Title :
Real time simulator for the runout table of hot strip mills
Author :
Kumar, R. Krishna ; Sinha, S.K. ; Lahiri, A.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
Abstract :
In a hot strip mill, the strip is cooled by spraying water from top and bottom on the runout table (ROT), before the strip is coiled. The desired mechanical properties and metallurgical structure of the strip is achieved by controlling the cooling rate and temperature of the strip on the ROT. This paper describes a novel real time simulator for ROTs. The simulator has been implemented in parallel on a multi-transputer system. The proposed simulator can interact with a controller in real time and can serve as a valuable design tool for evaluating the performance of controllers for ROTS. In addition, the simulator can be used as a tool for the design of new ROT layouts as well
Keywords :
control system analysis computing; cooling; digital simulation; hot rolling; mechanical properties; metallurgical industries; production engineering computing; real-time systems; simulation; temperature control; transputer systems; transputers; cooling rate control; hot strip cooling; hot strip mills; interactive simulator; mechanical properties; metallurgical structure; multi-transputer system; parallel simulator; real time simulator; runout table; temperature control; water spray; Communication system control; Cooling; Mechanical factors; Milling machines; Spraying; Strips; Temperature control; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Valves;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Conference, 1996. Thirty-First IAS Annual Meeting, IAS '96., Conference Record of the 1996 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3544-9
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.1996.563928
