The article presents the results of research on the creation of a system of automatic control of the combustion torch in a gas burner during the production of particle board. The analysis of the existing control systems of the flame during the combustion of gas in hot water and steam boilers, which are used in the production of board materials based on wood waste as heat generators. It is shown that systems based on ionization and photoelectric sensors are used to control the presence of a combustion torch. The combustion torch control system based on the ionization sensor has a significant disadvantage - the sensitive element of the sensor (electrode) during operation is in a high temperature zone, so the electrode gradually burns out, over time the ionization sensor loses sensitivity and stops working. Therefore, it must be replaced frequently, which requires additional time and money. In addition, the torch control system may malfunction when the ionization sensor, the electrodes of which have burned out, fails. The system based on photoelectric sensors has no such disadvantages. The paper also analyzes modern methods and means of controlling the combustion torch in order to reduce energy consumption. The analysis of the existing methods, devices, sensors allowed to choose the method and technical means of control of the flare in the gas burner during the production of particle board
torch, gas burner, hot water boiler, control device, automatic mode, algorithm, sensor, microprocessor, system, sample, experiment, analysis, autocorrelation