IoT Gas Flow Regulation for Stable Mixed-Gas Combustion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Natural gas supply systems face challenges in achieving precise control and timely adjustment of gas flow rates due to the diversity of gas sources, leading to unstable combustion characteristics and user experience issues.
Innovation Solution
An IoT system comprising a governmental gas supervision management platform, sensing networks, and gas company management platforms, connected to flow regulation devices, enables automatic and intelligent gas mixing and delivery by determining gas features, generating regulation parameters, and adjusting flow rates and pressures based on real-time and historical data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual experience and regular testing are used to control gas flow rate, then operation simplicity is maintained, but control precision and timeliness are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical control with an automated electronic control system. Sensors detect gas flow parameters, microcontrollers process the data, and actuators automatically adjust the gas flow rate based on preset values, eliminating manual intervention and achieving precise, timely control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-regulation of gas flow by using sensors to continuously monitor parameters and automatically adjusting the flow rate through actuators without requiring manual intervention. The system serves itself by detecting deviations from preset values and autonomously correcting them.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple gas sources are mixed to satisfy user demands, then gas supply flexibility is improved, but combustion characteristics become unstable
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses sensors to continuously monitor gas flow rates from multiple sources and compares them against preset values. When deviations are detected, the control system automatically adjusts the flow rates through actuators to maintain stable combustion characteristics, enabling flexible mixing while ensuring stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the flow rate parameters of different gas sources based on preset values. By changing the flow rate parameters in real-time according to combustion requirements, the system maintains stable combustion characteristics while accommodating multiple gas sources with different properties.
3Speed
If gas flow regulation is delayed, then system simplicity is maintained, but user experience deteriorates due to adjustment lag
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces delayed manual regulation with real-time automated control. Sensors continuously monitor gas flow parameters, microcontrollers immediately process the data, and actuators rapidly adjust the flow rate, achieving fast regulation speed without requiring complex manual intervention procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous monitoring and adjustment of gas flow parameters through sensors and actuators operating in real-time. This continuous action ensures rapid response to any changes in combustion requirements, eliminating delays and improving regulation speed.
Data Source
AI summary
An IoT system, a method, and a storage medium for smart regulation and control of a gas flow are provided. The method includes: determining whether a gas feature of a matching gas source corresponding to a gas pipeline to be regulated exists in a gas data center; in response to determining that the gas feature exists in the gas data center, retrieving the gas feature from the gas data center, and generating a timeliness attribute of the gas feature; generating a first flow regulation parameter based on the gas feature and the timeliness attribute; and sending a flow regulation instruction to a flow regulation device on the gas pipeline to be regulated, to adjust a gas flow rate and a gas pressure allocated to the gas pipeline to be regulated. A gas in the gas pipeline to be regulated is mixed in a gas pipeline to generate a mixed gas.