Title :
Video monitoring of pulverized coal injection in the blast furnace
Author :
Birk, M. ; Marklund, Olov ; Medvedev, Alexander
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Lulea Univ. of Technol., Sweden
Abstract :
A novel approach for monitoring and control of the coal powder injection in a blast furnace is presented and discussed. Image analysis of video recordings is used as a means to estimate the instantaneous coal flow. Initial experiments at the blast furnace no 3 of SSAB Tunnplat AB Lulea, Sweden, have been performed and first hand results on modelling and control of a single injection line are given.
Keywords :
computerised monitoring; furnaces; image processing; pulverised fuels; steel manufacture; television applications; SSAB Tunnplat AB Lulea; Sweden; blast furnace; coal powder injection; image analysis; instantaneous coal flow estimation; pulverized coal injection; video monitoring; Blast furnaces; Cameras; Fuel economy; Humans; Image analysis; Layout; Monitoring; Powders; Valves; Video recording;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Conference, 2001. Thirty-Sixth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2001 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7114-3
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.2001.955706
