Open AccessDesign and Implementation of Automatic Gas Valve Control Mechanism for Biogas Plant
Author(s) -
Nivedita Padole,
Akshay Kadu,
Satish S. Patil
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of modern trends in science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-3778
DOI - 10.46501/ijmtst060512
Subject(s) - biogas , solenoid valve , renewable energy , automation , closing (real estate) , engineering , automotive engineering , process engineering , control valves , automatic control , renewable natural gas , controller (irrigation) , waste management , control engineering , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , fuel gas , chemistry , agronomy , organic chemistry , political science , law , biology , combustion
Biogas plants are slowly becoming popular as these are non- polluting, renewable energy source, reduceslandfill and inexpensive. However, users from rural populations are still facing problems due to the absenceof automation in biogas plants. Hence, the demand for automation and control is increasing so as to enhancethe plant performance. This paper proposes a hardware implementation of automatic gas valve controlmechanism for biogas plant. The automatic gas valve control system consists of LC5926H ON - OFF controllerby which an automatic opening and closing of the gas valve has been carried out via solenoid valve. Basedon the pressure inside the dome, the controller allows solenoid valve to perform the switching operation if thepressure inside the dome exceeds or fall below the preset value. This advanced mechanism provides moreefficient and reliable solution to the existing biowaste systems by reducing human intervention and byavoiding the gas leakage.