Soft Sensor for the VSB Grate Kiln
(Room 207A)
08 May 17
2:30 PM
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3:00 PM
Tracks:
Raw Materials — Sintering & Pelletizing
Controlling the thermal profile of the furnaces of a pelletizing plant is essential to ensure the quality of pellets and to keep the competitiveness of production. On-line measurement of KPIs is restricted due to the plant conditions or technological limitations, making it necessary to use a Soft Sensor for estimating these variables and then exert greater control over the quality and cost of the process. By heat and mass balances, the model is able to predict the thermal profile of pellets and the mass loss, and then simulate process changes and implications for heat loss and fuel consumption.