DocumentCode
645936
Title
Optimized pacing of continuous reheating furnaces
Author
Steinboeck, A. ; Kugi, A.
Author_Institution
Autom. & Control Inst., Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
fYear
2013
fDate
17-19 July 2013
Firstpage
4454
Lastpage
4459
Abstract
A pacing algorithm for optimizing process times in continuous reheating furnaces of a rolling mill is presented. The problem is solved by an iterative algorithm that uses quadratic programming in each iteration loop. The method takes into account relevant time constraints and the variable local reheating power based on a mathematical furnace model. An example problem taken from an industrial application demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed method.
Keywords
furnaces; iterative methods; quadratic programming; rolling mills; continuous reheating furnace; iteration loop; iterative algorithm; mathematical furnace model; optimized pacing; quadratic programming; rolling mill; time constraint; variable local reheating power; Furnaces; Heating; Mathematical model; Optimization; Slabs;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Control Conference (ECC), 2013 European
Conference_Location
Zurich
Type
conf
Filename
6669132
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