A supervisory fuzzy control of back-end temperature of rotary cement kilns

Rotary Kiln is the central and the most complex components of cement production process. The first point at the beginning of the process, which is called back-end, is the calcining zone of the kiln and has a significant role on the quality of the clinker. In this paper to control the back-end temperature of a rotary kiln, we propose a fuzzy controller based on the operator´s behaviors. We concentrate on how we can control the back-end temperature of a rotary kiln using a fuzzy controller. The work presented in this paper, is to use the advantages of fuzzy logic techniques to propose and develop a supervisory control system for the cement plant process having complex dynamics. The performance of the proposed controller is investigated by applying it to a simulator of the plant, derived from an MLP neural network model. Finally, the controller´s behavior is evaluated in a disturbance environment. Simulation results show that the functionality of the controller causes a smooth behavior in both controller and model outputs.