Development of Automated Control Systems for Pilot-scale Combustors in the New BYU Engineering Building Annex

Authors

Andrew Fry, Brigham Young University

Keywords

automated control systems, pilot-scale combustors

College

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology

Department

Chemical Engineering

Abstract

The purpose of this MEG grant was to train 3 undergraduate students from either Chemical or Mechanical Engineering on the use of OPTO 22 control system and then to direct them, along with the input from engineers at OPTO 22, as they build and install a control system and logic for the Burner Flow Reactor (BFR), Multi Fuel Reactor (MFR) and the Pressurized Oxy Coal (POC) reactors in the new Engineering Research Laboratory (ERL). This program is comprised of 6 tasks as follows:

Recommended Citation

Fry, Andrew (2019) "Development of Automated Control Systems for Pilot-scale Combustors in the New BYU Engineering Building Annex," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2019: Iss. 2019, Article 172.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2019/iss2019/172