資源目錄里展示的全都有，所見即所得。下載后全都有,請(qǐng)放心下載。原稿可自行編輯修改=【QQ：401339828 或11970985 有疑問可加】 畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)外文資料與中文翻譯 外文資料： Design of High Speed Belt Conveyors G. Lodewi jks, The Netherlands. SUMMARY This paper discusses aspects of high-speed belt conveyor design. The capacity of a belt conveyor is determined by the belt speed given a belt width and troughing angle. Belt speed selection however is limited by practical considerations, which are discussed in this paper. The belt speed also affects the performance of the conveyor belt, as for example its energy consumption and the stability of it's running behavior. A method is discussed to evaluate the energy consumption of conveyor belts by using the loss factor of transport. With variation of the belt speed the safety factor requirements vary, which will affect the required belt strength. A new method to account for the effect of the belt speed on the safety factor is presented. Finally, the impact of the belt speed on component selection and on the design of transfer stations is discussed. 1 INTRODUCTION Past research has shown the economical feasibility of using narrower, faster running conveyor belts versus wider, slower running belts for long overland belt conveyor systems. See for example [I]-[5]. Today, conveyor belts running at speeds around 8 m/s are no exceptions. However, velocities over 10 m/s up to 20 m/s are technically (dynamically) feasible and may also be economically feasible. In this paper belt speeds between the 10 and 20 m/s are classified as high. Belt speeds below the 10 m/s are classified as low. Using high belt speeds should never be a goal in itself. If using high belt speeds is not economically beneficial or if a safe and reliable operation is not ensured at a high belt speed then a lower belt speed should be selected. Selection of the belt speed is part of the total design process. The optimum belt conveyor design is determined by static or steady state design methods. In these methods the belt is assumed to be a rigid, inelastic body. This enables quantification of the steady-state operation of the belt conveyor and determination of the size of conveyor components. The specification of the steady-state operation includes a quantification of the steady-state running belt tensions and power consumption for all material loading and relevant ambient conditions. It should be realized that finding the optimum design is not a one-time effort but an iterative process [6]. This paper discusses the design of high belt-speed conveyors, in particular the impact of using high belt speeds on the performance of the conveyor belt in terms of energy consumption and safety factor requirements. Using high belt speeds also requires high reliability of conveyor components such as idlers to achieve an acceptable component life. Another important aspect of high-speed belt conveyor design is the design of efficient feeding and discharge arrangements. These aspects will be discussed briefly. 2 BELTSPEED 2.1 BELT SPEED SELECTION The lowest overall belt conveyor cost occur in the range of belt widths of 0.6 to 1.0 m [2]. The required conveying capacity can be reached by selection of a belt width in this range and selecting whatever belt speed is required to achieve the required flow rate. Figure 1 shows an example of combinations of belt speed and belt width to achieve Specific conveyor capacities. In this example it is assumed that the bulk density is 850 kg/m3 (coal) and that the trough angle and the surcharge angle are 35' and 20' respectively. Belt speed selection is however limited by practical considerations. A first aspect is the troughability of the belt. In Figure 1 there is no relation with the required belt strength (rating), which partly depends on the conveyor length and elevation. The combination of belt width and strength must be chosen such that good troughability of the belt is ensured. If the troughability is not sufficient then the belt will not track properly. This will result in unstable running behavior of the belt, in particular at high belt speeds, which is not acceptable. Normally, belt manufacturers expect a sufficiently straight run if approximately 40% of the belt width when running empty, makes contact with the carrying idlers. Approximately 10% should make tangential contact with the center idler roll. A second aspect is the speed of the air relative to the speed of the bulk solid material on the belt (relative airspeed). If the relative airspeed exceeds certain limits then dust will develop. This is in particular a potential problem in mine shafts where a downward airflow is maintained for ventilation purposes. The limit in relative airspeed depends on ambient conditions and bulk material characteristics. A third aspect is the noise generated by the belt conveyor system. Noise levels generally increase with increasing belt speed. In residential areas noise levels are restricted to for example 65 dB. Although noise levels are greatly affected by the design of the conveyor support structure and conveyor covers, this may be a limiting factor in selecting the belt speed. 2.2 BELT SPEED VARIATION The energy consumption of belt conveyor systems varies with variation of the belt speed, as will be shown in Section 3. The belt velocity can be adjusted with bulk material flow supplied at the loading point to save energy. If the belt is operating at full tonnage then it should run at the high (design) belt speed. The belt speed can be adjusted (decreased) to the actual material (volume) flow supplied at the loading point. This will maintain a constant filling of the belt trough and a constant bulk material load on the belt. A constant filling of the belt trough yields an optimum loading-ratio, and lower energy consumption per unit of conveyed material may be expected. The reduction in energy consumption will be at least 10% for systems where the belt speed is varied compared to systems where the belt speed is kept constant [8]. 3 ENERGY CONSUMPTION 3.1 TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY There are a number of methods to compare transport efficiencies. The first and most widely applied method is to compare equivalent friction factors such as the DIN f factor. An advantage of using an equivalent friction factor is that it can also be determined for an empty belt. A drawback of using an equivalent friction factor is that it is not a 'pure' efficiency number. It takes into account the mass of the belt, reduced mass of the rollers and the mass of the transported material. In a pure efficiency number, only the mass of the transported material is taken into account. The second method is to compare transportation cost, either in kW-hr/ton/km or in $/ton/km. The advantage of using the transportation cost is that this number is widely used for management purposes. The disadvantage of using the transportation cost is that it does not directly reflect the efficiency of a system. The third and most "pure" method is to compare the loss factor of transport [10]. The loss factor of transport is the ratio between the drive power required to overcome frictional losses (neglecting drive efficiency and power loss/gain required to raise/lower the bulk material) and the transport work. The transport work is defined as the multiplication of the total transported quantity of bulk material and the average transport velocity. The advantage of using loss factors of transport is that they can be compared to loss factors of transport of other means of transport, like trucks and trains. The disadvantage is that the loss factor of transport depends on the transported quantity of material, which implies that it can not be determined for an empty belt conveyor. The following are loss factors of transport for a number of transport systems to illustrate the concept: 3.2 INDENTATION ROLLING RESISTANCE It is important to know how the indentation rolling resistance depends on the belt velocity to enable selection of a proper belt velocity, [11]. load on the belt decreases with a factor 2 then the indentation rolling resistance decreases with a factor 2.52 (2 ^4/3). The bulk load decreases with increasing belt speed assuming a constant capacity. Therefore, the indentation rolling resistance decreases more than proportionally with increasing belt speed. Secondly, the indentation rolling resistance depends on the size of the idler rolls. If the roll diameter increases with a factor 2 then the indentation rolling resistance decreases with a factor 1.58 (2 ^2/3). In general the idler roll diameter increases with increasing belt speed to limit the bearing rpm's to maintain acceptable idler life. In that case the indentation rolling resistance decreases with increasing belt speed. Thirdly, the indentation rolling resistance depends on the visco-elastic properties of the belt's cover material. These properties depend on the deformation rate, see Figure 3. The deformation rate in its turn depends on the size of the deformation area in the belt's bottom cover (depending on belt and bulk load) and on the belt speed. In general the indentation rolling resistance increases with increasing deformation rate (and thus belt speed), but only to a relatively small account. Fourthly, the indentation rolling resistance depends on the belt's bottom cover thickness. If the bottom cover thickness increases with a factor 2 then the indentation rolling resistance increases with a factor 1.26 (2 ^1/3). if a bottom cover is increased to account for an increase in belt wear with increasing belt speed, then the indentation rolling resistance increases as well. It should be realized that the indentation rolling resistance, although important, is not the only velocity dependent resistance. The rolling resistance of the idler rolls for example depends on the vertical load as well as on their rotational speed. The effect of the vertical load, which directly depends on the belt speed, is large. The effect of the rotational speed is much smaller. Another resistance occurs due to acceleration of the bulk solid material at the loading point. This resistance increases quadratically with an increase in belt speed assuming that the bulk material falls straight onto the belt. This will affect smaller, in plant belt conveyors in particular. 3.3 RUBBER COMPOUNDS The indentation rolling resistance depends on the visco-elastic properties of the belt's bottom cover as discussed in the preceding section. This implies that the rolling resistance can be decreased by selecting a special low indentation rolling resistance (rubber) compound that is available on the market today. A small premium has to be paid for this special compound, but costs can be limited by applying it for the bottom cover only and using a normal wear-resistant compound for the carrying top cover. In that case turnovers are required to fully use the energy saving function of the bottom compound. A Quantitative indication of the level of indentation rolling resistance is the indentation rolling resistance indicator tan/E ^1/3, where tan is the loss angle and E' the storage modulus of the compound. Compounds with a reasonable indentation rolling resistance performance have indicators below 0.1. Figure 8 shows these indicators for typical medium to good performing rubbers. As can be seen in that figure, the choice for a specific rubber compound affects the energy consumption of the belt conveyor, in particular as a function of the ambient temperature. One comment (warning) must be made. A special belt with low indentation rolling resistance compound should never be selected if only one conveyor belt manufacturer offers it. In that case the conveyor system can only perform in accordance with its design specifications when that specific belt is used. It is much better, also cost wise, to specify the upper limit of the resistance indicator as given above that can be met by more than one conveyor belt manufacturer. Figure 1: Indentation rolling resistance indicators for four?different rubbers as a function of temperature. 4. SAFETY FACTOR REQUIREMENTS For design purposes, standards like DIN 22101, ISO 5048 and CEMA provide safety factors (SF) that limit the permissible belt loads. Two types of safety factors can be distinguished: safety factors on the steady-state running tensions and safety factors on the non-stationary tensions. standards like the DIN standard base the recommended safety factor on reduction factors. DIN 22101 uses three reduction factors. The first (r0) generally accounts for the reduction of the strength of the belt (splices) due to fatigue. The second (r1) accounts for the extra forces that act on the belt in transition zones and on pulleys etc. The third (r2) accounts for the extra dynamic stresses in the belt during starting and stopping. The required minimum safety factor can be calculated as follows: SF=1/(1-(r0+r1+r2)) (1) The DIN standard also gives values for the three reduction factors. For example, for a steel cord conveyor belt under "normal" operational conditions the values are as follows: r0>0.665, r1>0.15, r2>0.06, which yields a safety factor SF>8. Although much can be said about the applicability of the safety factor determined with the DIN standard for the design of long belt conveyor systems, the major drawback, keeping the belt speed selection in mind, is that the conveyor system's operational data and the real fatigue properties of the belt are not taken into account. It is possible to account for these factors and to achieve a tailor-made safety factor by taking the belt's operational data into account. The reduction factors r1 and r2 are independent of the fatigue properties of the belt and thus constant with increasing number of load cycles. Let's assume that the reduction factor r0 varies linearly with the log1O of the number of load cycles (revolution of the belt through the total belt conveyor) from 0 to 0.665 at 10,000 load cycles (approximation of DIN standard): r0= 0.166 log10(N) (N<10.000) (2) where N is the number of load cycles. After 10,000 load cycles r0 hardly increases. Now let's assume that the conveyor under design has a length of 10,000 m, a life expectation of 5 years at 5000 operational hours per year. The total number of load cycles can be calculated with the following equation: N=[(3600 V)/(2L)]HY (3) where V is the belt speed, L the conveyor length, H the number of operational hours per year and Y the number of expected years of operation. Equation (3) is visualized in Figure 2 Figure 2: Number of load cycles versus belt speed for given example. The value of the reduction factor ro can be determined with equation (2) and the number of load cycles as given in Figure 2 The result is shown in Figure 3. Figure 3: DIN 22101 reduction factor r0 for given example The safety factor as a function of the belt speed then can be determined with equation (1) and Figure 3. The result is shown in Figure 4. Figure 4: Minimum required safety factor for given example From Figure 4 it can be learned that for the belt under design the required minimum safety factor on the steady-state running tensions is about 7.5 if the belt is running at 2 m/s, and about 10 in case the belt is running at 20 m/s. Taking the belt speed into account during safety factor determination thus prevents overrating of the belt at low speeds and underrating at high speeds (also depends on the length of the conveyor system). The above given figures and numbers are to illustrate the procedure only. This procedure can be fine tuned by taking measured fatigue properties of the belt tensile-carrying member (steel cords or fabric) and the rubber into account, as well as the actual load cycle of the belt (empty, fully loaded, steady state running, starting and stopping, summer, and winter conditions etc.). 5 BELT CONVEYOR DYNAMICS In essence the dynamics of a belt conveyor does not change with the belt speed. However, with increasing belt speed the rate of changes increases, which will result in a decreasing running stability of the belt. This paper is not intended to fully discuss belt conveyor dynamics. It is referred to [7] where this topic is extensively discussed. However, a number of notes on the dynamics of high belt speed conveyors can be made. When a belt between two idlers is exited by an idler roll in or near a natural frequency of transverse vibration of the belt span, resonance phenomena occur. The amplitude of transverse vibration increases considerably when resonance occurs yielding increased roll/ bearing wear and an increased power consumption of the belt. This increase in vibration amplitude, also referred to as belt flap, must be avoided. In high-speed belt systems the effect of resonance on the structure is very destructive, as observed with lower speed belts that resonate and destroy idler bearings. Care should therefore be taken to design a belt conveyor so that the possibility of resonance in the belt is avoided and at the same time best use is made of current static design methods so that the economics of the design are saved. Belt tracking must be excellent at high speeds. If the belt does not track properly then run off may be expected since, with increasing belt speed, side displacements and the rate of side displacement increase. The combination of belt width and strength must be chosen such that good troughability is ensured, see Section 2.1. Also maximum effort must be made by the belt manufacturer to make straight belts and to construct true belt splices. In addition, longer manufactured belt lengths reduce the number of splices and thus increase the chance of straightness. A similar comment can be made for the design of horizontal belt curves. The position of the belt on the idlers changes with a change in belt tension mainly due to a change in loading degree. The belt will move sideward in particular during large tension variations as occur during (aborted) starting and (emergency) stopping. The change in belt tension during starting and stopping will increase with increasing belt speed. For low belt speed conveyors static design methods may be sufficient to determine the maximum side displacement. For high belt speed conveyors however, dynamic design methods are required to predict the side displacement to a sufficient level of accuracy. Normal operational starting and stopping procedures will not change for high belt speed conveyors, except that starting and stopping will take more time. The nature of emergency stop procedures however will change. In general emergency stop procedures are designed to stop the belt in a short period of time without the use of the drive system and so that the belt conveyor is not damaged. A typical emergency stop time for a long overland conveyor is 30 seconds, which may be short enough to prevent casualties. However at high belt speeds the amount of energy (which increases quadratically with increasing belt speed) that has to be transferred from the conveyor belt into a braking system is much higher, which will result in considerably longer emergency stopping times. Therefore the chance of casualties is much higher in case an emergency happens. For high belt speed conveyors it is therefore even more important to be equipped with appropriate safety guards. 6 IDLER SELECTION The most important selection criterion of idlers for high-speed belt conveyors is the idler diameter. In general it can be said that the diameter of idlers will need to be increased for high speed belts compared to the diameter of idlers used in low-speed belts for a number of reasons including: · with low rotational speed idler bearings can be used with L10 ratings that are currently available and used in low speed belt conveyors. This implies that currently used maintenance schedules can be followed. The diameter of an idler has a considerable effect on the idler performance. Together with the belt speed, it fixes the speed at which the idler, and thus the roller