Hybrid intelligent control for optimal operation of shaft furnace roasting process

A hybrid intelligent control method is proposed to control the technical indices into their desired range. This is realized by on-line adjusting the set-points of control loops for optimal operation of the shaft furnace in response to changes in operating points. The controller consists of six modules, namely a pre-setting model for control loop set-points, a predictive model for technical index, a feedforward compensator using predictive model, a feedback compensator, a fault working situation diagnosis and a fault tolerant control model. The proposed approach has been successfully applied to the roasting process of shaft furnace in a mineral processing plant in China and its efficiency has been verified by the practical application results.