Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volume 24, 2011, Pages 277-282

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Online monitoring of exhaust gas

emissions of a boiler with diesel/biodiesel
fuel blends (Conference Paper)
Valdman, A.,
De Souza Jr., M.B.,
Folly, R.,
Valdman, B.

Chemical Engineering Department, School of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de

Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Abstract
An online, low-cost, neural network based soft sensor was developed and implemented,
with the aim of being compatible with the present industrial automation and control
systems. The virtual sensor was designed to predict exhaust gas emission levels of an
originally built diesel boiler with diesel/biodiesel mixture blends at different air ratios,
using temperature, flow rates and pressure as inputs variables to the neural network
model. With that purpose, experimental data were obtained for different diesel and
biodiesel mixtures of fuel in the boiler, in order to validate the model. The online
experimental data consisted of process variables, obtained using a SCADA system
connected to fieldbus communication protocol instrumentation, and exhaust pollutant
gas levels, obtained using a conventional gas analyzer. A detailed methodology was
established for each phase of the study, including data collection and treatment,
topology and neural training comparative studies, implementation of the neural network
algorithm proposed in the SCADA system and the application of an online validation
and maintenance procedure. Experimental online tests confirmed the compatibility
between the exhaust gas emission levels inferred by the online soft sensor and those
obtained with the analyzer. Scan acquisition intervals were six times smaller and
maintenance proceedings were optimized, without demanding a large time interval.
Thus, the automation solution can be used to provide pollutant monitoring, helping to
achieve a more consistent operation, regarding production and environmental profits.
2011, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.

Indexed keywords
Engineering controlled terms: Boilers; Communication; Emission control;
Maintenance; Neural networks; Online systems; Pollution; Profitability; SCADA
systems; Sensors
Air ratio; Automation solutions; Communication protocols; Comparative studies;
Consistent operation; Data collection; Exhaust pollutants; Experimental data; Fieldbus;
Fuel blends; Gas analyzers; Gas level; Industrial automation and control systems;
Maintenance procedures; Neural network algorithm; Neural network model; Neural
training; On-line tests; Online monitoring; Pollutant monitoring; Process Variables; Soft
sensors; Time interval; Virtual sensor
Engineering main heading: Gas emissions
ISSN: 19749791Source Type: Book series Original language: English
DOI: 10.3303/CET1124047Document Type: Conference Paper
Publisher: Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC
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