Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Automation of mines and quarries

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	545-0133/02
Abbreviation	AuDL
Course title	Automation of mines and quarries
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Economics and Control Systems
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Pavel Staša, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. First Analysis of the technological process (TP algorithm design, basic concepts, structure ACS-TP, ...).
2. Second Analysis of technological processes and management principles subsystem technical support production.
3. Subsystem technical support production - electricity.
4. Subsystems technical support production - water management.
5. Subsystems technical support production - heat management.
6. Subsystems technical support production - sewer network.
7. Subsystem technical support production - collector network.
8. Subsystem technical support production - ventilation degradation.
9. Subsystem technical support - production and distribution of compressed air
10. Automation quarry operations, mining machinery
11. Automation mangenese
12. Automation stackers
13. Automation of Rail Transport
14. MES, Manufacturing Execution Systems

Literature

Sauter, D. Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing. Rotterdam: Elsevier Science, 2005. 482 p.
Kennedy B. A. Surface mining. 2nd ed. Littleton: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 1990. 1194 p. ISBN 0-87335-102-9.
Kuo, B. C. Automatic control systems, 8th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. 609 p. ISBN 0-471-13476-7
Automation in mining. Hogan Lovells Publications, 2017. On: https://www.hoganlovells.com/en/publications/automation-in-mining

Advised literature

FRANKLIN, G.F., Powel, J.D. Emami-Naeimi, A. Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems (7th Edition). Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006. 910 p. ISBN 0-13-149930-0
Lo, Ch. Robots and recruitment: the impact of automation on mining jobs. Mining technology, 2017. On: https://www.mining-technology.com/features/featurerobots-and-recruitment-the-impact-of-automation-on-mining-jobs-5864897/
Melesci, U. Mining Automation and Connected Mines. Fluidmesh Networks, 2018. On: https://www.fluidmesh.com/mining-automation-connected-mines/
NEUSTUPA, Zdeněk, NEUSTUPA, Zdeněk, DONOCIK, Roman, OTTE, Lukáš. Planning and optimizing software for a limestone quarry. In SGEM 2013 : 13th international multidisciplinary scientific geoconference : GeoConference on Informatics, Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing : 16-22, June, 2013, Albena, Bulgaria : conference proceedings. [Book 2]. Volume I. Sofia : STEF92 Technology Ltd., 2013, s. 505-512. ISBN 978-954-91818-9-0.

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