New control strategies for longwall armored face conveyors

Author

Broadfoot, Alan R. ; Betz, Robert E.

Author_Institution

AMPControl SWG Pty Ltd, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Volume

4

fYear

1996

fDate

6-10 Oct 1996

Firstpage

2520

Abstract

This paper investigates a new control approach for longwall armoured face conveyors (AFCs) using variable speed induction motor drives (VSDs). Traditionally AFCs have used fixed speed or two speed motors, with various mechanical solutions employed to try and solve the problems that this causes. The VSD approach to the control problem promises to solve all the significant problems associated with the control of AFCs. This paper presents the control algorithms developed for a VSD base AFC drive system, and demonstrate potential performance via computer simulation

Keywords

conveyors; induction motor drives; machine control; mining; variable speed drives; computer simulation; control algorithms; control strategies; induction motor drives; longwall armored face conveyors; mining; potential performance simulation; variable speed drives; Australia; Automatic frequency control; Electric variables control; Induction machines; Mechanical variables control; Reluctance generators; Variable speed drives; Velocity control; Voltage control; Voltage fluctuations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 1996. Thirty-First IAS Annual Meeting, IAS '96., Conference Record of the 1996 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3544-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1996.563924

Filename

563924