The present invention relates to the technical field of long-term in-situ monitoring of sediment disturbance in deep-sea surface mineral mining, and more particularly to a device for monitoring deep-sea sediment environment in mining polymetallic nodules. The monitoring system comprises: acoustic Doppler flow profilers, a spontaneous potential probe, a turbidity meter and an underwater camera. The invention can realize long-term in-situ observation of sediment disturbance, and can realize the mechanical recovery of probe rod-type equipment without large-scale mechanical devices, thereby reducing the overall weight of the recovery equipment and increasing the probability of successful equipment recovery. Compared with the existing long-term in-situ observation equipment on the seabed, it is more environmentally friendly, efficient, energy-saving and reliable.

The present invention relates to the technical field of long-term in-situ monitoring of sediment disturbance in deep-sea surface mineral mining, and more particularly to a device for monitoring deep-sea sediment environment in mining polymetallic nodules. The monitoring system comprises: acoustic Doppler flow profilers, a spontaneous potential probe, a turbidity meter and an underwater camera. The invention can realize long-term in-situ observation of sediment disturbance, and can realize the mechanical recovery of probe rod-type equipment without large-scale mechanical devices, thereby reducing the overall weight of the recovery equipment and increasing the probability of successful equipment recovery. Compared with the existing long-term in-situ observation equipment on the seabed, it is more environmentally friendly, efficient, energy-saving and reliable.

An apparatus for excavating a tunnel includes a cutting wheel equipped with measuring modules of sensor means on its cutting wheel face in order to directly sample the consistency of the material present between the cutting wheel face and a tunnel face by recording different types of measured values characteristic of this.

A process for improved blast design including the steps of: acquiring geological data about a blast site from multiple data sources; extracting one or more blastability labels from the geological data; mapping the blastability labels in two or three dimensions; designing a pattern of blast holes based on the mapping; designing explosive for each blast hole based on the blastability label for that blast hole; loading each blast hole in the pattern of blast holes with the designed explosive for that blast hole; and detonating the explosive. Also, a method of extracting valuable resources from an area using the process and a visualisation tool for blasting operations that displays data from the process.

A process for improved blast design including the steps of: acquiring geological data about a blast site from multiple data sources; extracting one or more blastability labels from the geological data; mapping the blastability labels in two or three dimensions; designing a pattern of blast holes based on the mapping; designing explosive for each blast hole based on the blastability label for that blast hole; loading each blast hole in the pattern of blast holes with the designed explosive for that blast hole; and detonating the explosive. Also, a method of extracting valuable resources from an area using the process and a visualisation tool for blasting operations that displays data from the process.

Embodiments of the present application provide a prediction method, device and system for rock mass instability stages, and belong to the technical field of rock mass instability prediction. The method includes the steps: acquiring acoustic emission signals of rock mass; extracting feature parameters from the acquired acoustic emission signals; and predicting instability stages of the rock mass in accordance with the feature parameters and a preset back propagation (BP) neural network model, wherein the preset BP neural network model is obtained by training a BP neural network and a genetic algorithm by virtue of the feature parameters of the acoustic emission signals at different rock mass instability stages. According to the technical solution in the present application, the problem in the training process of the BP neural network model that model parameter optimization may be easily trapped in a locally optimal solution is effectively solved.

An apparatus includes a current excitation source, a roadheader telescopic protection cylinder, an electric rotating apparatus, auxiliary cutting teeth, a cutting head entity, a transmission shaft, an optical fiber ring protective housing, an optical fiber ring, an optical fiber current sensor control unit and a recovery electrode. The apparatus transmits an auxiliary current I.sub.e and a monitoring current I.sub.d to a coal seam. The auxiliary current I.sub.e and the monitoring current I.sub.d are homologous currents that are incompatible, and the auxiliary current I.sub.e squeezes the monitoring current I.sub.d, so the monitoring current I.sub.d monitors the environment of the coal seam. The monitoring current I.sub.d flows to the coal seam as, and a return current I.sub.f flows through the transmission shaft and a roadheader expansion part. The optical fiber ring measures the return current I.sub.f, when the roadheader is heading forward and encounters abnormal geological bodies.

An apparatus includes a current excitation source, a roadheader telescopic protection cylinder, an electric rotating apparatus, auxiliary cutting teeth, a cutting head entity, a transmission shaft, an optical fiber ring protective housing, an optical fiber ring, an optical fiber current sensor control unit and a recovery electrode. The apparatus transmits an auxiliary current I.sub.e and a monitoring current I.sub.d to a coal seam. The auxiliary current I.sub.e and the monitoring current I.sub.d are homologous currents that are incompatible, and the auxiliary current I.sub.e squeezes the monitoring current I.sub.d, so the monitoring current I.sub.d monitors the environment of the coal seam. The monitoring current I.sub.d flows to the coal seam as, and a return current I.sub.f flows through the transmission shaft and a roadheader expansion part. The optical fiber ring measures the return current I.sub.f, when the roadheader is heading forward and encounters abnormal geological bodies.

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for determining a rational width of a gob-side working face under a condition of thick and hard key strata. The method includes: constructing a piecewise function with a width of a gob-side working face as an independent variable; obtaining values of parameters of the gob-side working face; determining a solution set based on the values of the parameters of the gob-side working face, the piecewise function, and a predetermined function threshold; and determining a numerical value according to the solution set as a rational width and mining the gob-side working face according to the rational width.

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for determining a rational width of a gob-side working face under a condition of thick and hard key strata. The method includes: constructing a piecewise function with a width of a gob-side working face as an independent variable; obtaining values of parameters of the gob-side working face; determining a solution set based on the values of the parameters of the gob-side working face, the piecewise function, and a predetermined function threshold; and determining a numerical value according to the solution set as a rational width and mining the gob-side working face according to the rational width.