Automated monitoring and control system for the parameters of an ionized steam environment

This paper addresses the development of an automated system for monitoring and controlling the parameters of an ionized vapor medium. The relevance of the work stems from the need to ensure stable physicochemical characteristics of such media in industrial and laboratory applications. It is shown that the formation of an ionized vapor medium should be considered a controllable process, whose state is determined by a set of measurable physicochemical parameters. A structural and functional scheme of the system is proposed, comprising a control plant, a measurement circuit, a data processing unit, and an actuating circuit that implements mode correction via closed-loop feedback. The system operates by continuously monitoring key parameters and automatically adjusting vapor generation modes to maintain specified characteristics. To formalize the state of the medium, a vector of controlled parameters is introduced, including oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), temperature, pH, and electrical conductivity, along with an integral criterion for deviation from the target regime. As a first research stage, initial validation of the ORP measurement channel was performed. Experiments were conducted on a laboratory bench simulating real vapor generation conditions. It was found that during intensive vapor generation, negative ORP values are recorded at all control points, and this parameter demonstrates spatiotemporal sensitivity to the vapor formation regime. The obtained results confirm the feasibility of using ORP as a basic feedback parameter for the subsequent construction of a multichannel automated system for monitoring and controlling ionized vapor medium parameters. Future research will focus on integrating all measurement channels and developing multiparameter control algorithms.

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