JP2015090252A - Apparatus for aggregating boiler operation data - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for aggregating operation data, in which abnormality of a measurement device such as a flow meter used in a boiler for aggregating data by integration is detected.SOLUTION: An apparatus 3 for aggregating boiler operation data is provided which includes flow meters 2, 6 configured to transmit a pulse signal whenever a given amount of fluid is supplied to the boiler and which aggregates a supply amount to the boiler by counting the number of pulse signals transmitted by the flow meters 2, 6. The apparatus 3 for aggregating boiler operation data preobtains and presets a standard supply amount per unit time to the boiler upon combusting, calculates a supply amount calculation value by multiplying combustion time of the boiler within aggregation time by the supply amount per unit time, sets a value obtained by subtracting a given ratio of value from the calculated supply amount calculation value as an upper limit value of an abnormality determination value, and determines that abnormality occurs in the flow meters 2, 6 when the supply amount measurement value measured by the flow meters 2, 6 within the same aggregation time is smaller than the preset upper limit value of the abnormality determination value.

Description

  The present invention relates to a boiler operation data totaling device that receives a signal from a flow meter that transmits a pulse signal every time a fixed amount of fluid is supplied to the boiler and totals the amount supplied to the boiler. More specifically, in the boiler operation data totaling device, when an abnormality has occurred in the flow meter for measuring the supply amount, it is possible to determine the abnormality of the flow meter. The present invention relates to an operation data collection device.

When recording the operation status such as combustion time, water supply, fuel consumption, exhaust gas temperature, steam pressure value, etc. in the boiler, an operation data totaling device is provided, and various data are acquired from the operation control device and measurement device. Aggregate with. When the combustion time is totaled, the combustion time is calculated by taking in combustion time data from the boiler control device. In the case where the combustion amount of the boiler is performing stepwise operation such as three-position control of high combustion, low combustion, and combustion stop, the high combustion time and the low combustion time are detected. If the amount of water supply to the boiler and the amount of fuel supply are totaled, the flow rate is totaled by capturing signals from the flow meter. The flow meter emits a pulse signal every time a certain amount of fluid flows, and the operation data totaling device counts the number of pulse signals transmitted within a predetermined period, thereby integrating the flow rate within that period. Calculate the value. In the case of measuring instantaneous values such as exhaust gas temperature and steam pressure value, measurements are taken at regular intervals and recorded as trend data.

At this time, if an abnormality has occurred in a measuring device such as a flow meter, correct data cannot be captured, and data cannot be aggregated. For this reason, it is desired that the operation data totalization apparatus is configured to detect an abnormality of the measuring apparatus and to notify the abnormality when the abnormality occurs.

In the specification of actual application No. 63-33017, “the automatic operation management device (20) is provided with a discrimination circuit (21), and the operation management data input to the RAM (24) is a numerical value outside the preset range. "When the above, a signal to that effect is issued." "Setting ranges for determining the above data abnormality are, for example, a water supply temperature of 0 to 200 ° C, an exhaust gas temperature of 0 to 500 ° C, and a flame detection sensor output of 0. When the numerical value of the data obtained from the sensor is outside this range, it is determined that the data is abnormal and the above-described data rewrite is performed. In this way, when abnormal data is input, it can be determined as abnormal, but in this case, the setting range becomes a problem because it is determined as abnormal. When detecting instantaneous values such as water supply temperature and exhaust gas temperature, there is no problem because the normal value and the abnormal value are clearly separated, but integrated values such as water supply and fuel supply are detected. In this case, the integrated value varies greatly depending on the operating state. Therefore, when a certain value is output, the value is normal under a certain condition, but the value is abnormal under another certain condition, and the abnormality cannot be determined. It was.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-138102

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is a boiler operation data totaling device capable of detecting an abnormality in a measurement device in a measurement device that counts data by integrating a flow meter used in a boiler. Is to provide.

Provide a flow meter that sends a pulse signal each time a certain amount of fluid is supplied to the boiler, and count the number of pulse signals sent by the flow meter to total the supply to the boiler In the boiler operation data totaling apparatus, the standard supply amount to the boiler per unit time at the time of combustion is determined and set in advance, and the boiler combustion time within the total time Calculate the supply amount calculation value by multiplying the supply amount per unit time, set the value obtained by subtracting the calculated supply amount calculation value at a certain rate as the upper limit of the abnormality judgment value, and within the same counting time When the supply amount measurement value measured by the flow meter becomes smaller than the upper limit of the abnormality determination value set previously, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the flow meter.

When an abnormality occurs in a measuring device that aggregates data by integration, it is possible to detect the abnormality of the measuring device and to prevent erroneous aggregation due to using abnormal measurement data Can do.

Flow diagram of boiler implementing the present invention Explanatory drawing of the relationship between the calculated value of the amount of water supply and the abnormality determination range in one embodiment of the present invention Explanatory drawing of the operation state transition example in the boiler which is carrying out the present invention

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a boiler implementing the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the relationship between the calculated value of the water supply amount and the abnormality determination range in one embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a plurality of boilers 1 are connected in parallel, and a multi-can installed boiler that increases or decreases the number of combustion boilers or the amount of combustion according to the required steam amount. In this case, the amount of combustion of the boiler is determined, and the central control device 4 that outputs the combustion command to the operation target boiler and the individual boilers are installed respectively, and based on the combustion command from the central control device 4 An individual control device 9 for operating each boiler is provided. The centralized control device 4 determines a boiler that performs combustion based on control data such as a steam pressure value and outputs a combustion designation. If the boiler can adjust the combustion amount such as high combustion, low combustion, and combustion stop, the centralized control device 4 also outputs an output that specifies the combustion amount when outputting a combustion command to each boiler.

A water supply pipe 8 is connected to each boiler 1 at the lower part, and water is supplied through the water supply pipe 8. The feed water pipe 8 is connected to each boiler 1 by a branch pipe, and a feed water pump 7 is provided in the branch pipe portion. Water supply to the boiler is performed independently by each boiler. The water level in the boiler is detected, and when the water level drops to the water supply start water level, the water supply pump 7 is operated to supply water, thereby controlling the water level in the boiler. When the water level rises to the water supply stop water level, the operation of the water supply pump 7 is stopped, and the water level is controlled to be kept within a certain range. The amount of water supplied to the boiler is measured by a water supply flow meter 2 provided in the water supply pipe 8. If the water supply amount is calculated for each boiler, the water supply flow meter is installed in the water supply pipe 8 after branching. If the water supply amount is calculated for the entire boiler, the water supply flow meter is installed in the common water supply pipe 8.

Each boiler 1 has a combustion device that performs combustion inside the boiler, and fuel is supplied to the combustion device through a fuel supply pipe 5. The fuel supply pipe 5 is also connected to each boiler 1 by a branch pipe. The amount of fuel supplied to the boiler is also measured by a fuel flow meter 6 provided in the fuel supply pipe 5. If the fuel supply amount is calculated for each boiler, the fuel flow meter 6 is installed in the fuel supply pipe 5 after the branch. If the fuel supply amount is calculated for the entire boiler, the fuel is supplied to the common fuel supply pipe 5. A flow meter 6 is installed.

In the boiler, heat is generated by performing combustion with a combustion device, and the boiler water is evaporated by heating the boiler water in the boiler to extract steam. In boilers installed in multiple cans, the steam generated from each boiler 1 is collected in a steam header (not shown), and the steam is supplied from the steam header to a steam use location.

The central control device 4 sets the combustion amount of the boiler in correspondence with the steam pressure value, detects the steam pressure value at the steam header, and determines the combustion state of the boiler. As shown in FIG. 3, the control range of the steam pressure value is divided into a plurality of pressure zones, and the detected steam pressure value decreases and moves to the pressure zone on the low pressure side. Is set to a combustion state in which the combustion amount in the entire boiler is reduced when the steam pressure value rises and moves to the pressure zone on the high pressure side. If the boiler changes the combustion amount such as high combustion, low combustion, and combustion stop, the centralized control device 4 determines the number of high combustion, the number of low combustion, and the number of combustion stop.

In the centralized control device 4, when the operation priority order of each boiler is set and the combustion amount in the entire boiler is increased, the combustion amount is increased in order from the boiler with the higher operation priority order, and the combustion amount is decreased. In order to reduce the amount of combustion, the boilers with the lowest operating priority are used. The central control apparatus outputs an operation command to each boiler so that the determined combustion amount is obtained. In the individual control device 9 provided in each boiler, when the combustion command is received from the central control device 4, the boiler is burned to generate steam, and when the combustion command is interrupted, the boiler combustion is stopped and the steam supply is stopped. To do.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the steam pressure value and the boiler combustion state in a certain counting time (1 hour). Here, it is a system consisting of three boilers, from No. 1 can to No. 3 can, and each boiler performs three-position combustion control of high combustion, low combustion, and combustion stop. The combustion pattern determined from the steam pressure is H for high combustion, L for low combustion, and-when combustion is stopped. All three units are stopped. It is divided into seven sections up to HHH which is combustion. In the figure, the initial steam pressure value is the second stage from the bottom, and the combustion state at this time is HHL, the boilers of cans 1 and 2 are high combustion, and the boilers of can 3 are low combustion become. When the steam pressure value rises and moves to the upper pressure section, the combustion amount is decreased by one step. The combustion state at this time is HLL, and the boilers of the No. 1 can have high combustion and the boilers of the No. 2 and No. 3 cans have low combustion. In FIG. 3, the steam pressure value further rises, and when entering the LLL category, all three boilers are in low combustion.

If there is such pressure fluctuation, high combustion with two boilers and low combustion with one boiler for the first 20 minutes, high combustion with one boiler and low combustion with two boilers for the next 20 minutes Combustion, last 20 minutes is low combustion with 3 boilers. Therefore, the total value of the combustion time in 1 hour is 60 minutes for high combustion and 120 minutes for low combustion.

In the present invention, an operation data totaling device 3 is provided so as to total operation data in the boiler. The operation data totaling by the operation data totaling device 3 is often performed in a relatively large boiler system in which a plurality of boilers are installed. The operation data totaling device 3 takes in various data such as boiler combustion time, feed water amount, combustion consumption, steam pressure, exhaust gas temperature, feed water temperature, fuel temperature, etc., and tabulates and records them. These original data are sent from the centralized control device 4 to the operation data totaling device 3.

Data collected by the operation data totaling device 3 includes data managed by integrated values and data managed by instantaneous values. The combustion time, water supply amount, fuel consumption amount, etc. are summed up, and the steam pressure, exhaust gas temperature, water supply temperature, etc. are summed up as trend data with instantaneous values. When the combustion time is counted, if the boiler performs three-position combustion control, the high combustion time and the low combustion time are separately counted.

The feed water flow meter 2 provided in the feed water pipe 8 transmits a pulse signal every time water is supplied for a measurement unit. In the operation data totaling device 3, the feed water pulse signal transmitted from the feed water flow meter 2 is transmitted. Detect the number of outgoing calls. The operation data totaling device 3 can calculate the water supply amount by multiplying the unit water supply amount by the number of water supply pulse signals, and the water supply amount is totalized and stored in units of total time such as every hour. The same applies to the measurement of the fuel supply amount, and the fuel flow meter 6 provided in the fuel supply pipe 5 also transmits a pulse signal every time fuel for the measurement unit flows, and the operation data totaling device 3 counts the fuel supply pulse signal. To measure the fuel supply.

If an abnormality occurs in the feed water flow meter 2 or the fuel flow meter 6, it becomes impossible to accurately calculate the water supply amount or the fuel supply amount. When an abnormality occurs in the feed water flow meter 2 or the fuel flow meter 6, the pulse signal is not transmitted at all even though the water supply or the fuel supply is being performed, or the pulse signal is transmitted after being thinned out than the actual one. For this reason, when the flow meter 2 or the fuel flow meter 6 is abnormal, the phenomenon that the number of output of the pulse signal becomes smaller than the amount corresponding to the actual supply amount appears. If an abnormality occurs in the feed water flow meter 2 or the fuel flow meter 6, the correct supply cannot be recorded. Therefore, the operation data totaling device 3 detects an abnormality in the feed water flow meter 2 or the fuel flow meter 6. By notifying the occurrence of an abnormality when the flow meter is abnormal, it is ensured that counting by abnormal data is not continued.

Abnormality detection in the feed water flow meter 2 is performed based on the combustion time, the set value of the standard water supply amount per unit time during combustion, the water supply amount calculation value assumed from the combustion time, and the water supply amount calculation value. This is performed using the abnormality judgment value set by subtracting the ratio and the amount of water supply measured by the water supply flowmeter. When detecting an abnormality in the feed water flow meter 2, first, the combustion time within the total time is detected, and the calculated amount of water calculated from the combustion time is calculated by multiplying the combustion time by the standard water supply amount per unit time. calculate. Then, a value obtained by subtracting the water supply amount calculation value at a predetermined ratio is set as the upper limit value of the abnormality determination value. Next, within the same counting time, the water supply amount measurement value is calculated by counting the pulse signal from the water supply flow meter 2, and the previously set abnormality determination value is compared. When the measured value in the feed water flow meter 2 is smaller than the abnormality determination value, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the feed water flow meter 2.

In addition, when the boiler water level drops to the water supply start water level, water supply to the boiler is performed by supplying water and raising the water level, and when water supply is performed, the boiler water level rises to the water supply stop water level and water supply is stopped. If the actual water level is higher than the set water level, the water supply amount is decreased, and if the actual water level is low, the proportional water supply is performed. For this reason, when viewed in a short time, the combustion time of the boiler and the amount of water supply are not proportional. However, since the amount of water supplied to the boiler is counted over a relatively long time such as one hour, there is no problem even if it is assumed that the combustion time and the amount of water supplied are proportional.

If the boiler performs three-position combustion control of high combustion, low combustion, and combustion stop, the standard water supply amount per unit time during high combustion and the standard water supply amount per unit time during low combustion are obtained. If the unit time is set to 1 minute, set the standard water supply amount when high combustion is performed for 1 minute and the standard water supply amount when low combustion is performed for 1 minute. deep. Then, multiply the high combustion time within a certain total time by the standard water supply amount per unit time for high combustion, and the standard water supply amount per unit time for low combustion within the same total time. When the multiplied products are totaled, the amount of water supply within that time can be calculated by calculation.

For example, in a certain counting time, when 20 minutes of high combustion and 20 minutes of low combustion are performed and the combustion stop is 20 minutes, multiply the standard water supply amount in unit time during 20 minutes of high combustion and high combustion. Calculate the water supply calculation value at high combustion, and calculate the water supply amount at low combustion by multiplying the standard water supply amount at the low combustion 20 minutes and the unit time of low combustion, and add both Thus, it is possible to calculate the water supply amount calculation value at the total time.

If a plurality of boilers are installed as shown in FIG. 1 and the feed water flow meter 2 is a multi-can installation boiler installed in a common feed water pipe 8, it is measured by the feed water flow meter 2. The amount of water supplied is the total amount of water supplied by the entire boiler. In this case, the water supply amount calculation value needs to be calculated as the total of the entire boiler. Therefore, the water supply amount calculation value is calculated by adding the entire combustion time and multiplying that time by the standard water supply amount in unit time. .

The operation data totaling device 3 sets a value obtained by subtracting the water supply amount calculated value at a constant rate as the upper limit value of the abnormality determination value. The lower limit value of the abnormality determination value is set to 0, and the abnormality determination value region is between the upper limit value and the lower limit value. In the operation data totaling device 3, when the feed water amount measurement value detected by the feed water flow meter 2 is within the abnormality determination value range determined based on the combustion time, the feed water flow meter 2 has an abnormality. And the occurrence of abnormality is notified.

In the case of the water supply amount calculation value for calculating the water supply amount from the combustion time, a certain amount of error occurs because the water supply amount is not directly measured. However, since it does not become a value far from the actual amount of water supply, it can be used sufficiently for abnormality determination of the water supply flow meter 2. However, when the combustion time is very short and the water supply amount is small, the difference between the water supply calculation value and the abnormality determination upper limit value becomes small, making it difficult to determine the abnormality. not going.

A specific description will be given based on FIG. In FIG. 2, the water supply amount calculation value and the abnormality determination value range in one hour are shown, with the water supply flow rate on the vertical axis and the time on the horizontal axis. In the above description, it has been described that the water supply amount is calculated for each of the high combustion time and the low combustion time. However, since the description is complicated, only one combustion amount during combustion is used throughout the entire time, and the combustion is performed. The explanation is simplified because it was either that the combustion was stopped or the combustion was stopped.

In the case of FIG. 2, it is assumed that the water supply amount calculated value after combustion for 60 minutes was 2000 L. Since the water supply amount calculation value is proportional to the combustion time, if the combustion time is half of 30 minutes (combustion stop time is 30 minutes), the water supply amount calculation value is half of 1000L. If the upper limit of the abnormality determination value is determined to be 80% of the water supply amount calculation value, 80% of the water supply amount calculation value 2000L is the abnormality determination upper limit value when the combustion time is 60 minutes, and 1600L and the combustion time is 30 minutes. 80% of the water supply amount calculation value 1000L is the abnormality determination upper limit value, which is 800L. And although the pulse signal from the feed water flow meter 2 may be 0, it cannot be smaller than 0, so the lower limit of the abnormality determination value is 0L. In addition, when the combustion time is extremely short, the water supply amount calculation value is a small value, and the difference from the abnormality determination upper limit value is also small. In that case, since there is a higher possibility of determining an abnormality until it is within the error range and the flowmeter is not abnormal, no abnormality determination value is set in a portion where the water supply amount calculation value is small. In the embodiment, the abnormality determination value is not set in a portion where the water supply amount calculation value is less than 100L. For this reason, the abnormality determination value range represented by drawing the hatched parallel lines in FIG. 2 is a trapezoid.

In the operation data totaling device 3, when the value plotted by the measured value of the water supply amount calculated by counting the combustion time and the pulse signal transmitted from the water supply flow meter 2 is within this abnormality determination region, the water supply flow rate It is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the total 2, and the occurrence of the abnormality is notified. For example, when the combustion time is 60 minutes and the water supply amount calculation value is 2000 L, the water supply amount measurement value calculated by counting the pulse signal output from the flow meter 2 is 1000 L. In this case, 1000L is less than 1600L, which is the upper limit of the abnormality determination value when the combustion time is 60 minutes, and is within the abnormality determination region. Therefore, in this case, the operation data totaling device 3 determines whether the feed water flow meter is abnormal. Moreover, even if the water supply amount measurement value calculated by counting the pulse signals output from the flow meter 2 is 1000 L, the combustion time at that time is 30 minutes. In this case, the upper limit of the abnormality determination value at the combustion time of 30 minutes is 800 L, and 1000 L does not fall within the abnormality determination value range at 30 minutes. Therefore, in this case, the operation data totaling device 3 does not determine that the feed water flow meter is abnormal.

In the operation data totaling device 3, when the abnormality of the feed water flow meter is determined, the occurrence of the abnormality is notified. The boiler manager repairs the feed water flow meter 2 based on the abnormality notification of the feed water flow meter 2 so that the correct water supply amount can be measured. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the counting from being continued based on an abnormal value.

In the above description, the abnormality of the feed water flow meter 2 has been described, but the same applies to the abnormality of the fuel flow meter 6. In the case of data totaled by integration such as water supply amount and fuel supply amount, the integration amount changes depending on the combustion time. In the present invention, since the abnormality determination value is made different depending on the combustion time, it is possible to correctly determine the abnormality even with integrated data that changes depending on the combustion time.

In the description of FIG. 2, the combustion amount at the time of combustion is the same and only the combustion time is different. However, as shown in FIG. 3, the three-position combustion control is performed, and the combustion amount is Even if they are different, the idea is the same. In FIG. 3, the first 20 minutes are high combustion with two boilers and low combustion with one boiler, the next 20 minutes are high combustion with one boiler and low combustion with two boilers, the last 20 minutes Has low combustion in three boilers. Therefore, the combustion time in 1 hour is 60 minutes for high combustion and 120 minutes for low combustion. Assuming that the preset water supply amount is 2000 L for 60 minutes of high combustion and 1000 L for 60 minutes of low combustion, the calculated amount of water supply for 1 hour is 2000 L for 60 minutes of high combustion, and low combustion 120 It becomes 4000L in total of 2000L in minutes. When the upper limit of the abnormality determination value range is 80% of the water supply amount calculation value, 80% of 4000L is 3200L. Therefore, when the water supply measurement value by the flowmeter is lower than 3200L, it is determined that the flowmeter is abnormal. .

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and many modifications can be made by those having ordinary knowledge in the art within the technical idea of the present invention.

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Feed water flow meter 3 Operation data totaling device 4 Central control device 5 Fuel supply piping 6 Fuel flow meter 7 Feed water pump 8 Feed water piping 9 Individual control device

Claims (1)

Provide a flow meter that sends a pulse signal each time a certain amount of fluid is supplied to the boiler, and count the number of pulse signals sent by the flow meter to total the supply to the boiler In the boiler operation data totaling apparatus, the standard supply amount to the boiler per unit time at the time of combustion is determined and set in advance, and the boiler combustion time within the total time Calculate the supply amount calculation value by multiplying the supply amount per unit time, set the value obtained by subtracting the calculated supply amount calculation value at a certain rate as the upper limit of the abnormality judgment value, and within the same counting time When the supply amount measurement value measured by the flow meter becomes smaller than the upper limit of the abnormality determination value set previously, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the flow meter. Operation data collection apparatus of a boiler to.

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