Title :
Control of a continuous fluidized bed dryer using neural nets
Author :
Panda, R.C. ; Rao, P. Gangadhara ; Rao, V. S Ramachandra ; Raghavan, K.V.
Author_Institution :
Central Leather Res. Inst., Madras, India
Abstract :
A neural network model of a continuous fluidized bed dryer (FED) is used to synthesize an internal model control (IMC) strategy to control the FED. The controlled variable is exit air temperature and manipulated variable is inlet air temperature. Alternatively an IMC structure is formulated using a linear process model. A conventional controller performance is also studied. Using an error criterion the performance of these controllers is compared. The IMC structure with the neural network performs better
Keywords :
drying; fluidised beds; neurocontrollers; process control; temperature control; continuous fluidized bed dryer; error criterion; exit air temperature control; inlet air temperature; internal model control; linear process model; neural nets; Artificial neural networks; Automatic control; Chemical engineering; Chemical industry; Convergence; Fluid flow control; Fluidization; Neural networks; Neurons; Temperature control;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Automation and Control, 1995 (I A & C'95), IEEE/IAS International Conference on (Cat. No.95TH8005)
Conference_Location :
Hyderabad
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2081-6
DOI :
10.1109/IACC.1995.465835
