A METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION OF COKE OVENS FOR AUTO POSITIONING SYSTEMS IN COKE PLANTS OF STEEL INDUSTRIES

摘要

The invention relates to a method for automatic identification of coke ovens for auto positioning systems in coke plants of steel industries. For the purpose of automatic identification of the coke ovens, a specially designed plate is placed on the coke ovens which contain slots. These slots represent the binary 1"s and 0"s which are used to identify the coke ovens, so that each coke oven has a unique identification number. This process of having binary digits on a plate is known as binary encoding on the plate. Since, these are solid mild steel plates, there would be no disturbances in the identification process due to harsh environment conditions or dust and dirt accumulation. The Image processing algorithm is based on cross correlation search methodology, and enabled to search and identify the plates in the images captured by a CCD camera. Thus, the coke ovens can be identified by the unique numbers by which the plates can be identified. Furthermore, since this camera arrangement is made in the moving door extraction cars at coke plants, then the complete cycle of coke ovens for logistical purposes can be determined and used for analysis.