Modelling, Control Design and Validation for an Industrial Dual-Fuel Combustion Unit
Prof. Michael Short
Teesside University, UK
Abstract: Industry accounts for roughly a quarter of total United Kingdom greenhouse gas emissions. The UK Government has set ambitious net zero targets, committed to the decarbonisation of heavy industry. The regional Industrial Clusters mission aims to establish the world s first net-zero carbon industrial cluster by 2040. Key to the decarbonisation of heavy industry will be the deployment of technologies such as carbon capture and storage, alongside the use of alternative, low-emission fuels such as Hydrogen. This work is focused upon the potential use of Hydrogen as a replacement for natural gas in an industrial food manufacturing unit requiring very high temperatures for cooking potatoes at high production volumes. Specifically, aspects of a proposed dual-fuel approach to combustion are considered from a dynamic modelling and control perspective. For small perturbations around steady-state equilibria, linear dynamics models are experimentally obtained and used to formulate a regulatory control strategy for various dual-fuel and air-fuel ratios. Simulation results show effective behaviour under feedback control approaches, with good potential for gain-scheduling performance enhancement. Practical implementation aspects are discussed along with future work.
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