Research on edge controller based on industrial furnace

Traditional control instruments and DCS control systems are limited by shortcomings such as single control function, independent controlled elements, inability to close-loop control on site, and ineffective communication. Aiming at these problems, this paper proposes a kind of industrial furnace edge controller which has the functions of acquisition, calculation, control, storage, output and communication in one. The edge controller structure, edge computing and the control method applied to edge computing are designed. The fuzzy PID control method is compared with the conventional PID control method by taking the temperature control of resistance furnace as an example. The simulation shows that the control effect of fuzzy PID on resistance furnace temperature is obviously better than that of conventional PID. The test results also show that the performance indices for the fuzzy PID control are better, which again proves that the fuzzy PID control outperforms. The research results of this paper are of reference value for engineering applications.

Strategies for Hydrogen-Enriched Methane Flameless Combustion in a Quasi-Industrial Furnace

In this present work, simulations of 20 kW furnace were carried out with hydrogen-enriched methane mixtures, to identify optimal geometrical configurations and operating conditions to operate in flameless combustion regime. The objective of this work is to show the advantages of flameless combustion for hydrogen-enriched fuels and the limits of current typical industrial designs for these mixtures. The performances of a semi-industrial combustion chamber equipped with a self-recuperative flameless burner are evaluated with increasing H2 concentrations. For highly H2-enriched mixtures, typical burners employed for methane appear to be inadequate to reach flameless conditions. In particular, for a typical coaxial injector configuration, an equimolar mixture of hydrogen and methane represents the limit for hydrogen enrichment. To achieve flameless conditions, different injector geometries and configuration were tested. Fuel dilution with CO2 and H2O was also investigated. Dilution slows the mixing process, consequently helping the transition to flameless conditions. CO2, and H2O are typical products of hydrogen generation processes, therefore their use in fuel dilution is convenient for industrial applications. Dilution thus allows the use of greater hydrogen percentages in the mixture.

The effect of the conductive walls of the cooking furnace of an electric furnace on the distribution of energy flows

A method for modeling the electric glass melting process, which allows obtaining information about the unity of electric and thermal processes in the glass mass in an electric glass melting furnace has been developed. The furnace’s cooking pool is made of conductive chromoxide. The work was carried out using modeling on the EGDA integrator, as a result of which two versions of experimental electric furnaces with different directions of power lines and a pilot industrial furnace with a capacity of 7 tons per day for melting E glass, widely used in the manufacture of fiberglass, were built.