Design of mine opposed wind speed and direction sensor

Abstract

In response to the current problems of high startup wind speed, complex design schemes, and inability to accurately measure the average wind speed of the entire section of the roadway using wind speed sensors, based on the principle of ultrasonic opposed wind measurement, a mine opposed wind speed and direction sensor with STM32 as the core is designed. The overall structure of the sensor, the design of the transmitting and receiving circuit, the filtering algorithm, and the software process are introduced. This sensor has changed the wind measurement method from point to surface, using a single ARM core and measuring the wind speed at the centerline of the roadway through long-distance (5-12 m) ultrasonic wind measurement technology. This wind speed represents the average wind speed of the entire roadway. It greatly improves the accuracy and real-time performance of roadway wind speed measurement. A test prototype is developed based on the design scheme, and the test results in a circular wind tunnel show that the measured values of the sensor has good consistency with the standard wind speed values in the range of 0.1-15 m/s, with a measurement error of less than 0.1 m/s. It can meet the precision requirements of intelligent mines for roadway wind speed measurement.

Keywords

• intelligent ventilation
• wind speed and direction sensor
• wind speed at the cross-section of the roadway
• ultrasonic wind measurement
• opposed wind measurement
• wind speed at the centerline of the roadway