Application of Environment-perception Intelligent Control Technology in the Inspection Robot of Coal Conveyance Corridor in Thermal Power Plant

Abstract

Abstract In thermal power generation, coal transport is an important link in the production process, and corridor is the key space of a relatively closed environment. It is fatal to ensure the accurate transmission of coal, no coal leakage and scattering, timely maintenance of the belt with crack, keep the temperature, humidity, and dust concentration within the threshold. Traditionally, manual inspection is mostly used, which is difficult to meet the requirements of modern thermal coal transportation inspection due to large amount of labor and high intensity of labor. According to the performance requirements, operating mode, and function in space orbit, an inspection robot is proposed, replacing the manual labor, by use of machine vision, sensor technology, logic judgment algorithm, and combined with kinematics and dynamics analysis. The modular design of hanging rail type mobile robot system is carried out in layout with closed “O” type suspension orbit in the inspection area, realizing the robot’s inspection and monitoring, warning and prompting, for the safety and smoothness of the coal supply.