Bibliography: leaves 185-187. / Massflows on conveyor belts need to be measured in various process streams in mineral extraction processes to ensure good plant management. Conventional weightometers are, however, too expensive to allow a widespread installation in these processes. This study investigates more economic means to measure the massflow on horizontal conveyor belts. A deterioration of accuracy resulting from an instrument using this technique is expected, but the advantages of being able to instrument entire plants is very attractive. The study uses a model a whereby the kinetic energy of the belt system is determined during a perturbation to the system. From this the massflow can be determined.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/8346 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Dierks, Karl Claus Alexander |
| Contributors | Braae, Martin |
| Publisher | University of Cape Town, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Department of Electrical Engineering |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master Thesis, Masters, MSc |
| Format | application/pdf |
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