Intelligent System for Electrical Heating Control based on Optical Precipitation Sensor

Energy Procedia 2018
Aleksejs Tatarinovs, Vladimir Nikulenkov, Paulis Kikusts, Anton Kochubey

The paper presents testing results of the SCADA system IntelHeat introduced at the Latvian Railways for automated heating control of railway points during winters with the purpose of electricity saving by optimized real-time assignment of heating levels. The system is based on innovative optical sensors of precipitation detecting rain and snow particles using diffuse and specular reflection channels. The results of trial exploitation demonstrated the ability of the IntelHeat system to manage points heating flexibly in accordance with changes of weather conditions and correspondence with archived meteorological data.

Keywords
Precipitation monitoring; optical sensor; electrical heating; railway points
DOI
10.1016/j.egypro.2018.07.066
Hyperlink
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610218302236

Tatarinovs, A., Nikulenkov, V., Kikusts, P., Kochubey, A. Intelligent System for Electrical Heating Control based on Optical Precipitation Sensor. Energy Procedia, 2018, Vol. 147, pp.525-530. ISSN 1876-6102. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2018.07.066

Publication language
English (en)