Biodiesel-raw glycerin interface detection and control technology

Author

Jin, Xing ; Zhou, Ting ; Liu, Hui ; Zou, Lubin

Author_Institution

Fac. of Mech. & Electron. Inf., China Univ. of Geosci. (Wuhan), Wuhan, China

fYear

2011

fDate

16-18 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

585

Lastpage

588

Abstract

In this paper, a device using the combination of improved floating ball and photoelectric sensor to detect the liquid-liquid interface of biodiesel and raw glycerin was proposed. The device completed the detection of the main product and by-product interface in biodiesel production process and realized the continuous separation of raw glycerin from biodiesel. In the design of software, there was analysis and processing of wrong operation due to the level fluctuating.

Keywords

biofuel; control engineering computing; electric sensing devices; fuel processing industries; photoelectric devices; production engineering computing; biodiesel production process; biodiesel-raw glycerin interface control technology; biodiesel-raw glycerin interface detection technology; by-product interface; floating ball; liquid-liquid interface detection; photoelectric sensor; software design; Biofuels; Educational institutions; Electron tubes; Microcomputers; Testing; Valves; biodiesel; floating ball; liquid-liquid interface detection; photoelectric sensor; wrong operation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Control Engineering (ICECE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yichang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8162-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECENG.2011.6057698

Filename

6057698