Design and Implementation of Intelligent Energy Efficient Conveyor System Model Based on Variable Speed Drive Control and Physical Modeling

Abstract

The technological advancements in process monitoring, control and industrial automation have played a decisive role in increasing the industrial productivity and manufacturing at faster pace even than been dreamed. An ultimatum requirement is an accurate and precise data acquisition mechanism which can be executed through diverse sensors especially for collecting, analyzing and sorting the objects and elements. In this work, an energy efficient conveyor system model is proposed and implemented which not only recognizes and sorts the objects by sensing its colour and place these objects to its destination by using Robotic vehicle but also smartly adjusts the speed of conveyor belts by recognizing the weight of object(s). The variable speed drive (VSD) based an optimal belt speed control mechanism is proposed by smartly sensing the object weight and optimally adjusting the belt speed. The proposed system optimally switches the conveyor system to on/idle/off status to minimize the energy consumption of conveyor belts.