Automatic control system in methane fermentation of food waste based on ForceControl V7.0 and PLC

Author

Zhang Wei ; Sun De-lin

Author_Institution

Coll. of Autom. & Electron. Eng., Qingdao Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Qingdao, China

fYear

2015

fDate

23-25 May 2015

Firstpage

5639

Lastpage

5643

Abstract

Based on high requirements about temperature, PH, level and other factors in methane fermentation of food waste and no complete set of parameters applying to all methane fermentation monitoring system the author designed the automatic control system combined with SIEMENS S7-300PLC and ForceControl V7.0 configuration software. The system can achieve automatic control by the lower machine and achieve online setting, modifying and recording parameters, alarming and monitoring by the PC. The system meets the requirements for controlling the temperature, PH and level of the fermentation process. Gas production rate has been improved and labor intensity has been reduced by this system.

Keywords

biofuel; control engineering computing; fermentation; force control; gas industry; pH control; programmable controllers; temperature control; ForceControl V7.0 configuration software; SIEMENS S7-300PLC; automatic control system; food waste; gas production rate; methane fermentation monitoring system; pH control; temperature control; Chemical reactors; Control systems; Monitoring; Process control; Real-time systems; Software; Valves; ForceControl V7.0; PLC; automatic control system; food waste biogas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control and Decision Conference (CCDC), 2015 27th Chinese

Conference_Location

Qingdao

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7016-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCDC.2015.7161806

Filename

7161806