ANALYSIS OF MODERN AUTOMATED CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR BOILERS OPERATING ON HYDROCARBON FUEL OF VARIABLE COMPOSITION

Taia Petik; Bogdan Lesiv; Oleksandr Solohub; Ihor Aryku

doi:10.36074/grail-of-science.26.12.2025.056

ANALYSIS OF MODERN AUTOMATED CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR BOILERS OPERATING ON HYDROCARBON FUEL OF VARIABLE COMPOSITION

Authors

Taia Petik Odesa Polytechnic National University Odesa, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8817-1706
Bogdan Lesiv Odesa Polytechnic National University Odesa, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8946-9554
Oleksandr Solohub Odesa Polytechnic National University Odesa, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8698-5535
Ihor Aryku Odesa Polytechnic National University Odesa, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9047-0571

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36074/grail-of-science.26.12.2025.056

Keywords:

automated control systems, steam boilers, variable fuel composition, calorific value, hydrocarbon gases, thermal load, feed-forward control, energy efficiency

Summary

Modern power generation increasingly faces the necessity of using hydrocarbon fuels of variable composition, in particular, artificial gases characterized by high variability in calorific value and combustible component concentrations. This instability of the fuel mixture significantly complicates the operation of traditional automated control systems for steam boilers, as most algorithms were designed for fuels with stable characteristics. The article analyzes modern principles for constructing combustion process monitoring and control systems for boilers of various purposes, examines the patterns of changes in the composition of natural and artificial combustible gases, and evaluates the suitability of existing approaches for operation under conditions of random fluctuations in the fuel's calorific value.

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