Research on Energy-saving Heating Process and Intelligent Control System for Asphalt Tank of Mixing Equipment

Abstract

Based on heat balance analysis, the dynamic heating model of asphalt tank of mixture equipment was established, the heating time and using time nodes were determined, and the trapezoidal dynamic heating process of asphalt tank was also formed to realize the intelligent control and reduce energy consumption. After analyzing different schemes, the control scheme of the combination of feed-forward and feedback to realize intelligent control system for asphalt tank was adopted, which could ensure that the asphalt in the tank is in the operating temperature and the mixing equipment works continuously when the asphalt was used completely. In addition, a simulated analysis of calculation model, which was adopted by intelligent control system, was made in combination of entitative engineering. Results showed that compared with traditional process of heating asphalt, this intelligent heating control system could reduce the heat consumption by 15.8% under the condition of continuous construction.