US 11,858,757 B2
Control device, granular material supply system, control method, and program
Takaharu Hiroe, Tokyo (JP); Kazunari Ide, Tokyo (JP); Akihiko Saito, Tokyo (JP); and Kei Moriyama, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/069,540.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-214351 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202778 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 53/16 (2006.01); B65G 53/66 (2006.01); B65G 53/40 (2006.01); B65G 53/06 (2006.01); B65G 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 53/66 (2013.01) [B65G 3/04 (2013.01); B65G 53/06 (2013.01); B65G 53/40 (2013.01); B65G 2201/042 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device in a granular material supply system including a tank that stores granular material, a carrier line through which the granular material flowing out of the tank is carried to a carrier destination, and a cutout line that connects the tank and the carrier line and through which the granular material flowing out of the tank is supplied to the carrier line, the control device comprising:
a density control unit configured to control a density of the granular material on a downstream side of a junction of the cutout line and the carrier line to a set value predetermined; and
a flow rate control unit configured to control a flow rate of the granular material to be supplied to the carrier destination through the carrier line to a command value instructed by the carrier destination.