Control objects with variable transport delay

Abstract

Research aim is to analyze a class of automatic control systems at mining and concentrating facilities, where controlling action is the consumption of fuel or substance by a transporting body in order to develop recommendations on stability and control quality improvement. Research methodology consists in working out a model of automatic control system and studying the infl uence of varying transportation delay on the model, which arises in the process of stabilizing the output value of the system of automatic control. The RMS error of output value control was measured on the system’s model when measuring the delay of the main controlling action. Discussion was carried out by the example of the control process where the output value of the control object is regulated by the conveyor which feeds the ore. It has been shown that when changing the controlling action (ore consumption), time the delivery time also changes at the same time. These facilities refer to the facilities with the varying parameter – delay in control; they are poorly explored. It has been shown that control systems like that cannot adequately operate in the general case. One of the main methods of improving the quality of such control systems is to use the Smith predictor. However, in this case the system of automatic control will operate adequately under constant parameters of the control object, which is highly unlikely in the conditions of mining treatment. Delay in such systems is defi nitely associated with the speed of material feed. It has been proposed to automatically change regulator’s settings depending on the speed of the conveyor. Material can be fed using an assembly with constant speed, as an alternative, while the consumption may be carried out in accordance with the variation of the control object output value by a separate feeder