Monitoring of an Aluminum Melting Furnace by Means of a 3D Light-Field Camera

S. Mohammadifard; J. Langner; M. Stonis; H. Semrau; S. O. Sauke; H. Larki Harchegani; B. A. Behrens

doi:10.1109/ieem.2017.8289998

Monitoring of an Aluminum Melting Furnace by Means of a 3D Light-Field Camera

S. Mohammadifard
, J. Langner
, M. Stonis
, H. Semrau
, S. O. Sauke
, H. Larki Harchegani
, B. A. Behrens

Institut für Umformtechnik und Umformmaschinen

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Sammelwerk/Konferenzband › Aufsatz in Konferenzband › Forschung › Peer-Review

Abstract

The melting process in an aluminum melting furnace cannot be monitored by contact sensors, since the furnace is not accessible due to the high temperatures (more than 700 °C). Therefore, monitoring the melting process by means of optical sensors is investigated for the first time in this research project. This article deals with an innovative optical measuring system that is able to monitor the melting bridge despite the red-hot furnace walls. For this purpose, a light-field camera is installed on top an aluminum melting furnace in order to monitor the process and to control a targeted heat input into the melting furnace using a rotatable burner. The light-field camera used can capture a 3D point cloud with only one image. To achieve this, a separate field of lenses is placed between the image sensor and the main lens, projecting a virtual intermediate image onto the actual image sensor for further data processing. In addition, a self-developed image analysis program serves to monitor the height variation of the aluminum block and any melting rest on the melting bridge of the furnace [1]. Thus, the energy efficiency of the aluminum melting process could be increased by 15 % and the melting time reduced by almost 20 minutes by means of online monitoring.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Titel des Sammelwerks	2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2017
Herausgeber (Verlag)	IEEE Computer Society
Seiten	784-788
Seitenumfang	5
ISBN (elektronisch)	9781538609484
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ieem.2017.8289998
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - 2 Juli 2017
Veranstaltung	2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2017 - Singapore, Singapur Dauer: 10 Dez. 2017 → 13 Dez. 2017

Publikationsreihe

Name	IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
Band	2017-December
ISSN (Print)	2157-3611
ISSN (elektronisch)	2157-362X

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Konferenz	2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2017
Land/Gebiet	Singapur
Ort	Singapore
Zeitraum	10 Dez. 2017 → 13 Dez. 2017

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Mohammadifard, S., Langner, J., Stonis, M., Semrau, H., Sauke, S. O., Harchegani, H. L., & Behrens, B. A. (2017). Monitoring of an Aluminum Melting Furnace by Means of a 3D Light-Field Camera. in 2017 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2017 (S. 784-788). (IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management; Band 2017-December). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ieem.2017.8289998

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