Coordinated Optimal Control of Secondary Cooling and Final Electromagnetic Stirring for Continuous Casting Billets

Secondary cooling and final electromagnetic stirring (F-EMS) are both key technologies for continuous casting. These parameters are usually optimized and controlled separately which caused internal quality fluctuations in unsteady conditions. In this paper, a coordinated optimal control strategy bas...

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Main Authors: Dongsheng Wu, Zhenping Ji, Jian Yang, Hongwei Gao, Jiahui Yu, Zhaojie Ju
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Control Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6502028
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Zhenping Ji
Jian Yang
Hongwei Gao
Jiahui Yu
Zhaojie Ju
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description Secondary cooling and final electromagnetic stirring (F-EMS) are both key technologies for continuous casting. These parameters are usually optimized and controlled separately which caused internal quality fluctuations in unsteady conditions. In this paper, a coordinated optimal control strategy based on a multiobjective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) algorithm is proposed for the parameter optimization of secondary cooling and F-EMS, which is solved based on multiobjective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) algorithm. The solidification and heat transfer model are developed for the computation of billet temperature and the solidification, and the adaptive grid method is used to improve the diversity and robustness of optimal solutions. The secondary cooling water and F-EMS’ stirring current are dynamically controlled based on the optimization results. The results of field trials showed that the maximum carbon segregation and other quality indexes of billets can be improved significantly.
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spelling doaj-art-aededbb4961e43148eef8c3d6dadd6572025-08-20T03:39:00ZengWileyJournal of Control Science and Engineering1687-52491687-52572020-01-01202010.1155/2020/65020286502028Coordinated Optimal Control of Secondary Cooling and Final Electromagnetic Stirring for Continuous Casting BilletsDongsheng Wu0Zhenping Ji1Jian Yang2Hongwei Gao3Jiahui Yu4Zhaojie Ju5School of Automation and Electrical Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110159, ChinaSchool of Automation and Electrical Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110159, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaSchool of Automation and Electrical Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110159, ChinaSchool of Automation and Electrical Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110159, ChinaSchool of Computing, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3HE, UKSecondary cooling and final electromagnetic stirring (F-EMS) are both key technologies for continuous casting. These parameters are usually optimized and controlled separately which caused internal quality fluctuations in unsteady conditions. In this paper, a coordinated optimal control strategy based on a multiobjective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) algorithm is proposed for the parameter optimization of secondary cooling and F-EMS, which is solved based on multiobjective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) algorithm. The solidification and heat transfer model are developed for the computation of billet temperature and the solidification, and the adaptive grid method is used to improve the diversity and robustness of optimal solutions. The secondary cooling water and F-EMS’ stirring current are dynamically controlled based on the optimization results. The results of field trials showed that the maximum carbon segregation and other quality indexes of billets can be improved significantly.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6502028
spellingShingle Dongsheng Wu
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Jian Yang
Hongwei Gao
Jiahui Yu
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Coordinated Optimal Control of Secondary Cooling and Final Electromagnetic Stirring for Continuous Casting Billets
Journal of Control Science and Engineering
title Coordinated Optimal Control of Secondary Cooling and Final Electromagnetic Stirring for Continuous Casting Billets
title_full Coordinated Optimal Control of Secondary Cooling and Final Electromagnetic Stirring for Continuous Casting Billets
title_fullStr Coordinated Optimal Control of Secondary Cooling and Final Electromagnetic Stirring for Continuous Casting Billets
title_full_unstemmed Coordinated Optimal Control of Secondary Cooling and Final Electromagnetic Stirring for Continuous Casting Billets
title_short Coordinated Optimal Control of Secondary Cooling and Final Electromagnetic Stirring for Continuous Casting Billets
title_sort coordinated optimal control of secondary cooling and final electromagnetic stirring for continuous casting billets
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6502028
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