Improving ball mill control with modern tools based on digital signal processing (DSP) technology

Author

Gugel, Karl ; Palacios, Gerardo ; Ramirez, Jaime ; Parra, Manuel

fYear

2003

fDate

4-9 May 2003

Firstpage

311

Lastpage

318

Abstract

It is a universal goal to improve mill productivity, product quality, energy consumption and decrease production costs. However, the achievement of this objective is not simple in practice due to process time delays, fluctuations in grind-ability of the materials, and variations in the process dynamics by external nonmeasurable factors. This is further complicated due to the lack of a reliable direct measurement of the actual mill level load. This paper specifically addresses this direct measurement issue.

Keywords

cement industry; digital control; digital signal processing chips; powder technology; power consumption; DSP technology; ball mill control improvement; cement mill productivity improvement; digital signal processing; direct measurement; energy consumption improvement; materials grind-ability variation; nonmeasurable factors; process time delays; product quality improvement; production costs reduction; Accelerometers; Ball milling; Costs; Delay effects; Digital control; Digital signal processing; Energy consumption; Milling machines; Production; Productivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cement Industry Technical Conference, 2003. Conference Record. IEEE-IAS/PCA 2003

ISSN

1079-9931

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7900-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CITCON.2003.1204732

Filename

1204732