Conference paper
Industrial application of model predictive control to a milk powder spray drying plant
Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark1
Dynamical Systems, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark2
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
Automation and Control, Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark4
GEA Process Engineering A/S5
Scientific Computing, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark6
In this paper, we present our first results from an industrial application of model predictive control (MPC) with real-time steady-state target optimization (RTO) for control of an industrial spray dryer that produces enriched milk powder. The MPC algorithm is based on a continuous-time transfer function model identified from data and states estimated by a time-varying Kalman filter.
The RTO layer utilizes the same linear model and a nonlinear economic objective function for calculation of the economically optimized targets. We demonstrate, by industrial application of the MPC, that this method provides significantly better control of the residual moisture content, increases the throughput and decreases the energy consumption compared to conventional PI-control.
The MPC operates the spray dryer closer to the residual moisture constraint of the powder product. Thus, the same amount of feed produces more powder product by increasing the average water content. The value of this is 186,000 €/year. In addition, the energy savings account to 6,900 €/year.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | IEEE |
Year: | 2016 |
Pages: | 1038-1044 |
Proceedings: | 15th European Control ConferenceEuropean Control Conference |
ISBN: | 1509025901 , 150902591X , 150902591x , 1509025928 , 9781509025909 , 9781509025916 and 9781509025923 |
Types: | Conference paper |
DOI: | 10.1109/ECC.2016.7810426 |
ORCIDs: | Poulsen, Niels Kjølstad , Niemann, Hans Henrik and Jørgensen, John Bagterp |