4. Automated Operating Dispatch Control Systems for Open-Cut and Underground Mining Plants (AODCS)
This system is designed for automation of the following processes:
- acquisition of equipment parameters and status information of main and auxiliary mine facilities,
- processing, storage and displaying of information received,
- equipment remote control;
- identification and elimination of emergency conditions at facilities;
- transfer of data to operating and dispatching personnel;
- transfer of data to workstations of the mine management, chief specialists, and specialized area foremen (as summary report forms).
Implementation of the system aims at the following objectives:
- improve safety of operations;
- reduce number of accidents and equipment downtimes;
- reduce the time necessary for elimination of emergency conditions;
- reduce unproductive expenses of energy resources;
- improve quality and operational flexibility of managerial decisions;
- improve quality of process control;
- enhance organization and technical level of operations;
- increase ore output.
The system generally implements the following functions:
- automated data control operation mode;
- automated collection, processing, storage, archiving and representation of mine status data;
- centralized monitoring of process equipment status;
- remote control of equipment to be performed by dispatchers within the rights they are granted;
- indirect measurement (calculation) and и accounting of the main process technical and economic figures;
- composite rating and forecast of facility status;
- automatic report preparation.
List of subsystems proposed for design and implementation:
- “Aerogas monitoring, automatic gas protection, automatic ventilation of blind drifts” subsystem (AGM, AGP, AVBD);
- “Automatic fire-extinguishing installations” subsystem;
- “Electric power supply” subsystem;
- “Ventilation” subsystem;
- “Water pumping” subsystem;
- “Backfill” subsystem;
- “Lifiting plants” subsystem;
- “Air supply” subsystem;
- “Mining” subsystem;
- “Heat-water-gas-supply” subsystem;
- “Freezing of rocks” subsystem;
- “Emergency response plan” subsystem;
- “Communication” subsystem;
- “CCTV” subsystem;
- “Personnel and underground transportation monitoring” subsystem.