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Automation of mines and quarries

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Course Unit Code545-0133/03
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SVU008Ing. Jiří Švub, Ph.D.
STA172doc. Ing. Pavel Staša, Ph.D.
Summary
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the automation technology in underground mines, quarries, including the supply undertaking various types of energy - electricity, gas and drinking water, heat, air, sanitation and process steam, dewatering, degassing, ventilation, air conditioning. The base is a description of the general characteristics of these networks and subsequently integrated into a complete whole. Then I focus on the importance of resources for network connections, the design capacity of the plants and the possibility of its regulation. Students also learn about the structural elements of networks, applications, its use in practice and unification in the central control station.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the analysis the raw material for the company as a system that can be divided into individual subsystems. It describes the automation of individual parts of the technological process, technical support production, treatment of raw materials and shipping. Familiarizes with the issue of automation of underground and surface mining. Based on practical solutions familiar with the procedures and methods of automation solutions.
Course Contents
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
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Sauter, D. Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing. Rotterdam: Elsevier Science, 2005. 482 p. ISBN 9780080441795
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
Strakoš, V. Analýza a řízení technologického procesu hlubinného dolu. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2002. 115 s.
Neustupa, Z. Automatizace lomů. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2018. 88 s.
Burý, A. Automatizace hlubinného dobývacího procesu. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2011. 94 s.
Sauter, D. Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing. Rotterdam: Elsevier Science, 2005. 482 p. ISBN 9780080441795
Recommended Reading:
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.
Neustupa, Z. Technické prostředky. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2014. 242 s.
DANEL, R. Automatizace a řídicí systémy v úpravnách černého uhlí. 1. vyd. Brno : Tribun EU, 2009. 80 s. ISBN 978-80-7399-666-6.
Neustupa, Z., Neustupa, Z., Donocik, R., Otte, L. 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.
Automation in mining. Hogan Lovells Publications, 2017. On: https://www.hoganlovells.com/en/publications/automation-in-mining
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 (33)17
                Kontrolní test 1Written test10 5
                Kontrolní test 2Written test10 5
                Semestrální práceSemestral project13 7
        ExaminationExamination67 (67)18
                Písemná zkouškaWritten examination45 25
                Ústní zkouškaOral examination22 9