Software for Automated Production Line of Peat Briquettes

Abstract

Abstract. The article examines the software development of peat briquette production. Integrated peat development is one of the important tasks of peat industry. The importance of peat as local raw material increases with the increase in demand for various products. The production efficiency can be improved with new automated peat processing technologies based on advanced engineering. In view of market and technology requirements the peat industry development is hampered by slow development of automated peat processing and utilization technologies. The acceleration of technological progress can be achieved by designing automated lines of advanced peat processing. In accordance with this mission the development of technological process monitoring parameters is of great importance thanks to the possibility of end product physicochemical properties being predicted and managed to make efficient use of peat products for energy needs. The software with an intuitive interface for automated production line of peat briquettes has been developed. This provides means for managing and controlling the peat briquette production process.

Peat Storage Losses Investigation

“…Self-heating losses of milled peat occur during the entire storage period and increase proportionally to the shelf life and heating temperature [7]. To the first approximation, the minimum self-heating losses can be calculated as follows.…”

On Peat Production Capacity in Verkhoyansky District, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic

“…To evaluate the possibility of drying milled peat bricks up to the conditioned moisture, they were cut with a special spade ( Fig.2) and the following start moisture contents: 80% in the lakeside zone, 77% in the middle zone, and 47% in the hillock zone. Milled peat bricks of any moisture content keep their shape well because of grass roots so they can be loaded onto vehicles and carried to the drying field [11][12][13]. Drying is carried out in the radiativeconvective conditions on a dry insulating base layer.…”

Influence of Organosilicon Additives on Strength of Sod Peat

“…One of the disadvantages of moulding peat of low humidity is the 'ruffling' of piece surfaces and layering. The chemical modification significantly improves physical and mechanical characteristics of sod peat [6][7][8][9] which makes it possible to organize its production in deposits of any peat type and at low initial moisture content. A chemical additive affects the process of structure formation and mass transfer in a peat system reducing the formation of cracks.…”