Title : 
Physical modeling and control of dynamic foaming in an LD-converter process
         
        
            Author : 
Birk, Wolfgang ; Arvanitidis, Ioannis ; Jönsson, Pär Göran ; Medvedev, Alexander
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Control Eng. Group, Lulea Univ. of Technol., Sweden
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper deals with physical modeling and control of dynamic foaming in the LD-converter process. An experimental setup consisting of a water model, digital signal processor, and PC hardware is built and shown to be useful for studying dynamic foaming. Furthermore, a foam height estimation algorithm is presented and validated through experiments. Finally, sound signals from the LD-converter and water model are compared and similarities between them are found
         
        
            Keywords : 
foams; level control; parameter estimation; steel manufacture; LD-converter process; PC hardware; digital signal processor; dynamic foaming control; foam height estimation algorithm; physical modeling; sound signals; steel production; water model; Blast furnaces; Carbon dioxide; Digital signal processors; Frequency estimation; Industry Applications Society; Iron; Microphones; Pollution measurement; Slag; Steel;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on