Fuzzy speed control of belt conveyor system to improve energy efficiency

Author

Ristic, L.B. ; Bebic, M.Z. ; Jevtic, D.S. ; Mihailovic, I.D. ; Statkic, S.Z. ; Rasic, N.T. ; Jeftenic, B.I.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

fYear

2012

fDate

4-6 Sept. 2012

Abstract

The paper presents a control strategy for the system of belt conveyors with adjustable speed drives based on fuzzy logic control. The proposed control structure is developed and tested on the detailed mathematical model of the drive system with the rubber belt. The presented algorithm is implemented on the new variable speed belt conveyor system with remote control on an open pit mine. Results of measurements on the system are used to compare the proposed algorithm with another approach to optimum speed determination based on the method of sequential quadratic programming. It is proved that both solutions provide minimum of electrical energy consumption of the drive under given constraints.

Keywords

angular velocity control; belts; conveyors; energy conservation; fuzzy control; mining industry; optimal control; quadratic programming; rubber; telecontrol; variable speed drives; control structure; electrical energy consumption; energy efficiency; fuzzy logic control-based adjustable speed drives; fuzzy speed control; mathematical model; open pit mine; optimum speed determination; remote control; rubber belt; sequential quadratic programming; variable speed belt conveyor system; Acceleration; Argon; Belts; Energy efficiency; Mathematical model; Torque; Conveyors; Mining industry; Optimal control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (EPE/PEMC), 2012 15th International

Conference_Location

Novi Sad

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1970-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1971-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEPEMC.2012.6397260

Filename

6397260