TY - JOUR
T1 - Recording and analysing measurements from an RTG crane
AU - Harrison, I.
AU - Pietrosanti, S.
AU - Luque, A.
AU - Mayer, R.
AU - Holderbaum, W.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - The paper presents a bespoke power measurement system that has been designed and implemented on a Rubber Tyre Gantry, RTG crane at the Port of Felixstowe, PoF. The design of a novel system topology which is centred around a Beckhoff computer, as well as the specifications of the various transducers used, is detailed. To complement the hardware installation, a bespoke data analysis tool has also been developed in MATLAB, an overview of its operation and use are presented. The system allows for the characterisation of the cranes’ various motors during operational hours; furthermore, the data collected has been used to verify simulations of RTGs developed as part of the overall PoF project. The measurement system was installed on RTG1 at the port in March 2016.
AB - The paper presents a bespoke power measurement system that has been designed and implemented on a Rubber Tyre Gantry, RTG crane at the Port of Felixstowe, PoF. The design of a novel system topology which is centred around a Beckhoff computer, as well as the specifications of the various transducers used, is detailed. To complement the hardware installation, a bespoke data analysis tool has also been developed in MATLAB, an overview of its operation and use are presented. The system allows for the characterisation of the cranes’ various motors during operational hours; furthermore, the data collected has been used to verify simulations of RTGs developed as part of the overall PoF project. The measurement system was installed on RTG1 at the port in March 2016.
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0263224118303701
U2 - 10.1016/j.measurement.2018.04.089
DO - 10.1016/j.measurement.2018.04.089
M3 - Article
SN - 0263-2241
VL - 125
SP - 284
EP - 293
JO - Measurement
JF - Measurement
ER -