Control Solutions Projects

April 6, 2020

Control of a gas turbine connected to Blast Furnace

An optimisation of the control system

Problem:The energy generation efficiency was not as expected.
Solution: Grey-Box modeling to optimisation the control system
Result: Energy generation efficiency increased from 35% to 99%
April 6, 2020

Cokes furnace control improvements

Problem:Too much pressure variations in the cokes oven
Solution: Several measures to improve control
Result: 70% Reduction in pressure peaks
April 6, 2020

MPC at VDL

Application of MPC to a Walking Beam Furnace

Problem: Improve control
Solution: Implement MPC controller
Result: Improvement of quality and a 5% reduction in gas consumption
April 6, 2020

using a Smith predictor

Problem: Too much variance of the O2 percentage
Solution: Implementation of a Smith predictor in the PLC
Result: An 80% reduction of O2 variations.