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Real-time water-level monitoring system for dumping site of open-pit coal mine, and methods of establishment and use of the same

US10053985B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 2017
Grant dateAug 21, 2018
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02W30/30
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention discloses a real-time water-level monitoring system for a dumping site of an open-pit coal mine. The dumping site of the open-pit coal mine comprises an aboveground part and an underground part, where the aboveground part is a stacking site (1) located above an original ground surface. The real-time water-level monitoring system for a dumping site of an open-pit coal mine comprises a first measuring well (2) and a second measuring well (3), where the first measuring well (2) is arranged vertically in the center of the stacking site (1), and the second measuring well (3) includes a vertical section (301), a horizontal section (302), and a free section (303) connected in sequence; and a first water-impermeable layer (4), a second water-impermeable layer (5), and a third water-impermeable layer (6) are provided internally in the stacking site (1).

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