A system for, and a method of, controlling operation of a vehicle in a defined area

    公开(公告)号:AU2022215227A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:AU2022215227

    申请日:2022-08-11

    Abstract: A system 10 for controlling operation of a vehicle 12 in a defined area 14 includes a perimeter 16 defining a boundary of the defined area 14. A user interface 18 is provided for at least one of controlling and monitoring movement of the vehicle 12 as it traverses the area 14 and monitoring the location of the vehicle 12 relative to the perimeter 16. The system 10 further includes a controller 26 to which the vehicle 12 is responsive, the vehicle 12 having a plurality of modes of operation, one of which is an autonomous mode and another of which is an operator controlled mode. The controller 26 is operative, when the vehicle 12 is operating in the autonomous mode and the vehicle comes within a predetermined range of the perimeter, to inhibit the vehicle 12 from crossing the perimeter 16 and, when the vehicle 12 is operating in the operator controlled mode or is converted from autonomous mode to operator controlled mode, to permit the vehicle 12 to cross the perimeter 16 under control of the operator.

    A method of, and a system for, controlling a drilling operation

    公开(公告)号:AU2020233756B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:AU2020233756

    申请日:2020-09-18

    Abstract: A METHOD OF, AND A SYSTEM FOR, CONTROLLING A DRILLING OPERATION A system 10 for controlling a drilling operation in a mine by a drill rig 12 includes a sensor pack, located on the drill rig for sensing data relating to the drilling operation, and a receiver 16 for receiving the sensed data. A processor 18 is in communication with the receiver 16, the processor 18 processing the sensed data to estimate at least one geological property of interest of a zone 20 in which the drill rig 12 is active. The processor 18 is configured to operate as a decision engine 22 to determine automatically whether the drilling operation is able to be optimise by changing at least one drilling related parameter during the drilling operation based on the at least one geological property of interest. The decision engine 22 makes the determination based on changing at least one of two drilling related parameters. 60 C)C40 \34 32 j11Z966 fjg~.j 14 Fi 00

    GRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF A MOVING MINING MACHINE

    公开(公告)号:CA2890262C

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-02

    申请号:CA2890262

    申请日:2012-11-14

    Inventor: ADAMS DANIEL

    Abstract: This disclosure concerns a graphical display (400) of operational data of a moving mining machine (140). A processor (114) receives terrain information (300) and operational data (500) of the mining machine (140). The operational data (500) is based on the response of the mining machine (140) to terrain variations at the respective geographical locations. The processor (1 14) generates a display comprising a terrain image (402) and a graphical trail (406) representing the travel path on the terrain image (402) based on the operational data. The appearance of the trail (406) is variable along the trail and based on variations in the operational data. The trail (406) in the display (400) is aligned with the terrain image (402) and a user of the display can visually correlate a change in operational data with a geographical location in the terrain.

    Método e dispositivos para operação de sistemas ferroviários

    公开(公告)号:BR112022004435A2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:BR112022004435

    申请日:2020-09-11

    Abstract: a presente invenção refere-se a método e dispositivos que são fornecidos para operar sistema de rede ferroviária com uma série de trens, o método compreendendo a operação de uma máquina de programação em comunicação com a rede ferroviária através de um sistema de comunicação de dados, para receber dados de estado separados por tempo definindo estados da rede ferroviária nos respectivos tempos. a máquina de programação acessa um modelo da rede ferroviária que é armazenado em uma fonte de dados eletrônicos. o modelo define locais na rede ferroviária que permitem a passagem de trens e vias para viagens de cada um dos trens. o método inclui a operação da máquina de programação para aplicar os dados de estado ao modelo para determinar, em cada um dos respectivos tempos, os controles associados à via de cada trem para cada um dos trens. a máquina de programação é operada para determinar os controles através da otimização de uma função objetiva para os trens, tal como minimizar o tempo total de viagem dos trens, levando em consideração os locais na rede, as posições dos trens e as vias de cada um dos trens. os controles são transmitidos, através do sistema de comunicação de dados, para controlar o movimento dos trens, por exemplo, pela operação de switches de rede ferroviária (pontos) e semáforos, através da rede ferroviária com base nos controles.

    Proceso y aparato para la reducción continua de mineral de hierro mediante el uso de biomasa

    公开(公告)号:ES2910989T3

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-17

    申请号:ES17863708

    申请日:2017-10-24

    Inventor: BUCKLEY MICHAEL

    Abstract: Un proceso continuo para la reducción directa de mineral de hierro en estado sólido incluye: transportar briquetas de fragmentos de mineral de hierro y biomasa a través de una cámara de precalentamiento (3) y precalentar el mineral de hierro y la biomasa a una temperatura de al menos 400 °C mientras el mineral de hierro y la biomasa se mueven a través de la cámara (3); y transportar las briquetas precalentadas a través de una cámara de reacción que tiene un ambiente anóxico y exponer el mineral de hierro y la biomasa en briquetas a energía electromagnética en forma de energía de microondas en condiciones anóxicas y generar calor dentro del mineral de hierro, y la biomasa que actúa como reductor y reduce el mineral de hierro en estado sólido, a medida que las briquetas se mueven a través de la cámara.

    Método y aparatos para coordinar múltiples trayectorias cooperativas de vehículos en redes de carreteras compartidas

    公开(公告)号:CL2021002230A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-18

    申请号:CL2021002230

    申请日:2021-08-23

    Abstract: Se proporciona un sistema de coordinación de vehículos para coordinar las trayectorias de los vehículos en una red de carreteras. El sistema de coordinación de vehículos comprende una pluralidad de vehículos, cada uno que tiene sus respectivos conjuntos de seguimiento de la posición de los vehículos que se encuentran en comunicación con los respectivos sistemas de comunicación de los vehículos para transmitir mensajes de estado de los vehículos, que incluyen las posiciones de los vehículos. Se proporciona un asignador para la asignación de tareas que se dispone para generar asignaciones de tareas para cada uno de la pluralidad de vehículos, que incluye los destinos en la red de carreteras para los vehículos. Un conjunto de coordinación de vehículos se encuentra en comunicación con los sistemas de comunicación de los vehículos a través de una red de datos para recibir los mensajes de estado de los vehículos. El conjunto de coordinación de vehículos se configura para determinar las respectivas trayectorias para que cada vehículo llegue a sus respectivos destinos y determinar los comandos de control de trayectorias para que cada vehículo recorra sus respectivas trayectorias mientras se optimiza un objetivo predeterminado y se previenen las interacciones activas de dos o más de los vehículos que ocurren en cualquier área compartida de las trayectorias. El conjunto de coordinación de vehículos se configura para transmitir los comandos de control de trayectorias a cada vehículo. El objetivo predeterminado puede ser un tiempo de recorrido agregado para los vehículos.

    Control arrangement for a railroad level crossing

    公开(公告)号:AU2016282199B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-23

    申请号:AU2016282199

    申请日:2016-06-23

    Abstract: A control arrangement for a railroad level crossing is disclosed. The control arrangement comprises monitoring sensors for monitoring the level crossing, the monitoring sensors arranged to detect an obstruction within a restricted area at or near to the level crossing, and a processing unit associated with the monitoring sensors and arranged to generate an alarm warning when an obstruction is detected. The alarm warning is used to adjust a Movement Authority issued to a train approaching the level crossing.

    LEACHING COPPER-CONTAINING ORES
    140.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:CA3086591C

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-31

    申请号:CA3086591

    申请日:2019-04-29

    Abstract: A method of leaching copper-containing ores includes leaching copper-containing ores or concentrates or tailings of the ores or concentrates with a leach liquor in the presence of an additive that enhances the dissolution of copper from copper minerals in the ores and concentrates by forming a complex between (a) sulfur, that has originated from copper minerals in the ores, and (b) the additive. A method of leaching copper- containing ores includes leaching copper-containing ores or concentrates or tailings of the ores or concentrates with a leach liquor includes leaching copper-containing ores or concentrates or tailings of the ores or concentrates with a leach liquor in the presence of a nitrogen-containing organic complexing additive that forms a complex between sulfur, that has originated from copper minerals in the ores, and the additive.

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