Control Over the Innovative Pellet Production Process at TKOM No. 3 at PAO ‘Mikhailovskiy GOK’ Employing the State-of-the-Art Automated Process Control System

• Published in: Steel in translation Vol. 47; no. 12; pp. 802 - 805
• Main Authors: Bragin, V. V., Starodumov, A. V., Varichev, A. V., Ugarov, A. A., Kretov, S. I., Kozub, A. V., Kuznetsov, A. L., Lavrinenko, A. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.12.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Automatic control; Automation; Chemistry and Materials Science; Computer simulation; Control equipment; Control methods; Control systems; Innovations; Iron ores; Materials Science; Process controls; Production methods; State of the art; pellet production process; ACS; traveling-grate indurating machine; iron ore pellets; TKOM no. 3; control algorithms; numerical simulation
• ISSN: 0967-0912; 1935-0988
• DOI: 10.3103/S096709121712004X

The paper article describes the operating experience of a plant employing state-of-the-art production technology with an MOK-1-592 (TKOM no. 3) indurating machine started up in 2015 at PAO Mikhailovsky GOK. The technical and process solutions implemented in the design of a greenfield production complex is discussed, including a state-of-the-art automated process control system ensuring seamless operation of the equipment in the automated mode and improvement of the product quality. The innovative approach to the performance of the traveling-grate indurating machine and the equipment, which is a part of the heatflow diagram (thermal circuit) of the machine, is based on numerical simulation research of heat and weight transfer in an iron-ore pellet bed. Successful execution of the TKOM no. 3 project is a result of the researchbased and scientifically proven selection of control methods for the pellet production process, the use the state-of-the-industry algorithms for control over the operation modes of the entire production line.