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Multi-Mode Model Predictive Control Approach for Steel Billets Reheating Furnaces
In this paper, a unified level 2 Advanced Process Control system for steel billets reheating furnaces is proposed. The system is capable of managing all process conditions that can occur in different types of furnaces, e.g., walking beam and pusher type. A multi-mode Model Predictive Control approac...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10141550/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37112308 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23083966 |
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author | Zanoli, Silvia Maria Pepe, Crescenzo Orlietti, Lorenzo |
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description | In this paper, a unified level 2 Advanced Process Control system for steel billets reheating furnaces is proposed. The system is capable of managing all process conditions that can occur in different types of furnaces, e.g., walking beam and pusher type. A multi-mode Model Predictive Control approach is proposed together with a virtual sensor and a control mode selector. The virtual sensor provides billet tracking, together with updated process and billet information; the control mode selector module defines online the best control mode to be applied. The control mode selector uses a tailored activation matrix and, in each control mode, a different subset of controlled variables and specifications are considered. All furnace conditions (production, planned/unplanned shutdowns/downtimes, and restarts) are managed and optimized. The reliability of the proposed approach is proven by the different installations in various European steel industries. Significant energy efficiency and process control results were obtained after the commissioning of the designed system on the real plants, replacing operators’ manual conduction and/or previous level 2 systems control. |
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spelling | pubmed-101415502023-04-29 Multi-Mode Model Predictive Control Approach for Steel Billets Reheating Furnaces Zanoli, Silvia Maria Pepe, Crescenzo Orlietti, Lorenzo Sensors (Basel) Article In this paper, a unified level 2 Advanced Process Control system for steel billets reheating furnaces is proposed. The system is capable of managing all process conditions that can occur in different types of furnaces, e.g., walking beam and pusher type. A multi-mode Model Predictive Control approach is proposed together with a virtual sensor and a control mode selector. The virtual sensor provides billet tracking, together with updated process and billet information; the control mode selector module defines online the best control mode to be applied. The control mode selector uses a tailored activation matrix and, in each control mode, a different subset of controlled variables and specifications are considered. All furnace conditions (production, planned/unplanned shutdowns/downtimes, and restarts) are managed and optimized. The reliability of the proposed approach is proven by the different installations in various European steel industries. Significant energy efficiency and process control results were obtained after the commissioning of the designed system on the real plants, replacing operators’ manual conduction and/or previous level 2 systems control. MDPI 2023-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10141550/ /pubmed/37112308 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23083966 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zanoli, Silvia Maria Pepe, Crescenzo Orlietti, Lorenzo Multi-Mode Model Predictive Control Approach for Steel Billets Reheating Furnaces |
title | Multi-Mode Model Predictive Control Approach for Steel Billets Reheating Furnaces |
title_full | Multi-Mode Model Predictive Control Approach for Steel Billets Reheating Furnaces |
title_fullStr | Multi-Mode Model Predictive Control Approach for Steel Billets Reheating Furnaces |
title_full_unstemmed | Multi-Mode Model Predictive Control Approach for Steel Billets Reheating Furnaces |
title_short | Multi-Mode Model Predictive Control Approach for Steel Billets Reheating Furnaces |
title_sort | multi-mode model predictive control approach for steel billets reheating furnaces |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10141550/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37112308 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23083966 |
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