Title :
An expert system based aid for anode optimisation
Author :
Gale, Paul H. ; Negnevitsky, Michael
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tasmania Univ., Hobart, Tas., Australia
Abstract :
The paper describes the first stage of the development of an expert system for monitoring the production process of anodes used in the smelting of aluminium. The expert system based on Level5 Object continually interrogates the process control system and provides on-line recommendations to operators of any problem which may affect the consistency and quality of anodes. The research has demonstrated the feasibility of using an expert system based software system to oversee a complex production process and to provide meaningful and timely information to the operator to enable the application of corrective action to the process if required
Keywords :
aluminium; anodes; computerised monitoring; expert systems; intelligent control; metallurgical industries; optimisation; process control; production engineering computing; Level5 Object; aluminium smelting; anode consistency problems; anode optimisation; anode production process monitoring; anode quality problems; complex production process; corrective action; expert system based aid; expert system based software system; meaningful information; on-line operator recommendations; process control system interrogation; timely information; Aluminum; Anodes; Control systems; Costs; Expert systems; Petroleum; Process control; Production systems; SCADA systems; Smelting;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Information Systems, 1996., Australian and New Zealand Conference on
Conference_Location :
Adelaide, SA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3667-4
DOI :
10.1109/ANZIIS.1996.573879
