scholarly journals Control of technological processes using a fuzzy controller of the system for management of cargo delivery by railway

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-251
Author(s):  
Yurii Statyvka ◽  
Hanna Kyrychenko ◽  
Oleh Strelko ◽  
Yuliia Berdnychenko
Keyword(s):  
Process Management ◽  
Fuzzy Controller ◽  
Service Reliability ◽  
Operational Control ◽  
Technological Processes ◽  
Control Practice ◽  
Cargo Delivery ◽  
Linguistic Representations ◽  
Transportation Organization

Motives: One of the final indicators of service reliability of the transport system is the cargo delivery time, compliance of which is not yet controlled due to the lack of appropriate methods and tools of operational management. The concept of quality of assessment of cargo delivery, namely the reliability of compliance with the time obligations by transportation participants, is associated with the process modeling and the accuracy of determination of the estimated time of completion of each stage of the technological process of cargo delivery. Aim: The purpose of the study is to present the model of a fuzzy controller as a principle of forming of a railway process management system, which is based on the possibility to operate with linguistic representations of elements. Results: A new solution to an important problem is obtained – the formation of managerial influence using a fuzzy controller for management of technological processes of cargo delivery by rail at the current level of requirements for the efficiency of transportation organization. The usage of the offered method provides a solution to the problems of operational control practice in the formation of tools for operational control of technological processes for the railway dispatcher unit.

scholarly journals The Use of Chemical Sensors to Monitor Odour Emissions at Municipal Waste Biogas Plants

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 3916
Author(s):  
Marta Wiśniewska ◽  
Andrzej Kulig ◽  
Krystyna Lelicińska-Serafin
Keyword(s):  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Quantitative Composition ◽  
Technological Processes ◽  
Odour Activity Value ◽  
Gas Detector ◽  
Biogas Plants ◽  
Odour Emissions

Municipal waste treatment plants are an important element of the urban area infrastructure, but also, they are a potential source of odour nuisance. Odour impact from municipal waste processing plants raises social concerns regarding the well-being of employees operating the plants and residents of nearby areas. Chemical methods involve the determination of the quantitative composition of compounds comprising odour. These methods are less costly than olfactometry, and their efficiency is not dependent on human response. The relationship between the concentration of a single odorant and its odour threshold (OT) is determined by the odour activity value (OAV) parameter. The research involved the application of a multi-gas detector, MultiRae Pro. Measurements by means of the device were conducted at three municipal waste biogas plants located in Poland. In this paper we describe the results obtained when using a detector during the technological processes, the unitary procedures conducted at the plants, and the technological regime. The determination of these relationships could be useful in the development of odour nuisance minimization procedures at treatment plants and the adjustment to them. This is of paramount importance from the viewpoint of the safety and hygiene of the employees operating the installations and the comfort of residents in the areas surrounding biogas plants. Monitoring of expressed odorant emissions allows the course of technological processes and conducted unit operations to be controlled.

Study of the residual imperfections using methods of probability theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 87 (9) ◽  
pp. 44-49
Author(s):  
D. A. Kuzmin
Keyword(s):  
Probability Theory ◽  
Generalized Equation ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Non Destructive Testing ◽  
Operational Control ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
Control Procedures ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
A Current

Discontinuities in the products that occur during manufacture, mounting or upon operation can be missed during non-destructive testing which do not provide their complete detectability at a current level of the technology. Therefore, it is necessary to take into account that certain structural elements may have discontinuities of significant dimensions. We present the results of using the methods of probability theory in studying the residual imperfections that remains in the structure after non-destructive control and repair of the previously identified defects. We used the results of operational control of units carried out by ultrasonic and radiographic methods. We present a method for determining a multifactorial coefficient that takes into account the detectability of defects, the number of control procedures and the errors in the instrumentation and methodological support, as well as a generalized equation for the probability distribution of detecting discontinuities. The developed approach provides assessing of the level of damage to the studied objects, their classification proceeding from the quantitative data and determination of the values of postulated discontinuities for deterministic calculations. The results obtained can be used to improve the methods of monitoring NPP facilities.

scholarly journals DETERMINATION OF BTEX IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES: DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF TECHNOLOGIES AND ANALYTICAL METHODS

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (31) ◽  
pp. 431-439
Author(s):  
Helilma de Andréa PINHEIRO ◽  
Ana Paula Mota FERREIRA ◽  
Ismael Carlos Braga ALVES ◽  
Antônio Fernandes SANTOS JÚNIOR ◽  
Raquel Bezerra dos Santos SAWCZUK ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Petroleum Hydrocarbons ◽  
Environmental Samples ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
The United States ◽  
Operational Control ◽  
Toxic Compounds ◽  
Chromatographic Techniques ◽  
Benzene Toluene ◽  
And Storage

The contamination of water and soil by petroleum hydrocarbons is reported quite frequently, mainly due to accidents involving transport and storage of fuels. Among the most toxic compounds the most volatile benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX). Residues of these compounds can cause serious environmental and public health troubles. Thus, more sensitive, selective and low-cost techniques, focused on the analysis and monitoring of these contaminants are being developed in order to establish operational control and to comply with local laws, but the intellectual property of such technologies is still unknown. The present study shows the panorama about patents, thesis and dissertations which have been already published on this theme. Together, the United States and China hold the largest number of patents, and most of thesis/dissertations describe methodologies for BTEX detection in water, although numerous environmental problems caused by oils in the soil had been reported. Also, the methods based on chromatographic techniques stand out in relation to the other techniques. It was possible to verify important advances in the field of sensors, especially the electrochemical ones, in order to solve the analytical gaps.

Analysis of determination of cotton field quality as a result of changes in technological processes

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
Mirjamol Mirkarimovich Mirkhojaev ◽  
Bakhodir Abdumukhtor Ogli Ergashov
Keyword(s):  
Cotton Field ◽  
Technological Processes ◽  
Field Quality

scholarly journals Operational Control of the Feed of the Harvester

2019 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 01009
Author(s):  
Sergey Kubrin ◽  
Konstantin Kopylov
Keyword(s):  
Operational Control ◽  
Coal Seams ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Technological Processes ◽  
Mining Enterprise ◽  
Geological Conditions ◽  
Operational Management ◽  
Mining Coal ◽  
The Right ◽  
Planning Production

Comparison of normative and actual indicators on mining testifies to inefficient work of the excavating equipment. The results of the correlation analysis of the speed of movement of the harvester relative to the section of the support with the readings of methane sensors revealed a significant dependence. When conducting mining operations in complex geological conditions at great depths, a joint step-by-step carrying out of various technological processes is required to ensure the preparation, opening and excavation of reserves and the creation of safe conditions for mining coal seams. At the same time, efforts should be made to minimize time, human and energy resources. In this regard, of particular importance is the right choice of the program of operational management of technological processes of mining, monitoring the implementation of technological operations for the timely detection of deviations from the selected mode, adjustment of the established current modes of operation of technological processes and the development, if necessary, measures aimed at reducing the risks of accidents. A promising direction of solving this problem is the use of modeling methods. The developed models of technological processes of the mining enterprise will allow planning production and supporting decision-making in the implementation of operational management.

Fuzzy Quality Measures for Use in a Hierarchical Fuzzy Controller

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Carlson ◽  
Dean B. Edwards ◽  
Michael J. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Controller ◽  
Structure Optimization ◽  
Quality Measures ◽  
Quality Measure ◽  
Approximate Determination ◽  
Rule Base ◽  
System Parameters ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Monolithic Structure

Abstract This paper presents a control strategy that uses a hierarchical structure to arbitrate between recommendations from lower level modules. The lower level modules represent lower level tasks or behaviors. Each lower level module provides its own control recommendation based on its limited perception of the environment. We introduce the concept of a fuzzy quality measure that may be used by the hierarchical controller to determine how best to fuse the individual recommendations. The Quality Measure provides an approximate determination of each control recommendations potential value. The hierarchical partitioning reduces the cardinality of the rule base and decreases the number of system parameters, as compared to a monolithic structure. Optimization of the reduced parameter set is simpler and requires less time.

scholarly journals INVESTIGATION OF MEASUREMENT ACCURACY IN DETERMINING THE MASS OF BULK MATERIALS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Galina V. Simonova
Keyword(s):  
Bulk Density ◽  
Fractional Composition ◽  
Bulk Material ◽  
Indirect Measurement ◽  
Bulk Materials ◽  
Technological Processes ◽  
Measurement Results ◽  
Accuracy Of Measurement ◽  
Fractional Control

The article is devoted to the assessment the error in determining the mass of a sample bulk materials when using the values of their bulk density. Precisely the accuracy of measurement results is necessary in many fields of activity to ensure the efficiency and safety of technological processes, as well as improving product quality. The relevance of this work is associated with the assessment of the inevitable deviations of the bulk density the same material in a given volume as a result of an uncontrolled fractional composition of a sample of bulk material. As a consequence of these deviations, an error arises in determining the mass of a sample of a given volume, even if this volume is an uniquely determined quantity. The paper presents the results of studies of the influence of the fractional composition of bulk materials on the determination of their mass in the indirect measurement method. A significant effect of the fractional composition of bulk materials on the error of the indirect method for determining the mass of the sample was revealed. It is shown, that there is a need for fractional control of the composition of bulk materials in the development of control operations of technological processes, as well as restrictions on the use of bulk density with increased requirements for the accuracy of determining the mass of a sample.

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