The Problem of Combined Optimal Load Flow Control of Main Conveyor Line

transport system is researched in this article. A transport system
distributed model with input accumulative bunker is developed for
the optimal control synthesis. The transport system model is
presented in dimensionless form. Expressions are obtained that
determine the states of flow parameters along the transport route.
The amount of transport delay was calculated for each technological
position of the transport route at an arbitrary point in time. A system
of characteristic equations is written down, the solution of which
determines the trajectory of movement of a separate element of the
transported material. Conditions are considered under which the
material output flow does not depend on the initial filling of the
conveyor section with the material. The algorithm of optimal
control development of the material flow rate at the output from the
accumulative bunker and the conveyor belt speed, which ensures
the minimum deviation of the output cargo flow from a planned
amount, is given. The optimal control algorithm takes into account
the restrictions on the control modes of flow parameters and the
volume of the accumulating bunker. It is shown that the developed
control algorithm ensures the maximum filling of the transport
system with material and forms a uniform distribution of material
along the transportation route.