AUTOMATED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SUPPLY OF A MINING ENTERPRISE

. The article discusses the possibility of using heat pumps for heat utilization of mine water and ventilation air.The use of a large number of pumps requires new approaches to their joint management.Very small number of works is devoted to the questions of supervisory control of heat pumps groups, which consist of heat pumps "water - water" and "air - water". The purpose of the work is to develop an automated control system for dispersed heat pumps according to the criterion of minimizing energy consumption. In the article the classical methods of parameters of the particular system analysis at one of the mines of KryvyiRih Basin and methods of the modern theory of automatic supervisory control of distributed systems were used. The processes visualization techniques considering a human perception and decision-making had also been applied when creating the human-machine interface of automated distributed system for utilization of low-temperature energy of mine water and ventilation air. Methods theoretical: analysis, generalization, systematization of legislative framework, Internet-sources in order to distinguish theoretical basis of research. Methods empirical: development of theoretical basics and simulation of the distributed system of automated control over thermal pumps in an underground mine. The scientific novelty of the research implies determination of basic principles of creating an efficient system of alternative power supply at underground iron ore mining enterprises by using thermal pumps. The practical significance of the research involves a feasibility study of the space-distributed structure of automated control over alternative power-supply sources.