Modular Open-Source Design of Pyrolysis Reactor Monitoring and Control Electronics

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作者
Hafting, Finn K. [1 ]
Kulas, Daniel [2 ]
Michels, Etienne [3 ]
Chipkar, Sarvada [2 ]
Wisniewski, Stefan [2 ]
Shonnard, David [2 ]
Pearce, Joshua M. [1 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Western Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, 1151 Richmond St N, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
[2] Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Chem Engn, 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI 49931 USA
[3] Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Biomed Engn, 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI 49931 USA
[4] Western Univ, Ivey Sch Business, 1151 Richmond St N, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
关键词
open hardware; open-source hardware; open-source electronics; automation; Arduino; pyrolysis; data acquisition; controls; monitoring; SYSTEM; SOFTWARE; ARDUINO;
D O I
10.3390/electronics12244893
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TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
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0812 ;
摘要
Industrial pilot projects often rely on proprietary and expensive electronic hardware to control and monitor experiments. This raises costs and retards innovation. Open-source hardware tools exist for implementing these processes individually; however, they are not easily integrated with other designs. The Broadly Reconfigurable and Expandable Automation Device (BREAD) is a framework that provides many open-source devices which can be connected to create more complex data acquisition and control systems. This article explores the feasibility of using BREAD plug-and-play open hardware to quickly design and test monitoring and control electronics for an industrial materials processing prototype pyrolysis reactor. Generally, pilot-scale pyrolysis plants are expensive custom designed systems. The plug-and-play prototype approach was first tested by connecting it to the pyrolysis reactor and ensuring that it can measure temperature and actuate heaters and a stirring motor. Next, a single circuit board system was created and tested using the designs from the BREAD prototype to reduce the number of microcontrollers required. Both open-source control systems were capable of reliably running the pyrolysis reactor continuously, achieving equivalent performance to a state-of-the-art commercial controller with a ten-fold reduction in the overall cost of control. Open-source, plug-and-play hardware provides a reliable avenue for researchers to quickly develop data acquisition and control electronics for industrial-scale experiments.
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