Intelligent Operation Control for the Fused Magnesia Production

Abstract:

An electro-fused magnesia furnace (EFMF) is used to produce electro-fused magnesia. Due to the complex dynamic characteristics of the EFMF production process, it is difficult to achieve the satisfactory control performances only by the independent conventional control method. As a result, the lower loop control with manual operations is still widely used in practice. However, the manual operation cannot ensure that the actual production qualities and the energy consumption of unit production meet the technical requirements all the time. In this paper, an intelligent operation control strategy is developed for the EFMF to automatically adjust the setpoints of the lower level control system. Based on the proposed intelligent control strategy, an intelligent control system for the EFMF is built and implemented on site. Industrial application has demonstrated that the intelligent control system can achieve reliable, accurate and timely control performances.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 391-392)
• Pages: 1450-1454
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.391-392.1450
• Online since: December 2011
• Authors: Yong Jian Wu, Ping Zhou, Pin Shang, Tian You Chai
• Keywords: Electro-Fused Magnesia Furnace, Fuzzy Control, Intelligent Control, Rule-Based Reasoning

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