JP2689551B2 - Burnout point detection method for garbage incinerator - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a burn-out point detection method for a refuse incinerator using a cylindrical rotary stoker.

[Prior Art] In recent years, with the diversification of municipal solid waste and solid industrial waste, an incinerator that can reliably and stably incinerate low-calorie to high-calorie ones has been demanded. In order to meet such a demand, it is necessary to measure the incineration state of dust and control the dust feed rate, air feed rate, dust feed rate, and the like.

Burn-out point is one of the measures to know the incineration status. This is because the waste is fed into the furnace and the dry area → combustion area →
This is the boundary between the combustion zone and the alternating combustion zone when transitioning to the alternating combustion zone. To obtain stable combustion, this burn-out point must be controlled to fall within a certain appropriate range. .

For example, in a waste incinerator with a boiler, if you want to promote combustion and increase the boiler steam flow rate, increase the air flow rate on the dry zone side, decrease the air flow rate on the alternate combustion zone side, and conversely If you want to reduce the boiler steam flow rate by controlling, perform the reverse operation to the above, but adjust the dust supply amount and the air flow rate according to these operations so that the burnout point is within the appropriate range. Have to control. Specifically, the burn-out point is adjusted by adjusting the amount of dust supplied and the dust transfer rate according to the flow rate of air to the rotary stoker unit.

Thus, the burn-out point has an important meaning in combustion control. Therefore, a device for automatically detecting the burn-out point and controlling combustion has been proposed.

For example, Kawasaki Heavy Industry Technical Report No. 90 (October 1985 issue) 20
From the page onward, an article entitled "Development of an automatic combustion control (ACC) system for a refuse incineration plant that applies color image processing technology" is described. This system is color IT
Use a V (industrial TV) camera to capture an image of the inside of the refuse incinerator to capture the flame area, find the distribution of the integrated value of the red component for each scanning line, and select the appropriate value k for the maximum value of this integrated value. (0 <
The threshold value α that divides the flame portion and the ash portion is obtained by multiplying k <1), and the portion that is equal to or greater than the threshold value α is the flame portion, and the portion that is less than the threshold α is the ash portion that includes combustion. Further, the scanning line K at the boundary between the flame portion and the ash portion is obtained, and the position in the refuse incinerator corresponding to this scanning line K is used as the burn-out point.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, since the conventional system described above uses a general flat type stoker instead of the cylindrical stoker, an appropriate position in the upward or horizontal direction of the stoker is used. It was possible to install a TV camera on and to take an image of the flame part.

However, when a cylindrical rotary stoker was used, as shown in FIG. 1, it was not possible to image from the upper and left and right directions. For this reason, in the case of a rotary stoker type incinerator, the operator visually recognizes the flame through the observation window provided at the lower end of the stoker and sensuously recognizes the burn-out point. For this reason, there are individual differences among operators. Further, the burn-out point could not be detected continuously and quantitatively for a long time, and automatic control could not be performed.

Further, in the case of a rotary stoker, even if the camera is installed, it cannot be installed in the upward and lateral directions of the stoker, and the installation position is limited to, for example, the above-mentioned peephole. Therefore, the imaged image is also inclined, and it is difficult to identify the position of the burnout point in the three-dimensional space from this two-dimensional image.

The present invention has been made under such a background,
An object of the present invention is to provide a burn-out point detection method for a refuse incinerator that can continuously and quantitatively detect a burn-out point even if the installation position of the camera is limited.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention supplies waste to a cylindrical rotary stoker and incinerates the waste inside the rotary stoker while rotating the rotary stoker. In the waste incinerator described above, a camera for imaging the inside of the rotary stoker is provided outside the rotary stoker, and the burn-out point of the waste is detected by each of the following steps.

Marks indicating the respective positions of the inner surface of the rotary stoker are provided on the inner surface of the rotary stoker, and a process of obtaining a mark image by imaging the marks with the camera, and an image of the inside of the rotary stoker during refuse incineration. An image is obtained, and the process of detecting the position of the burn-out point in the image by distinguishing the flame from other parts in this image, the position of the burn-out point in the image, and the mark image Calculating the actual position of the burn-out point inside the rotary stoker based on.

[Operation] According to the above method, by comparing the image obtained by capturing the image of the mark provided on the inner peripheral surface of the rotary stoker with the image obtained by capturing the image of the flame portion, the actual image corresponding to the lower end of the flame portion in the image can be obtained. The position of, that is, the position of the burn-out point is recognized.
Therefore, if the image of the mark is taken in advance and the data (calibration data) that serves as the position reference is created, it is possible to detect the burnout point accurately and stably even when the installation position of the camera is limited. Become.

Example An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are views showing the structure of a rotary stoker type incinerator to which the method according to the present invention is applied. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, and FIG. 2 is a transverse sectional view thereof.

In these drawings, the dust 2 thrown in from the dust throwing hopper 1 is fed to the cylindrical rotary stoker 4 by the dust feed pusher 3. The rotary stoker 4 incinerates the dust 2 while rotating around the axis of the cylindrical body. As shown in FIG. 2, the rotary stoker 4 is composed of a plurality of water pipes 6 arranged in an annular shape with a small gap 5 therebetween.

These water pipes 6 join the circular pipe 6a at the lower end,
The pipe 6a is connected to the boiler 7 through the pipe 6b and the rotary joint 6c. Thus, the water pipe 6 and the boiler 7
Water constantly circulates between and to protect the water pipe 6. A split air box 8 is provided below the rotary stoker 4, and hot air 9 sent from the split air box 8 is sent into the rotary stoker 4 through the gap 5.

On the other hand, the combustion gas 10 that has passed through the boiler 7 passes through an air preheater 11 for generating hot air 9 and is sent to the smoke treatment device. In the figure, 12 is an ignition burner, 13 is a post combustion device, and 14 is a damper.

Next, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the apparatus of this embodiment.

In the figure, 21 is an industrial television camera (hereinafter referred to as camera
21), and the inside of the rotary stoker 4 is imaged at the position shown in FIG. The installation position of the camera 21 should be a position where the inside of the rotary stoker 4 is clearly visible, avoiding the tube 6b. Therefore, the camera 21
The rotary stoker 4 will be installed in a position oblique to the axis of the rotary stoker 4. In this way, the internal state of the rotary stoker 4 is projected on the camera 21 as seen obliquely (see FIG. 4).

The image signal (analog signal) from the camera 21 is converted into an A / D converter (analog / digital converter) 3 in the image processing device 30.
Supplied to 1. The A / D converter 31 converts the image signal into a digital signal, and the digital signal (image data)
Is supplied to the image memory 32. The image memory 32 can store image data of four images during burning.

The image data stored in the image memory 32 is read by the CPU 33 and undergoes the processing described later. A memory 34 is connected to the CPU 33 and is used for storing programs. Data that needs to be displayed among the data processed by the CPU 33 is displayed on the monitor device 40 through the interface 35. Further, the information such as the burn-out point is transferred from the CPU 33 to the control device 50, and the combustion control of this combustion furnace is executed.

 Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the outline of the operation will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 4 shows an image of the inside of the rotary stoker 4 imaged by the camera 21. As described above, since the camera 21 is located at the position deviated from the axis of the rotary stoker 4, this internal image is slightly inclined as shown in the figure. On the inside of the rotary stoker 4, grid-like marks 60 indicating the position inside the rotary stoker 4 are written at intervals of, for example, 500 mm, and this is imaged to form an image as shown in the figure. This mark 60 need only be imaged when the camera 21 is installed, and the imaged image of the mark 60 is stored in the image memory 34, and calibration data is created from this image. The details will be described later.

FIG. 5 is an image showing a state during combustion. Flame 61
Appears as a high-luminance portion in the image, and thus the flame 61 and the background portion can be distinguished by binarizing this image. It is assumed that the lowest point Q of the flame 61 corresponds to the burn-out point 65, and the coordinates in the image are (x, y). In addition, as the coordinate system of the image,
The origin is the upper left point of the image, and x is the horizontal right direction passing through the origin.
The positive direction of the axis and the vertically downward direction passing through the origin are set as the positive direction of the y-axis.

FIG. 6 shows the number of pixels of the flame 61 in each scanning line. As shown in FIG. 7B, the number of pixels increases as the width of the flame 61 increases, and one point at the bottom of the screen where the number of pixels becomes zero (or less than a fixed value close to zero) is one point. can get. The point Q (x, y) can be determined as the burnout point 65.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the image processing operation of the CPU 33 (FIG. 3) of this embodiment.

In this image processing, when the camera 21 is installed, an image as shown in FIG. 4 is taken and calibration data for calibrating the burn-out point is created from this image (steps S1 to S).
3), the step of detecting the burn-out point by imaging the combustion state (steps S4 to S9), and the processing for stabilizing the output value of the burn-out point 65 (step S10). Below, these are roughly divided and explained.

(1) Creation of Calibration Data First, after initializing the image processing device 30 in step S1, the camera 21 captures an image of the grid-like marks 60 written on the rotary stoker 4. This is stored in the image memory 32 as a calibration image as shown in FIG.
It becomes a state that can be read from.

The calibration image as described above is subjected to the processing shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 to set the calibration data of the burn-out point (step S2). The specific method will be described below.

Determination of Image Coordinates of Calibration Point Group Grid points are extracted from the calibration image of FIG. 4 and the coordinates of each grid point in the image space xy are determined as shown in FIG.

Calculation of coordinates of infinity point P _{∞ As} shown in FIG. 9, the equation of each straight line mj (j = 1,2,3 ...) In the image space xy is obtained by the method of least squares, and the intersection of these straight lines is obtained. Then, the coordinates of the point P _∞ at infinity are determined again by using the method of least squares, and this is stored.

In this way, when the calibration data for calculating the burn-out point 65 is obtained, the CPU 33 proceeds to step S3 to input various data for image input, binarization processing, output processing and the like. Also, check the image to see if it is appropriate.

As described above, the preparation for continuously capturing and controlling the combustion state is completed. The calibration data coordinates need be stored only once in the memory 34 as a data file.

(2) Burn-out point 65 detection operation In step S4, the CPU 33 loads the first to fourth combustion images into the image memory 32, and performs addition processing on these images in step S5. This is based on the fact that the amount of change in the position of the burn-off point 65 is smaller than that of moving things such as flame 61 and smoke. Is a process for more stable detection. In step S6, the image obtained in this way is subjected to histogram processing, processing by the discriminant analysis method, and binarization processing.

Subsequently, for noise that could not be removed even by the addition processing, noise is removed by using a known image processing method such as contraction or expansion in order to further improve the detection accuracy (step S7). Further, assuming that the burn-out point 65 is the lowest part of the flame 61, a horizontal profile of the flame 61 as shown in FIG. The inside coordinates Q (x, y) are determined (step S8).

Next, in step S9, a two-dimensional to three-dimensional conversion process is executed. That is, based on the calibration data obtained in the above item (1), it is calculated which position the point Q (x, y) in the two-dimensional image occupies in the three-dimensional space in the rotary stoker 4, and the burnout is completed. Determine the position of point 65. Below, Figure 10 ~
This method will be described with reference to FIG.

Determining the interpolation area of burnout point 65 If the point Q (x, y) in the image corresponding to burnout point 65 is found in step S8, as shown in FIG. 10, the straight line P _∞ Q becomes the screen vertical direction. The angle α formed with is calculated. Also,
When the angle θj formed by the straight line group mj and the vertical direction of the screen is θ,
Find a straight line mj, mj + 1 such that j>α> θj + 1.

The coordinates of the grid points on the straight line mj and the straight line mj + 1 are sequentially examined, and three grid points P ₀ , P ₁ , P ₂ surrounding the point Q are found as shown in FIG. 11, and these points P ₀ , P ₁ , and P ₂ are the basic points of interpolation.

The coordinates of each of these basic points P ₀ , P ₁ , P ₂ are (x ₀ , y
₀ ), (x ₁ , y ₁ ), (x ₂ , y ₂ ), and from these values the point Q
The coordinates (x, y) of are obtained by the linear interpolation method.

First, as shown in FIG. 12, the basic points P ₀ , P ₁ , P ₂ and the point Q are
Differences between x and y coordinates Δx, Δy, Δx ₁ , Δy ₁ , and Δ
Find x ₂ and Δy ₂ . Next, the positions of the basic points P ₀ , P ₁ , P _{2 in} the rotary stoker 4 (distance from the outlet end of the rotary stoker 4)
Are L ₀ , L ₁ and L ₂ , respectively, and the position of the point Q is L,
The distance L is a value to be obtained, and the other values are known values. Under such conditions, the values of the distances L, L ₁ and L ₂ can be expressed by the following equation.

L = L ₀ + (∂L / ∂x) Δx + (∂L / ∂y) Δy L ₁ = L ₀ + (∂L / ∂x) Δx ₁ + (∂L / ∂y) Δy ₁ L ₂ = L ₀ + (∂L / ∂x) Δx ₂ + (∂L / ∂y) Δy _{2 In} these three expressions, L ₀ , L ₁ , L ₂ and Δx, Δy,
Since Δx ₁ , Δy ₁ , Δx ₂ and Δy ₂ are known values, (∂L / ∂x) and (∂L / ∂y) are deleted from these equations to remove the distance L.
Can be requested.

In this way, the actual position L of the burnout point 65 could be obtained.

(3) Burnout point detection stabilization process If data that is calculated each time is used as the burnoff point position, a stable value cannot be obtained due to the influence of noise and the like.
Therefore, in step S10, output signal processing such as smoothing is executed to determine the actual burn-out point 65. The following calculation is performed as smoothing processing.

・ Primary processing F _c : Burn-off point position after primary processing F _b : Burn-off point position after previous primary processing C: Burn-off point calculation position this time (before primary processing) m: Coefficient for adjusting movement amount Secondary processing (output value) O _c : Burnout point position output value of this time O _b : Burnout point position output value of previous time D: Primary processing data and the value before primary processing (current burnout point calculation position) are compared, whichever is smaller Value n: coefficient for adjusting the movement amount In this way, when the series of processes is completed, the display is performed in step S11, the data is output in step S12, and the process returns to step S4 to repeat the above-described combustion image process.

The burn-off point position data thus obtained is supplied to the control device 50 of FIG. 3 and used for combustion control.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, a mark indicating the position is written on the inner surface of the rotary stoker, and the image of this mark is compared with the image at the time of actual combustion. Since the position of the burn-out point is obtained, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) Cylindrical shape like a rotary stoker, upward direction,
Alternatively, from the left and right direction, it is possible to obtain the burn-out point by capturing an image of the internal state of the invisible object.

(2) Burnout point position data can be used as process data for automatic control.

(3) The installation position of the camera is limited, for example,
The position of the burn-out point can be accurately obtained even when only an image viewed obliquely can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a transverse sectional view of a rotary stoker 4 of the apparatus, and FIG. 3 is an electrical configuration of the apparatus. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the image of the lattice-shaped marks 60 written inside the rotary stoker 4 of the same device taken by the camera 21, and FIG. 5 is a diagram of the rotary stoker 4 during combustion. The figure which shows the image when the inside is imaged with the camera 21, FIG. 6 is the figure which shows the image of the flame 61 and its profile, FIG. 7 is the flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the said Example apparatus, FIG. And FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a method for creating calibration data from an image of the mark 60 in the rotary stoker, and FIGS. 10 to 12 are diagrams for calculating the actual burn-off point position from the combustion image. It is a figure for explaining the method of doing. 4 ... Rotating stoker, 21 ... Camera, 30 ... Image processing device, 32 ... Image memory, 33 ... CPU, 40 ... Monitor device, 50 ... Control device, 60 ... Mark.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Isoji Maebo 2-1-1 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo Ishikawa Shima Harima Heavy Industries, Ltd. Tokyo No. 1 factory (72) Inventor Shinji Shiozaki Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo 2-1-1 1-1 Ishikawa Shima-Harima Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. Tokyo 1st factory (72) Inventor Shigeru Hirabayashi 2-1-1 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo Ishikawa Shima-Harima Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. Tokyo 1st factory (56) Reference References JP 59-38520 (JP, A) JP 57-84917 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A waste is supplied to a cylindrical rotary stoker,
In a refuse incinerator in which waste is incinerated while rotating the rotary stoker, a camera for imaging the inside of the rotary stoker is provided outside the rotary stoker, and the following steps (1) to (4) are performed. A method for detecting a burning cut point of a refuse incinerator, which is characterized by detecting a burning cut point of the garbage. Marks indicating the respective positions of the inner surface of the rotary stoker are provided on the inner surface of the rotary stoker, and a process of obtaining a mark image by imaging the marks with the camera, and an image of the inside of the rotary stoker during refuse incineration. An image is obtained, and the process of detecting the position of the burn-out point in the image by distinguishing the flame from other parts in this image, the position of the burn-out point in the image, and the mark image Calculating the actual position of the burn-out point inside the rotary stoker based on.