AUTOMATION OF BOILER HOUSES
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Automation of boiler houses
Boiler automation is a key element in building an efficient engineering system. Manual control "by eye" has long been a thing of the past. Temperature sensors, thermostats, mixing and control valves with electric drives or thermostatic valves are not a complete list of devices used in modern boiler houses. Previously, the presence of automation was a sign of an industrial boiler house. Nowadays, a complex of smart automation is a mandatory element of any boiler house.
The main goals of automating boiler house and process control systems are to:
- Increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness
- Improving the safety
Increased efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Increasing the efficiency of the system is essentially a reduction in costs at the facility. Reduced fuel consumption, reduced operating costs, reduced maintenance costs. Without the use of modern automation tools, the result cannot be achieved.
Boiler parameter control screen
The boiler house or technological process is controlled by the boiler house or workshop personnel using control panels, which are usually located directly in the boiler house. The most popular operations in a boiler house are changing the temperature of the heat carrier for different circuits of the heating system. The staff also adjusts the steam pressure (for a steam boiler house). In modern control panels, such operations are performed on an interactive menu via an intuitive graphical interface. The operator can:
- change the temperature in the boiler,
- switch the pumps on or off,
- Adjust the temperature in the mixing valves (for different circuits).
All of these operations are performed with a wave of the hand.
Boiler house automation ensures high safety.
Human safety is above all. A mandatory requirement in the construction of any boiler house is the presence of a safety automation system. Excessive concentrations of carbon monoxide or gas leaks can be fatal for personnel and the boiler house as a whole. Therefore, automatic systems with sensors, actuators (for shutting down/shutting down) and sound and light warning devices are installed to detect such problems in a timely manner.
Gas leakage monitoring unit
Design and installation of safety automation systems is mandatory for our specialists when constructing new facilities. In addition, we install safety systems in existing boiler houses or in boiler houses undergoing reconstruction.
Remote control (dispatching) - as an element of boiler house automation.
Modern remote access technologies make it possible to monitor and control a boiler house remotely. In principle, remote control can be arranged for any type of boiler. The easiest way is to control a gas boiler. The processes for a liquid fuel boiler are more complicated. It is also difficult, but possible, to arrange remote control of a solid fuel boiler with an automatic fuel supply (for example, pellet).
The following functions can be performed remotely:
- monitoring of boiler house parameters available to the operator
- switching on/off the main equipment
- switching to a backup system
- Management of heating modes in different circuits
- Boiler temperature management
- receiving signals about critical problems in the system
- overheating
- exceeding the permissible pressure
- not enough fuel
- gas leakage
- Excessive concentrations of carbon monoxide
And this is not a complete list of options for setting up remote boiler room control. Like the boiler house, it is possible to set up monitoring of technological processes.
For example:
- steam temperature control
- steam pressure in the system
- compressed air pressure
- temperature in the drying chambers, etc.
IVK ENERGY is doing that:
- Design of process automation systems.
- Design of safety automation systems.
- Supply of electrical panels (power and starting).
- Supply of control panels for boiler equipment, refrigeration units and other technological processes.
- Installation of process automation systems.
- Reconstruction and modernisation of automation systems at existing enterprises.
- Provide remote access to process parameters.
Of course, it is very important to involve specialists in the early stages of design. As a result, you are able to create an effective automation system for your processes right away.
Examples of our work are the automation of the technological process at an elevator:
Installation of automated block burners GGB-350. 2016
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