Project title
New generation of energy-efficient electric drives for pumps and fans for the mining industry.
Legal basis
Agreement No. POIG.01.01.02-00-113/09 between the Implementing Authority – Information Processing Center and the Tele- and Radio Research Institute
Implementation date
2007. – 2013 r.
The project is implemented under the Innovative Economy Operational Programme, Priority Axis 1. Research and development of modern technologies Measure 1.1. Support for scientific research for establishment of a knowledge-based economy Sub-measure 1.1.2. Strategic programmes of scientific research and development works
Source of funding
Project co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund and the state budget
Purpose of the Project
The purpose of the project is to expand the knowledge of energy-saving technologies in industry and to develop, design, manufacture and test models of modern drive systems with energy-saving, magnetoelectric electric motors with new magnetic circuit structures, the implementation of which will significantly reduce energy consumption. The drives are to be adapted for operation in mine conditions
Consortium
Project coordinator
prof. Ph. Eng. Andrzej Demenko (Poznan University of Technology)
Poznan University of Technology,
pl. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 5,
60-965 Poznań
Wrocław University of Technology,
ul. Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27,
50-370 Wrocław
Tele and Radio Research Institute
ul. Ratuszowa 11, 03-450 Warsaw
Tel: (48-22) 619 27 66
Fax: (48-22) 619 27 66
e-mail: itr@itr.org.pl
Institute of Industrial Chemistry,
ul. L. Rydygiera 8,
01-793 Warsaw
Opis projektu
The aim of the project is to increase knowledge of energy-saving technologies in industry and to develop, design, manufacture and test models of modern drive systems with energy-saving magnetoelectric electric motors with new magnetic circuit structures, the implementation of which will significantly reduce energy consumption. The drives are to be adapted to mine conditions.
The mining industry is very energy-intensive. The high energy consumption of coal and copper mines leads, on the one hand, to an increase in mining costs and a depletion of power resources in the electric power system. On the other hand, it is associated with increased environmental pollution due to increased CO2 emissions. Each mine, in addition to basic machinery and equipment such as mining and transport machinery, requires the installation of, at a minimum, dozens of pumps and fans. These devices are used to meet the requirements of the working environment, to pump out accumulating water, to ventilate the premises. In active copper or coal mines today, drives with electric motors with unsatisfactory efficiency are used. Most often these are induction motors. With a large number of such devices, even a small improvement in the efficiency of one type of drive will add up to large energy savings. The contractors of the project intend to develop modern propulsion systems with new-generation electric motors with the highest possible efficiency, adapted for operation in mine conditions, i.e. in an environment with high humidity and elevated temperature. Implementation of the project will be related to research into new structures of electric machines for mine drives, new control systems, new magnetic and insulating materials, and the search for new highly reliable methods of design and optimization calculations. Global trends of widespread use of permanent magnet machines in electric drives will be taken into account.
Research tasks
- Analysis of the requirements for fan and pump drives operating in mines,
- Development of a knowledge base on the drives of mine vent;ators and pumps,
- Study of magnetic materials for magnetic circuits with special attention to exposures occurring in fan and pump drives in mine conditions,
- Development of manufacturing methods and testing of hybrid magnetic circuit elements,
- Development and testing of binders for magnetic materials and specialized isolation and protection agents,
- Development and testing of new magneto-electric machine structures adapted to the requirements of mine drives,
- Development of field algorithms for designing energy-efficient motors to drive pumps and fans,
- Performing design and optimization calculations for a series of prototype engines,
- Development of control system designs,
- Development of technology for making prototype engines,
- Testing and evaluating the functional parameters of power train models.
CONTACT
Project Office
Tele and Radio Research Institute
ul. Ratuszowa 11
03-450 Warsaw
Tel (48-22) 618 21 88
Fax (48-22) 619 29 47
e-mail: itr@itr.org.pl
Barbara Slusarek, Ph.D., Associate Professor, ITR, tel: (48-22) 619-22-41 w. 265
e-mail:barbara.slusarek@itr.org.pl
For download
Within the framework of the project “New generation of energy-efficient electric drives for pumps and fans for the mining industry”, the following paper was published at a conference in the USA: Slusarek B., Przybylski M., Karbowiak M. “Hybrid magnetic elements”, Conference materials from The International Conference on Advances in Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials”, Hollywood-Florida, June 27-30, 2010, USA.
Research results were presented by doc. Ph. Eng. Barbara Slusarek.