Manuscript Title:

SMART CONTROL SYSTEM FOR EARLY BOILER DETECTION

Author:

ISHU CHOUBEY, ASHUTOSH MISHRA, ANURAG CHANDRA, Dr. KATHIRVELAN J

DOI Number:

DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10450410

Published : 2023-12-23

About the author(s)

1. ISHU CHOUBEY - School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
2. ASHUTOSH MISHRA - School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India,
3. ANURAG CHANDRA - School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
4. Dr. KATHIRVELAN J - School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Abstract

Steam boilers are used in many industry sectors, such as the food industry, textile mill, paper factory, sugar mill, oil field, power plants and other industries. Boiler explosion is a very widespread problem that can be easily averted by just keeping a log of boiler data and understanding its behavioural trends in real time systems. Since these data are not accessible nor is properly recorded, every year lots of avoidable boiler explosions still occur. This project devises a strategy to solve this issue by tracking all the vital readings from a boiler and documenting it. Over a period of time, boiler operating logs help distinguish operating trends that can allow problems to be diagnosed, and boiler system maintenance to be scheduled, before an emergency shutdown is necessary. For instance, a steady rise in stack temperature, at the same boiler load, indicates dirty boiler firesides or waterside scale build-up. In either case, remedial action can be taken before it is necessary to shut the unit down for cleaning. This data will be collected by using an Arduino UNO R3 microcontroller and then accordingly a servo motor is rotated so that the right number of substances are sent into the boiler


Keywords

Boiler, Data, Explosion, Industry, Log, Strategy, System.