Assessment of equipment efficiency in models of technological processes for production of combined feed

Abstract

Structural and functional models of technological processes that implement the basic layout schemes of industrial equipment for the combined feed production were used in the research. The mathematical apparatus of vector analysis, factor analysis, and cluster analysis became the basis of algorithms for determining the set of factors that affect the production line efficiency. As a result of the research, a methodology for evaluating the efficiency of technological equipment of an industrial line for the combined feed production was developed and justified. On the example of studying the technological equipment for mixing mixed feeds, the invariant parameters and design features of mixers that improve the basic optimization indicators (equipment reliability, quality of the finished product and specific energy consumption) were determined. The article forms a system of relative efficiency indicators of various types of mixers in the industrial process line, develops calculation formulas for determining the relative efficiency indicators of equipment, and calculates the group coefficient of factor efficiency. The authors developed and implemented a method for calculating the synergetic efficiency coefficient of an industrial technological line for the production of combined feed, taking into account both the choice of the method of production organization and the optimal choice of the type of technological equipment. The results obtained led to the creation of a universal methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of industrial and technological lines for combined feed production, which was tested in real industrial production in the Russian Federation and, in particular, in the Orenburg region and proved its usefulness.