Visual feedback control systems for the swirling-flow melting furnace

Author

Maeda, T. ; Nakayama, M. ; Kitamura, A. ; Okazaki, K. ; Kuno, A.

Author_Institution

Process Technol. Res. Lab., Kobe Steel Ltd., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1261

Abstract

In this paper, a new visual feedback control system for a swirling-flow melting furnace is proposed. The method controls the furnace combustion by manipulating the burner fuel based on image data, which shows the melting condition inside the furnace. The feature of this control system is that a tracking property is realized by using an adaptive control algorithm, which changes the control gain based on image evaluation as the melting point varies. Through actual experiments, it is clear that this visual feedback control system can control its combustion stably

Keywords

adaptive control; combustion; computer vision; feedback; fuel; furnaces; melting; metallurgical industries; process control; stability; swirling flow; tracking; waste disposal; adaptive control algorithm; burner fuel manipulation; control gain; furnace combustion control; image data; image evaluation; melting condition; melting point; stable control; swirling-flow melting furnace; tracking property; visual feedback control system; Adaptive control; Ash; Automatic control; Combustion; Control systems; Feedback control; Fuels; Furnaces; Slag; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, 2000. IECON 2000. 26th Annual Confjerence of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Nagoya

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6456-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2000.972303

Filename

972303