TY - JOUR N2 - This paper describes the concept of controlling the advancement speed of the shearer, the objective of which is to eliminate switching the devices off to the devices in the longwall and in the adjacent galleries. This is connected with the threshold limit value of 2% for the methane concentration in the air stream flowing out from the longwall heading, or 1% methane in the air flowing to the longwall. Equations were formulated which represent the emission of methane from the mined body of coal in the longwall and from the winnings on the conveyors in order to develop the numerical procedures enabling a computer simulation of the mining process with a longwall shearer and haulage of the winnings. The distribution model of air, methane and firedamp, and the model of the goaf and a methanometry method which already exist in the Ventgraph-Plus programme, and the model of the methane emission from the mined longwall body of coal, together with the model of the methane emission from the winnings on conveyors and the model of the logic circuit to calculate the required advancement speed of the shearer together all form a set that enables simulations of the control used for a longwall shearer in the mining process. This simulation provides a means for making a comparison of the output of the mining in the case of work using a control system for the speed advancement of the shearer and the mining performance without this circuit in a situation when switching the devices off occurs as a consequence of exceeding the 2% threshold limit value of the methane concentration. The algorithm to control a shearer developed for a computer simulation considers a simpler case, where the logic circuit only employs the methane concentration signal from a methane detector situated in the longwall gallery close to the longwall outlet. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/107884/PDF/Archiwum-63-3-01-Dziurzynski.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/107884 PY - 2018 IS - No 3 EP - 552 DO - 10.24425/123673 KW - mine ventilation KW - methane hazard KW - longwall mining KW - controll of shearer operation KW - monitoring system A1 - Dziurzyński, Wacław A1 - Krach, Andrzej A1 - Pałka, Teresa PB - Committee of Mining PAS VL - vol. 63 DA - 2018.10.01 T1 - Shearer Control Algorithm and Identification of Control Parameters SP - 537 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/107884 T2 - Archives of Mining Sciences ER -