Diseño de un Sistema de Control de Temperatura, Haciendo Uso de Técnicas de Control para Optimizar un Proceso de Conversión de Residuos Plásticos en Hidrocarburos Líquidos Por Medio de Pirólisis

Abstract

The production of plastic worldwide has been increasing over the years due to the immense applications in many sectors; its continuous demand, misuse and incorrect final disposal has caused in the course of time a great negative environmental impact for the planet earth leading to the depletion of non-renewable resources such as oil and causing pollution in different ecosystems, especially aquatic ones. The focus of this project is the design of a controller applied to a pyrolysis system which is used for the conversion of plastic waste (polypropylene and high density polyethylene) into liquid hydrocarbons by pyrolysis, carried out by the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry of the Irapuato-Salamanca campus of the University of Guanajuato, this design based on the V methodology and tools such as QFD seeks to respond to the needs originated in the pyrolysis (pyrolysis system) by implementing the analysis and selection of control techniques, acquisition and registration of data. Obtaining as a main result a software of monitoring and real-time recording of the pleasant pyrolysis process to the user, in addition to the correction of errors in the process making use of the selected control system.