WO 2022/148906 A1

Method and system for flame monitoring and control

(22) 04.01.2021

(43) 14.07.2022

(57) A method for monitoring a flame of a burner of a lime kiln, comprising imaging a video stream showing the burner end of the lime kiln; extracting at least one image from the imaged video stream; determining, using a pretrained algorithm, from the at least one image at least one area of interest, wherein the at least one area of interest comprises a part of the at least one image showing an area comprising at least one characteristic portion of the flame and/or burner end; calculating the area of the at least one characteristic portion based on the pixels of the at least one area of interest; and determining at least one quantity of interest based on the calculated area of the at least one characteristic portion.

(71) Andritz Oy, Tammasaarenkatu 1, 00180 Helsinki (FI)

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