Title :
Robust stabilization of a nonlinear cement mill model
Author :
Grognard, F. ; Jadot, F. ; Magni, L. ; Bastin, G. ; Sepulchre, R. ; Wertz, V.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Syst. Eng. & Appl. Mech., Univ. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
fDate :
4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Plugging is well known to be a major cause of instability in industrial cement mills. A simple nonlinear model able to simulate the plugging phenomenon is presented. It is shown how a nonlinear robust controller can be designed in order to fully prevent the mill from plugging
Keywords :
asymptotic stability; cement industry; nonlinear control systems; process control; robust control; state feedback; nonlinear cement mill model; nonlinear robust controller; plugging phenomenon; robust stabilization; Ball milling; Cement industry; Circuits; Milling machines; Particle separators; Process control; Raw materials; Robust control; Robustness; State feedback;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
