Trends in Control and Power Technologies and Its Impact for Mineral Recovery Rates

TRENDS IN CONTROL ANDPOWER TECHNOLOGIES ANDITS IMPACT FOR MINERAL RECOVERY RATES

Rolan Marrill, National Account Manager

Mining, Minerals and Metals

Schneider Electric

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Trends and its impacts


Mining Industry is facing unprecedented challenges:

People Safety

Control Systems Growing

More Complex

More Energy Delivered by Larger / Complex Systems

Regulations

Cost Escalation for New

Developments

Decline Of Mineral

Grade and Reserves

More Ore, Process by

Larger Plants & Equipment

Lack of Skilled People

Asset Safety

Mining Business


Control Room EvolutionPeople Safety

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Failure to Lock Out and Tag Out (LOTO) equipment power sources continues to result in mine fatalities.

Figure 2. Arc Fault Event, created in Power Research Lab

Figure 1. View down an else in an Electrical equipment room. (Open Source on Internet)

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Lock Out and Tag Out (LOTO)


● Engineer the system for safety and reliability● Studies completed to identify the hazards. (Reliability = Improved safety)● Training is critical and maintaining a staff of qualified people is a must..

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Personals Safety

Personals Safety

Asset SafetyAsset Safety

ReliabilityReliability

Skilled People

+Training

Skilled People

+Training

Figure 3. Installation of new Circuit Breaker in Existing 480 Volt Distribution Equipment.)



● Upgrade systems (or Retro Fit) latest and best protection systems for your application.


Personals Safety

Personals Safety



Skilled People

+Training

Skilled People

+Training

Figure 4. Switchgear Virtual Main Arc Flash Mitigating System (SVMS)



●Engineered solutions and products can be used to reduce incident energies. No one solution nor product is a “fix-all” in these complex electrical systems. What works in one system will not provide any additional benefit or protection in another.


Personals Safety

Personals Safety



Skilled People

+Training

Skilled People

+Training

Figure 6.Picture of Low Voltage Motor Control Center



Control Room EvolutionEnergy as the new process variable


Energy and Mining● Understanding benefits of metering at critical points

and control of energy uses from a top-down, high-level understanding will aid in obtaining the most efficiency out of the energy consumed.

● Energy Efficiency concerns have driven the application of sophisticated power correction and harmonic correction systems in the mine electrical systems.

● Input from knowledgeable electrical engineers and consultants will aid in making the best decisions for overall Energy Efficiency.


Figure 7. View of operator using Power Management Software



Control Room Evolution


Control Room Evolution

● Industries no longer see annunciator panels. Now the standard is a bank of high definition monitors spread across the control console.

● Demand for more realistic and detailed graphics

● Use of video cameras and other technology allows operators visual real-time views in the facilities.


Figure 8. Control Room with Annunciation panels

Figure 10. iPad(R) with control application running

Figure 9. Modern Control Room



Control Room Evolution-Get Ready for change

● More and more business management professionals are moving their daily business functions to devices such as an iPad or a tablet.


Figure 10. iPad(R) with control application running Figure 11. Head gear with graphic display

Open Source Internet

•These modernized control centers and control rooms enable an additional benefit that simulators can and will be used to train the new operators in a very realistic setting.



The Information Revolution


Communications and Data are now everywhere.

●Industries have more data from more sources every day and the need for systems to help manage all this information has never been greater.

●There is a need to get more out of these processing plants than ever before.

●The mining boardroom considers the process and production improvements to be gained as very desirable, since the risk of production loss or reduced production is very unacceptable today.

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How to manage and align all this data.

● Advanced software systems sometimes called mine execution systems (MES) are helping management and operational teams reduced downtime, improve overall throughputs, track inventory, and manage energy.

● Occasionally, in mining operations the dilemma is the excess of information.

● True pit-to-port or mine-to-finished product delivery solutions enable management to see production and corresponding results in profit and loss.

● These systems enable all key operation people to see the impacts of each outage, slow down, or improvement in production.

● MES systems also help identify costs by area or action to give operations the tools to better manage and maximize profitability.


To Quote Lee Freeman: “I now know more, then I understand…”



Network Security and Growing Role

of IT


Network Security and Growing Role of IT

● Devices need to be equipped with some form of protection

● Control systems will have to be able to identify and cross-certify the authenticity of the commands from mobile devices

● IT departments in mining sector are growing

● Much of the data that the industry now manages is digitalized and networked

● Process Control Experts becoming IT experts


Figure 12. Picture of a Data Pod (Small Modular Data Center)



Conclusions

● Safety will remain a key issue and driver of research and development of new electrical equipment and solutions.

● Training in all aspects will continue to evolve and adapt new technologies

● More energy will be used in processing low-grade ores and in the future the demand for technology will continue to be developed to meet the needs of the mining community.


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Conclusions

●More source points of information will be required and collected.

●Demand for easy-to-read dashboards and reports will continue to rise.

●Rise of mobile applications for control and monitoring

●More integration of process and production into business tools


Figure 13. Control Room Dashboard



●Improvements will include but are not limited to:

● Expert systems● ERP● MES● LIMS● PIMS● Quality control● Asset management● Dispatch systems● Mining planning● Mine scheduling● Energy management

●These systems, when well integrated and utilized can show the efficiencies to be gained in the process, operations, and energy consumption of mining plants


Figure 6. View of operator using Power Management Software


Conclusions


Thank You!


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