State-of-the-art blending/Richard Woodward, Thermo Electron, US, discusses the advantages of automated real time coal blending systems

摘要

The use of Gamma-Metrics COBOS blending software at Arch Coal's Toms Fork loadout provides evidence to demonstrate that today's automated coal blending systems are very sophisticated and capable of excellent performance. With capabilities of up to six sources and five control parameters, most blending situations today could be optimised by an automated blending system operating in conjunction with an onlineelemental analyser.