Summary
The initial stage of this project required: identification of a suitable factory for trials, evaluation of boiler efficiency, analysis of steam loads due to individual plant processes and their timing, development of a control and optimisation strategy and preparation of a costed plan to implement control.
A second stage would be to implement the control strategy if justified by the costing.
A suitable industrial partner PL Group (Foods) Ltd has been identified and a data logging exercise using a computer initiated. Due to specification errors, the important steam flow meters have not been available and the project has been delayed. The steam meters are now operating and a programme of data acquisition and monitoring will shortly commence.
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Whitman, W.E. (1983). Improved Boiler Control in Food Factories. In: Ehringer, H., Hoyaux, G., Pilavachi, P.A. (eds) Energy Conservation in Industry — Combustion, Heat Recovery and Rankine Cycle Machines. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7674-1_4
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