Performance Testing of Herbal Compress Steamer using Automatic Control System
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This research aims to design and construct an herbal compress steamer with temperature and duration control. The research has begun to design a temperature control system divided into two control modes. Control mode 1 (steaming mode) heats the compress with steam for 20 minutes to simulate the drug. Control mode 2 (warming mode) warms up the compress with a starting temperature of 39 degrees Celsius. The summary of the herb dryer efficiency test is divided into two topics: 1. Setting the time by collecting the command accuracy in the first control mode, steam mode, found that the system can cut off and alert when the set time is 20 minutes(tested ten times), it was found that the error was 10% and 2. The optimal temperature setting for using the herbal compress ball was 42 degrees Celsius, and then the system cut off the temperature and prompted them to use the herbal compress ball. A total of 10 times tests found that the system has an error of 0 %. The test results concluded that the herbal compress steamer can control the temperature and duration of steaming the herbal compress. The operation of the machine meets the objectives of working in both modes.
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