Control of a recovery boiler or alike

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Method and system for controlling the operation of a recovery boiler or another boiler having a furnace wherein the operation is monitored by monitoring sensors, said sensors converting the acquired electromagnetic radiation to electrical signals which are conducted to image processing which forms an image of an object, such as the char bed and/or the char and/or chemicals on the furnace walls and/or deposits on boiler surfaces based on , the data from the sensors, and wherein the operation such as burning of the , char bed and/or the formation of char and/or chemicals on the furnace walls and/or the formation of deposits on boiler surfaces is controlled with help , of the image …