Monitoring and controlling the combustion quality in thermal power plant boiler using image processing and robotic arm

Abstract

This paper proposes to monitor and control the coal combustion of thermal power plant boiler. The monitoring process for the combustion was determined using flame characteristics. Image processing techniques was used to analyze flame characteristics. Median filter reduces the noise in the flame image. Using obtained image, the ratio of air is varied using model predictive control and robotic arm can control the ratio then finally combustion properly take place.