opportunities for SMEs, mining OEMs, mining
service providers and technology vendors – starting now…
CSIRO | Delivering Impact
Contact | [email protected]+61 7 3327 4702 | www.csiro.au/coalmining
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