Development of a Sea Water Dispenser Automation System to Improve Distillation Process Efficiency

DOI

10.2991/978-94-6463-500-3_5How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Arduino; Automation; Distillation; Freshwater; Seawater

Abstract

The distillation process that occurs in the distillation dispenser system that has been made is still not efficient. The design is quite simple where the water entering the heater (reactor) is still poured manually which makes the distillation process less efficient. The monitoring system for the distillation process has not been monitored directly, resulting in difficulty controlling each component in the distillation dispenser. In this research, the purpose of creating an automation system is to regulate the feed water input system (seawater) and the distillation output system (fresh water) so that it can occur continuously. This aims to make the distillation process in the dispenser more efficient. In addition, the creation of a monitoring system in each component is needed to see directly the processes that occur. The monitoring system that will be used in this case will look at several parameters including reactor temperature and pressure, temperature and pressure at each condenser, to feed and fresh water flow rates. This research uses Arduino to help the automation system to monitor distillation parameters. The use of Arduino as a microcontroller makes it easier for researchers to create automation systems and monitoring systems. This is because the Arduino system is quite affordable for laboratory research scale and can accept some of the input measurement parameters that researchers need. In addition, other additional components, such as temperature sensors, flow rate sensors and others are quite easy to obtain. The feed water filling system for the evaporator/heater tube uses a float sensor as a trigger for leveling the water level in the evaporator. The sensor is used because it is capable of operating at temperatures above 100℃, so it can work optimally when the evaporator is at temperatures above 100℃. The fresh water storage system is a benchmark for the automation system to work. When the fresh water level reaches 90%, the automation system will turn off all distillation components, starting from the feed water pump, heater to the nozzle spray pump.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Engkos Koswara
AU  - Hery Sonawan
AU  - Harun Sujadi
AU  - Eidelweis Dewi Jannati
AU  - Dodi Ariandoyo
AU  - Faisal Rahmanudin
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/08/29
TI  - Development of a Sea Water Dispenser Automation System to Improve Distillation Process Efficiency
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Science Technology and Social Sciences – Physics, Material and Industrial Technology (ICONSTAS-PMIT 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 41
EP  - 51
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-500-3_5
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-500-3_5
ID  - Koswara2024
ER  -