Power Engineering, Control and Information Technologies in Geotechnical Systems

Efficient and rational use of energy is one of the main challenges at present to develop a sustainable society. Long-term economic growth is only possible with the application of technological improvements in the use of energy. This book is discussing geotechnical systems with large potential for enhancing energy efficiency. Modern manufacturing pr

Pivnyak Gennadiy Grigoryevich (1940) graduated from Dnepropetrovsk Mining Institute in 1963 (nowadays "National Mining University") with a specialization in Engineering Electromechanics. He has been affiliated with the NMU since 1963: Rector (1982), and Head of the Electric Power Supply Systems Department (1976). In 1967 he was awarded Candidate of the Technical Sciences degree, and Doctor of Technical Sciences in 1981. He is a prominent scientist in the field of power engineering. Being the founder of scientific school of mining and metallurgical power engineering, he developed general theory, design concept and synthetic procedures of powerful systems of electromagnetic transmission of overfrequency energy. His fundamental research helped to implement the latest electrotechnics for mining and metallurgical industry and machine-building industry, supply equipment for electric drive, transport and equipment with specific load.

Preface, Traction and energy characteristics of no-contact electric mining locomotives, with AC current thyristor converters, Universal model of the galvanic battery as a tool for calculations of electric vehicles, Binarization algorithm of rock photo images on inhomogeneous background, Compensation of the cogging torque by means of control system for transverse flux motor, Control of tandem-type two-wheel vehicle at various notion modes along spatial curved lay of line, Independent power supply of menage objects based on biosolid oxide fuel systems, The use of asymmetric power supply during the procedure of equivalent circuit parameters identification of squirrel-cage induction motor, Energy indexes of modern skip lifting plants of coal mines, Informational and methodological support for energy efficiency control, Implementation of the insulation resistance control method for high-voltage grids of coal mines, Comparative analysis of methods for estimating the Hurst acoustic signal whenever feed rate control in jet mills provided, Automatic control of coal shearer providing effective use of installed power, Designing algorithm for coal shearer control to provide decrease in specific power consumption, Optimization of fine grinding on the acoustic monitoring basis, Flexible couplings with rubber-cord shells in heavy machinery drives, Determination of optimal configuration of effective energy supply system with multiple sources, Simulation of the energy-effective operating modes of the mine main pumping, A new method to solve a continuous facility location problem under uncertainty, Identification of stabilizing modes for the basic parameters of drilling tools, The hydraulic impact and alleviation phenomena numeric modeling in the industrial pumped pipelines, On an approach to solving of multi-zone dynamics models identification problems, Identification, prediction and control of complex multiply technological objects, Simulation of methane concentration process control at coalmine, Formation of the classification space of the expert system knowledge base for SCADA failure diagnostics, Design of subordinate control system with two degrees of freedom, Anaerobic digestion model of solid wastes in small biogas plants: influence of natural convection on biogas production, The electromechanical system of the turning machine tool