Level and temperature logs taken at United Downs
Over the last months, two types of logs have been performed on the site in United Downs. Level loggers have been installed in some mine shafts and temperature logs have been performed.
At the site in United Downs, level data loggers have been installed into 6 key mine shafts, 5 in open shafts that are part of the Great Consolidated Mines, and 1 in a United Mines shaft. Shafts were selected to provide a large spatial coverage across the Great Consolidated Mines to aid future modelling.
Water level loggers monitor changing pressure and temperature conditions in subsurface waters. Pressure changes can be used to calculate the changing water levels. Changing conditions and water levels in subsurface mine waters will aid the completion of a hydrological model for the area and the understanding of the relationship between individual open shafts.
Temperature logs were taken in open shafts where possible. Continuous measurement through the flooded section of the open shafts was conducted using a temperature probe to assess variations in temperature with depth. The hope is this will aid the identification of cross flow between horizontal workings or stratification, as well as provide a comparison between different zones of the mine. The temperature logs are still under analysis.
PUSH-IT is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101096566.
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