FURNACE COOLING PANEL MONITORING SYSTEM

摘要

A furnace cooling panel monitoring system utilizes individual cooling panel data to produce critical monitoring data. An exemplary cooling panel monitoring system utilizes the input from a plurality of temperature sensors configured to accurately measure the temperature change of cooling fluid flowing through each individual panel. The change in temperature from the inlet to the outlet of a cooling panel along with the flow rate of the cooling fluid through the panel can be used to calculate the a heat energy dissipation rate of the cooling panel, or heat flux. The flow rate through individual panels is determined by K-values or resistance to flow constants for a given cooling panel. The heat energy dissipation rate for individual panels can be provided to a user through a computer implemented monitoring program in real time. Alerts may be initiated by the computer implemented monitoring program when a threshold value has been exceeded.

主权项

1. A furnace cooling panel monitoring system comprising:
a. a computer implemented monitoring program configured to display a heat energy dissipation rate for each of a plurality of cooling panels configured in a cooling panel array proximal to a furnace; wherein each of said plurality of cooling panels has an associated K-value that is input into the computer implemented monitoring program, wherein the K-value is a constant for each of said plurality of cooling panels and is a flow rate resistance value of a cooling liquid flowing through each of said plurality of cooling panels; wherein an array inlet cooling liquid flow rate is measured and input into the computer implemented monitoring program; wherein a cooling liquid inlet temperature and a cooling liquid outlet temperature to each of said plurality of cooling panels is measured and input into the computer implemented monitoring program; wherein the computer implemented monitoring program utilizes the input K-value for each of said plurality of cooling panels, the array inlet cooling liquid flow rate, the cooling liquid inlet temperature and the cooling liquid outlet temperature of each of said plurality of cooling panels to calculate the heat energy dissipation rate for each of said plurality of cooling panels; wherein the heat energy dissipation rate for each of said plurality of cooling panels is displayed in real time on a display screen; whereby an operator can monitor the heat energy dissipation rate of each of said plurality of cooling panels in real time.