Pyrolysis control apparatus and method using image information of raw materials and products

A pyrolysis reaction apparatus comprising:

• a raw material input means configured to input a raw material and to acquire first data through a first monitoring means;
• a pyrolysis reaction means configured to pyrolyze and move the input raw material;
• a reactant discharge means configured to discharge a pyrolyzed reactant and to acquire second data through a second monitoring means;
• an image sample collection means configured to additionally obtain image samples in order to improve accuracy of the first data and the second data;
• a DB storage means configured to normalize the obtained image samples into time series data and storing RGB code values in a DB;
• a labeling means configured to assign labels to the first data and the second data based on the stored DB values;
• a data processing means configured to assign a water content evaluation value to the label of the first data to derive a correlation between the RGB value and the water content, to assign a heating value evaluation value to the label of the second data to derive a correlation between the RGB value and the heating value, and to compare the first data and the second data with the data stored in the DB through simulation to generate third data, which is an estimated water content, and fourth data, which is an estimated heating value;
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• a control value deriving means configured to derive control values of a pyrolysis temperature and a pyrolysis time required to secure heating value-based quality of the pyrolyzed reactant based on the third data and the fourth data generated by the data processing means, wherein
• the pyrolysis reaction means performs at least one of torrefaction, biochar reaction, drying, activated carbon reaction, and carbonization.