Gas Purification Control for Stable Waste-to-Ethanol Composition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current waste disposal facilities only partially reuse combustible waste and face challenges due to the heterogeneous nature and fluctuating composition of combustible waste, making it difficult to utilize as industrial raw materials efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A control device and system that utilizes a gas purification device, trained through machine learning, to optimize the conversion of combustible waste into ethanol by acquiring and processing gas information, control information, and feature information, allowing for efficient reuse of combustible waste as industrial raw materials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If combustible waste is directly reused as industrial raw materials, then resource efficiency is improved, but the heterogeneous nature and fluctuating composition of waste make it difficult to achieve consistent quality
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the physical and chemical parameters of combustible waste through gasification (converting to synthesis gas) and subsequent purification processes. This parameter transformation converts heterogeneous waste with fluctuating composition into standardized industrial raw materials (hydrogen, carbon monoxide, ethanol) with consistent quality, resolving the contradiction between reuse efficiency and quality consistency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediate processing steps (gasification furnace, gas purification device, fermentation tank) between the raw combustible waste and the final industrial raw materials. These intermediary processes act as buffers that stabilize and standardize the output, enabling reliable production despite variations in input waste composition.
2Ease of manufacture
If traditional waste disposal methods (incineration, landfill) are used, then handling of heterogeneous waste is simplified, but resource reuse is limited and environmental benefits are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the previously harmful practice of waste incineration and landfilling into a beneficial resource recovery process. By gasifying combustible waste and purifying the synthesis gas, the system transforms waste that would have been disposed of into valuable industrial raw materials, simultaneously simplifying waste handling and maximizing resource reuse.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a multi-functional waste treatment system that can handle various types of combustible waste (municipal solid waste, industrial waste, agricultural waste) and produce multiple useful outputs (hydrogen, carbon monoxide, ethanol). This universal approach maintains operational simplicity while dramatically increasing resource reuse rates.
3Device complexity
If gas purification devices operate without optimized control, then system complexity is reduced, but the ability to maintain desired ethanol composition despite waste fluctuations is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback control mechanisms where the composition of the synthesis gas and final ethanol product is continuously monitored. This feedback information is used to adjust operating parameters of the gas purification device and fermentation process, maintaining desired ethanol composition even when waste input composition fluctuates, without requiring excessively complex control systems.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system enables high-efficiency reuse of combustible waste by optimizing the operation of gas purification devices, ensuring the desired composition of ethanol is maintained even with fluctuations in waste composition, thereby effectively utilizing combustible waste as industrial raw materials.
Implementation Method 1
a gasifying furnace for converting collected waste to gas
Implementation Method 2
a gas purification device for purifying gas converted by the gasifying furnace
Implementation Method 3
a creation unit that creates a learning model by machine learning based on the gas information, the control information and the feature information
Data Source
AI summary
The object is to provide a control device, an operation control device, a server, a management server, a recording medium, a neural network system model, a control method and an operation control method that enable reuse of combustible waste as industrial raw materials with high efficiency.A control device comprises a gas information acquisition unit that acquires gas information on gas converted by a gasifying furnace for converting collected waste to gas; a control information acquisition unit that acquires control information controlling the gas purification device for purifying gas converted by the gasifying furnace; a feature information acquisition unit that acquires feature information including information on purified gas purified by the gas purification device; and a creation unit that creates a learning model by machine learning based on the gas information, the control information and the feature information.