High-Precision Belt Scales in Coal-Fired Power Plants: Facilitating the Realization of Digital Management in Coal Yards

Fuel management is a crucial component of coal-fired power plants, with the quality of coal yard management being particularly important. Coal yards in coal-fired power plants are often subject to certain limitations during use.

Relying solely on traditional manual methods for management is no longer sufficient to achieve expected results, hindering the production, operation, and digital management development of coal-fired power plants.

Management of coal yards should adhere to the basic principles of reducing power generation costs and enhancing economic benefits. High-precision belt scales, as key equipment for material measurement and monitoring in coal yards, are gradually becoming a significant force driving digital management in coal yards.

A high-precision belt scale is a specialized type of belt scale designed for high-precision measurement scenarios. It serves as a weight monitoring device during coal transportation, with its accuracy, stability, and data management capabilities meeting the measurement requirements of digital coal yard management.

Traditional manual measurement methods are prone to errors, whereas high-precision belt scales, through advanced sensing technology and precise data processing, can monitor coal transportation volumes in real-time, providing accurate weight data. This data serves as a crucial reference for subsequent coal yard inventory management, supply chain optimization, and resource planning.

As the material storage and supply center of coal-fired power plants, the management efficiency of coal yards directly impacts the overall operational efficiency of the power plant. The demands for digital management are primarily reflected in the following aspects:

(1) Precise Measurement: Ensuring accurate measurement of coal during entry, storage, and consumption processes, providing a reliable basis for cost accounting and energy management.

(2) Real-time Monitoring: Conducting real-time monitoring of coal yard inventory, coal quality changes, and equipment status to promptly identify and address potential issues.

(3) Data-Driven Scientific Decision-Making: Optimizing coal procurement, inventory, and usage strategies through big data analysis to enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs.

(4) Environmental Compliance: Ensuring that equipment and management practices in coal yards comply with environmental regulations to minimize pollution.

The application practices of high-precision belt scales in coal-fired power plant management meet the demands of digital coal yard management:

(1) High-Precision Measurement: Providing reliable data for coal yard management through high-precision digital weighing sensors and speed encoders, coupled with high-performance digital intelligent instruments. This accurately completes the measurement of coal weight on conveyor lines in coal yards, reducing economic losses caused by inaccurate measurement and providing accurate and reliable data results for coal warehousing, consumption, and sales.

(2) Data Collection and Analysis: Establishing a comprehensive coal transportation and inventory management system through real-time data collection by high-precision belt scales. Utilizing data analysis techniques to monitor and analyze the real-time status of coal transportation, optimizing transportation routes and supply plans, and effectively improving resource utilization efficiency.

(3) Measurement and Intelligent Management: Achieving effective cost control, enhancing transportation efficiency, and reducing energy waste and environmental impact through accurate measurement and intelligent management in coal yards.

(4) Intelligent System Integration: Facilitating profound changes in coal yard management through integration with intelligent systems. Leveraging technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud metering, big data, and artificial intelligence to achieve comprehensive data collection, real-time transmission, and intelligent analysis in coal yards, providing decision support for management.

Data analysis extends beyond measurement data to include equipment operational efficiency assessments, coal sampling data, etc., facilitating refined management in coal-fired power plants.

As a key technology in the digital management of coal-fired power plants, high-precision belt scales not only enhance measurement accuracy and efficiency during coal transportation but also provide coal yard managers with more data-driven decision support. With continuous technological advancements and integration, high-precision belt scales will play an increasingly important role in the digital transformation of the coal industry in the future, contributing more to the secure and stable supply of coal energy.