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Internet of things (IoT)‑based on real‑time and remote boiler fuel monitoring system: a case of Raha Beverages Company Limited, Arusha‑Tanzania
(Springer International Publishing, 2023-11-20) Ntambara, Boniface; Nyambo, Devotha; Solsbach, Andreas
RAHA Beverages Company (RABEC) is one of the banana wine production companies that utilizes fuel in steam produc- tion in Arusha-Tanzania, where fuel data conditions such as temperature, pressure, discharge, fuel level, and gas leakage with humidity were a challenge to monitor, which provoked boiler malfunction and plant breakdown. Today, RABEC manually uses a dropping stick into the fuel tank to monitor fuel data conditions which is time-consuming and gives inaccurate readings, inefficiency, fuel economy discrepancy, and accidents. This study aimed to design and develop an IoT-based fuel monitoring system. The flow meter, ultrasonic level, thermistor fuel temperature, humidity, and pressure sensors were used to gather fuel information where the GSM module was employed to send fuel data messages to the operator’s phone. An AT mega 328 microcontroller was used to process and analyse the fuel data and send them to the Thing Speak IoT platform using Wi-Fi connectivity. The results showed that when the fuel level was less than the thresh- old value, an operator was alerted by a refilling message via GSM technology. A pressure of 0.1psi, a fuel temperature of 120 ℃, and 80% of humidity, the system notifies the operator by an alert message to check the injector pressure and if the fuel–air mixture is perfect. In addition, these data were observed on the LCD and ThingSpeak webpage. To conclude, the developed system proved the best performance with a 99.98% of success rate with high accuracy, security, and efficiency rate compared to the current monitoring system.
IoT-based on boiler fuel monitoring system: a case of Raha beverages company limited, Arusha-Tanzania
(NM-AIST, 2023-08) Ntambara, Boniface
RAHA Beverages Company (RABEC) is the one of banana wine production companies that utilizes fuel in steam production in Arusha-Tanzania. Fuel usage and conditions monitoring in RABEC become a challenge due to inaccurate and unreliable current monitoring systems. Currently, RABEC uses a dropping stick into the fuel tank to investigate fuel level, temperature, and usage, which are time-consuming, give inaccurate readings, inefficiency, and provoked accidents. This study aimed to develop an IoT-based fuel monitoring system that can provide real-time fuel conditions to prevent plant breakdown and accidents. The flow meter, ultrasonic, fuel temperature, humidity, and pressure sensors were used to gather fuel data conditions. The GSM was employed to send fuel data messages to the operator’s phone. An AT mega 328 microcontroller was used to process and analyze the fuel data. Thing Speak IoT platform was also used to visualize and aggregate fuel data using Wi-Fi connectivity. The results showed that when fuel level was less than the threshold value, an operator was alerted by refilling messages via GSM technology. At 0.1Psi pressure, fuel temperature of 120℃, and 80% of humidity, the system notifies the operator by an alert to check injector pressure and if fuel-air mixture is perfect. In addition, these data were observed on LCD and ThingSpeak webpage. To conclude, the developed system proves a high accuracy, security, and efficiency rates compared to the current monitoring system. Future work is recommended by deploying SCADA with HMI systems to monitor and control fuel usage.
IoT-based on boiler fuel monitoring system: A case of Raha Beverages company limited, Arusha-Tanzania
(Research Square, 2023-07-24) Ntambara, Boniface; Nyambo, Devotha; Solsbach, Andreas
RAHA Beverages Company (RABEC) is one of the banana wine production companies that utilize fuel in steam production in Arusha-Tanzania where fuel data conditions like temperature, pressure, discharge, fuel level, and gas leakage with humidity were a challenge to monitor them which provoked boiler malfunction and plant breakdown. Today, RABEC manually uses a dropping stick into the fuel tank to monitor fuel data conditions which is time consuming and gives inaccurate readings, inefficiency, fuel economy discrepancy, and accidents. This study aimed to design and develop an IoT-based fuel monitoring system. The flow meter, ultrasonic level, thermistor fuel temperature, humidity, and pressure sensors were used to gather fuel information where GSM module was employed to send fuel data messages to the operator’s phone. An AT mega 328 microcontroller was used to process and analyze the fuel data and send them to the Thing Speak IoT platform using Wi-Fi connectivity. The results showed that when the fuel level was less than the threshold value, an operator was alerted by a refilling message via GSM technology. At 0.1Psi pressure, fuel temperature of 120℃, and 80% humidity, the system notifies the operator by an alert message to check injector pressure and if the fuel-air mixture was perfect. In addition, these data were observed on LCD and ThingSpeak webpage. To conclude, the developed system proved the best performance with a 99.98% of success rate with high accuracy, security, and efficiency rate compared to the current monitoring system